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You Must Look Up at the Ceiling for the Mosaics  
   

You Must Look Up at the Ceiling for the Mosaics

and down at the floor to see the marble at the Church of Spilled Blood.
St Petersburg - A Long Haul But Well Worth It! July 6 - July 19, 2014

July 20th 2014
Palaces, gold, Tsars, Russian Orthodox Churches, Fortresses, malachite, jasper, metros, marble, meat pies, parks, good luck charms, weddings, Faberge, Lamborghini, Vladimir, Natalia, gold, Gold, GOLD and GOLD– these are a few of the words that come to mind when we start to think about our time in St. Petersburg, Russia. With the political situation the way it is we consider ourselves quite ... read more
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Russian Flag 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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