Slyudyanka

Travelling round Lake Baikal

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June 19th 2011
We arrived in Ulan Ude and made it to a hostel at around 10pm (thanks to losing an hour with the time difference). That really suprised me since it was still bright as anything and summery and warm. It stayed light until about 11pm when we were at the train station standing in a short but completely stationary line trying to buy tickets. After 1.5 hours I finally left (on my own since the English ... read more

Europe » Russia » Siberia

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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