in front of the library

Moscow & Piter

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August 31st 2006
Last four or five days have been amazing, but difficult emotinally and physically. I had to say good bye to my friends, family and hometwn. I spent over 24 hours on two trains and crossed quite a bit of Russia. I arrived in Moscow tired, since I only fell asleep around 4 in the morning. But my mood went way up when I saw Marina. She took me to her appartment, where I was met very warmly by her mot ... 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