Typical view from the carriage window

Day 9 to 12 On the Train from Irkutsk to Moscow

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August 3rd 2016
There was panic at the station (by Al )when we arrived at Irkutsk station in what we thought was adequate time and 1hour and 15 minutes before it was due to depart. As we looked up at the board to show which platform we were going to be on the only Moscow train was showing as departing at 13.22 and it was now 17:10 (we thought our train was due to depart at 18.22). When we looked at our tickets th ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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