Kvas Stop

as soon as the level crossing closes all the drivers are out filling up plastic bottles with Kvas (a sort of low alcohol homebrew)

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Russia - The Great Patriotic War - mile 5,101 - 14 June 2012

June 14th 2012
The roadsides are littered with war memorials. They come in all shapes and sizes: tanks, rocket launchers, MIG fighter jets, large Soviet era statues, small star topped stones engraved with names. This, south-west, corner of Russia saw a lot of action during WWII and was occupied by the Germans. We tend to erect monuments honouring the people who fought but the Russians also genuinely honour the e ... 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

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