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Crossing the Urals

July 24th 2013
For the next stage of my journey I had a second driver, Andrey, and we covered the 600 kilometres to Chelyabinsk without any problems. It is a great geographical myth that the Ural mountains are high, or really even mountains at all. Perhaps there’s a feeling that Russia is so impressive in other dimensions that these famous mountains ought to be big, or that there should be a suitably dramatic ... 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

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Russia: A Farewell Tour

sageinrussia

I’ve lived in St. Petersburg for three years, teaching English, learning Russian and enjoying the process of getting to know another culture. Every summer here I’ve taken a trip to some or other interesting place: in 2011 I went to Novosibirsk and the Altai mountains; last summer I visited friends in Perm and went on a rafting trip in the northern Urals. This summer, my last living here, I decided to go to Lake Baikal. Since I’ve got quite a lot of friends along the way, it seems natural to call in on them. Plus I’ve always wanted to take an extended road trip around Russia. A plan eme... full info

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