St Basils

The build up continues....

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July 25th 2011
We arrive to a blazing 34 degrees in Moscow at 7am! After a little chill out at the station, we found ourselves totally caught up in the commuter time on the metro. London had nothing on this. But it did all seem to work pretty efficiently, so it kept things moving, it was just the heat that was bordering on unbearable. One of the things that struck me about the metro was how incredibly deep it ... 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