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Crossing Lake Baikal
May 13th 2014 Before completion of the Circumbaikal Loop, a vessel named the Baikal was employed as both a ferry and an ice- breaker. It was built by a British firm, Sir. W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell and Company. It was constructed with inch thick steel plating, reinforced internally with two foot thick timber sheathing. It was powered by three steam engines generating 3750 horsepower driving two steel pr
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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 COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom