Peter the Great's Palace

The Gateway to the West

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September 3rd 2006
Thursday all of us took the midnight train to St.Petersburg. Russia is certainly full of suprises, good and bad. The train proved to be a good suprise. Four of us slept in each room. The beds were comfortable and they gave each of us a huge case full of snacks, breakfast food, tea, water bottles, cosmetics, and really everything you need for an overnight train ride. I actually was pretty tired by ... 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