Standing by The Red Arrow - our first of 5 overnight trains

Moscow

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May 10th 2011
The final day in St Petersburg turned out to be wet, cold and spent mainly in coffee shops trying to find something that resembled a hot chocolate! The train to Moscow on the other hand was a different story... Trains in Russia are given a number starting (unsuprisingly) at 1 - the lower the number the better. The train to Mosocow was number 1 - the Red Arrow - and fully lived up to its billi ... 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