Rainy Listvyanka port

Day #50: Russian banya by Lake Baikal

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May 29th 2013
Today I travelled to Listvyanka, a small town on the shores of Lake Baikal, very geared to tourists (I saw my first coach party of the whole trip here!). Normally it would be beautiful, but unfortunately the weather was atrocious, probably the worst day of the whole trip so far - unremitting heavy rain and strong winds. Because of the weather and because the view was so limited, it felt like being ... 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