"Herrings in fur coats"

Day #22: Nizhny Novgorod

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April 24th 2013
Another long day waiting for a night train, having nearly run out of things to do in Nizhny after yesterday's failures. Spent most of the day walking around Kremlin and city. We did have an excellent lunch at a Ukrainian restaurant. I have a new favourite meal, the Russian name of which translates as "herrings in fur coats": salted herring under layers of potato, beetroot, egg and mayonnaise. ... 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