Russia 5

Training in Russia

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October 24th 2006
Well hello folks. I have left the sunny climes of Africa to go east for a bit. First stop St. Petersburgh. A very big city with lots of museums (Hermitage amongst them) to see which is a good thing because it rained a lot and I didn't want to be outside too much. I caught my first train to Moscow where it was -5 degrees and snow in the air! Just like being back on the ice. Here I got to see Le ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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