Ducks

Barbara Bush gifted this sculpture to the children of Moscow in 1991. Apparently Raisa Gorbachova was impressed by the 'Make Way for Ducklings' sculpture in the Boston Gardens, prompting Bush's gesture.

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Moscow!

May 26th 2017
Geo: 55.7598, 37.6212What an eye-opener! Moscow is a magnificent European city; right up there with London, Paris and Rome. The streets and architecture around the city centre are imposing and impressive. The traffic alternates between free-flowing on 12-lane boulevards, to severely congested around choke points. The current Mayor is undertaking a program of widening footpaths and reducing p ... read more

Europe » Russia

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

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