Day #10: Moscow

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April 11th 2013
Slept to the sound of drilling and hammering in the neighbouring rooms - our hostel is being renovated in time for tourist season. We seem to be the only travellers in the hostel, with most beds taken by Russian and Latvian workers, mostly young, strapping guys, who look like builders, plus a couple who wear suits to work. I think at least some are paying lower rent in return for assisting with th ... 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