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Ganina Yama, the Monastery of Holy Martyrs  
   

Ganina Yama, the Monastery of Holy Martyrs

more of the 7 churches scattered through the wood, there's one for each member of the family.
Yekaterinburg

July 28th 2010
Yekaterinburg is so totally different to anywhere else we have been in Russia. It immediately feels like a big city full of grand European style buildings with lots of traffic driving in an organised and disciplined way. Technically we're still in Asia but it all feels very European and the people consider themselves European. All the other places have had a much more small town feel to them. ... read more
Europe » Russia » Urals » Yekaterinburg

Russian Flag 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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