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Russia: casinos & potato fields - mile 4,779 - 12 June 2012

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June 12th 2012
At 13:00 the ferry from Turkey carrying our Australian & Kiwi travel companions plus their 13 motorbikes comes into view over the horizon. However its seems there is only one berth in Sochi and its currently occupied by a large cruise ship so they have to carry on bobbling about on the Caspian Sea for another 5 hours before they can set foot in Russia. Having been re-united with the group we st ... 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