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Day #21: Nizhny Novgorod

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April 24th 2013
Today was one of those days where things didn't really go our way. Our big plan for the day was to visit Gorodets by ferry, a trip that particularly appealed to us because of being so enamoured with the Volga, as well as the novelty value of a sail, something we haven't done in Russia yet. But when we got to the station, no ferries (don't start until May, apparently). We then decided t ... 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