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Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

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October 23rd 2017
An easy start to the day today, as we wanted to do some souvenir and gift shopping. We spent most of the morning walking along Nevsky Prospekt looking in the shops, purchasing some souvenirs, and ended up in a modern multi storey shopping centre with glass lifts. We had hoped to find some unique Russian clothing merchandise, however, all of the shops in the centre were western culture brand names ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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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