Petersburg, Letniy Sad

Lenin's Shalash, the Razliv Lake and Dubki Park with a Gulf View

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June 21st 2015
I went to Sestroretsk (the name can be rendered as ‘the City on the Sister River’) with a friend of mine, Igor, who came from Birsk to St. Petersburg for a week. From the administrative viewpoint, Sestroretsk is a part of the city of St. Petersburg, its Kurortny District. It is a well-known climatic resort on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. The city is made up of six districts, namely Gorska ... 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