Peter and Paul Cathedral has tallest tower in St Petersburg

Day 4 (10 Sep) our first in St Petersburg

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September 10th 2014
Up at the crack of dawn and down to breakfast at 6:15am as we had to leave to get to Moscow airport for our 10am plane to St Petersburg. We arrived with plenty of time to spare. I needed to go to the loo which was a long walk from the check-in desks and then down a staircase and finally the ladies' queue. What had been an urgency soon turned into an emergency. But I made it! We checked in last amo ... 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