St Sophia's cathedral ( I attempted to sketch it)

Veliky Novgorod time.

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August 25th 2016
We spent two days in Veliky Novgorod. It proved to be a rather beautiful place smaller and rather different than St P'sburg. We arrived there mid morning by train and walked our suitcases from the station to the apartment address. This seemed to be part of a fairly rundown apartment block with no visible sign of Prusskaya Apartments. We were rather early so sat on the concrete steps and waited for ... 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