Full moon over Lake Baikal

Mother Russia

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November 21st 2006
I just returned from a 2-week business trip to Russia. I was with a joint Russian-American team who site visited 9 Russian universities in 6 cities in 4 different time zones. While the schedule was brutal and there was little time for fun, I wanted to post a few photos. I was lucky enough to get upgraded to business class on the transatlantic flight to Moscow, which was pretty sweet. On the sam ... 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