A perfect morning on Olkhon Island

A deserted beach. We had to come to Siberia to find one!

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September 15th 2010
Customs officials are never the most cheerful people but the one who welcomed us to Russia takes the 'Ice Queen' award. We stood in the foreigners queue watching as each person in front of us was glared down by a woman who looked suspiciously like Anne Robinson from 'The weakest link'. She scrutinised each and every passport in silence, sighing every now and again, trying desperately to find ... 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

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