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Day #52: Return to Irkutsk

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May 29th 2013
More beautiful weather by Lake Baikal, so I spent the morning walking up and down the shore and to the local market, where they sell omul, the famous local smoked fish, which I found absolutely delicious. I also saw many teenagers dressed up and wearing red sashes and posing for photographs - many of the girls looked like they were wearing a version of the French maid's outfit. I later discove ... 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