The Golden Ring Suzdal and Vladimir July 2012 Sorry the blog has been delayed!
January 3rd 2014 Our train journey was a brief one today,only an hour and a quarter,from Nizhny Novgorod to Vladimir and our visit to the Golden Ring.This is the area Northeast of Moscow that contains some of the countries oldest towns,Kremlins and an amazing array of spectacular onion domes.
We were met by a lovely driver who drove us straight to Suzdal,35km away, which really is a beautiful town. The railway
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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 
