Traditional wooden building

Irkutsk

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July 21st 2012
The transfer back to Irkutsk was a little scary with the driver deciding to wait for the solid white line and the "No overtaking" sign to overtake - in such safe places as blind turns and on the brow of a hill. This would have been bad enough, but just to add another element while of "excitement" the car had it's steering wheel on the right (as in the UK) but they also drive on right. It turns ... 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