Onion domes - Assumption Cathedral - Vladimir

In search of old Russia - The Golden Circle (Russia Part 2)

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November 5th 2009
THE GOLDEN RING, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION - (August 2007) - (Sunday 26th to Monday 27th August) - Sun 26th - Mon 27th August - (Moscow/ Vladimir/ Suzdal) - Before I'd arrived in Russia, I hadn’t really had any expectations as to what I was expecting to get out of my visit or where I wanted to go. Yes, I was interested in seeing something of the country but a ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more