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Back in the Days. The Grandeur of Russian Empire. Parks and Palaces near St. Petersburg - Pushkin

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September 14th 2008
This time I will write about several towns in the St. Petersburg area, namely Pushkin, Pavlovsk, Lomonosov (Oranienbaum), Gatchina, Kronshtadt and Peterhof (Vyborg is also to be included here; perhaps I will go there this autumn; there are no photos available from my previous trip there). It will be quite a task to remember something, because my first trip there was in 2008. I decided not to make ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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