A Russian official's car at the border

And so it begins...

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March 31st 2011
First stop: Moscow! Wednesday 23rd March Well technically it was Riga for a stopover to make the flight cheaper, where the plane suddenly changed from shotputters to women adorning themselves with fur and rather scary looking men. As we arrived late at night we had pre booked a taxi to take us to the hostel. Our driver took us outside to a very snowy -7 and indicated that we should foll ... 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