The Winter Palace

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June 18th 2008
Date of Travel: 17-21 May, 2008 Duration of Travel: 4days Main Cities Visited: St. Petersburg, Moscow A common response when you tell a friend that you are headed to Russia for a holiday is "is it safe?" That was my exact sentiments. Far too often, through the media and stories you read of Russian history, from the Tsar to Stalin, from purges to the KGB, from censorship to Putin himself, we g ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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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