museum of cosmonautics

Space race & Russia

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November 20th 2014
We set foot in Moscow on a crisp, cloudless evening, the cold winds driving away any lingering thoughts of our long journey. Dressed in bulky jackets, a few people fumbled for cameras as we waited for the shuttle that would take us from the airport to the city. Most of the class had made the journey as the trip coincided with our university’s spring break, but winter still reigned in Russia. On ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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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