Tower being all impressive

Abcadabra...Kazan!

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December 11th 2004
Well here i am again, writing away- theres a snow storm outside so i thought id get out of the cold. Anyway, im in Kazan, arrived at 6am this morning it has a very different look to it from the other russian cities i have visited; There is an enormous mosque inside the kremlin and a couple of (much smaller) orthodox churches. Also a massive UFO shaped thing that is apparently a circus- other ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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