Saint Basil's by night

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March 13th 2007
We arrived in Russia full of hope - for milder weather, better health and more familiar European fare. Ample opportunity to ponder these wishes was granted to us as we sat on a stationary (occasionally jolting) train at the Siberian border crossing for over 12 hours. It should have been a sign... First stop was Irkutsk. We joyously embraced this civilized, dirty little town but almost immediate ... 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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