First view of the Winter Palace

June 16th 2014
We spent 3 days in St. Petersburg and so much happened that its easier to split it into 3 days. We kept having to remind ourselves, that.. WE'RE IN RUSSIA. The country I was the most apprehensive about was met with very different expectations. It was pretty daunting at first, our tour guide told us that we had to fill in an extra slip of paper to hand in at boarding control, we were told [ ... 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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Bethan Phillips

Bethphill

A 20 year old, soon to be final year history student in a seaside town in mid Wales, with an interest in travel and journalism. Before university I hadn't really traveled much, I was always a bit apprehensive. So for me, joining the university History Society, or HistSoc as we call ourselves was brilliant! Last year we went on a 'summer tour' to Italy; visiting Rome, Sorrento, Capri and the Vatican City. In June of 2014, we went on a Baltic Tour to the capital cities of Sweden, Estonia, Finland and RUSSIA!! Both trips were incredible and really opened my eyes to the many places outside ... full info

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