Muzeon

Day #9: Moscow

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April 10th 2013
Went to Arbat Street in the morning, but clearly this is not the right time of year to be there. There street is very much geared to tourists, but there are few tourists in Moscow at this time of year, and the place felt a bit muted. I was almost tempted to buy a touristy matryoshka-pattern hairclip, but perhaps it's too early in the trip for tacky souvenirs. Continued to the Muzeon ... 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