Peterhof fountains

Saint Petersburg

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July 14th 2010
One of Western Europe's most beautiful cities somehow ended up in Russia. Saint Petersburg is like a mixture between Venice and Paris: the city is riddled with canals flanked by countless European style palaces. On the surface at least there's almost nothing Russian about the city. In contrast to get all the hassle queuing and paper work involved in getting a visa actually crossing the border w ... read more

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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