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The Moscow I Never Knew

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September 9th 2017
We set the alarm clock for 5AM and when I awoke I realized that I had a real problem with the big toe on my right foot. It hurt… a lot; but only when something touched it. It was red, slightly swollen and it did not like it when I put my red sneakers on. We caught a bite in the Lido, and I got a couple of cold-cut sandwiches just because I know how much it bothers Sharon; but, also because they ... 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