Hermitage

Day 7: St Petersburg

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July 17th 2018
Day 7: St Petersburg (We've been going for +15hrs straight and I'm toast, so photos will be added either tomorrow night or when we're in Helsinki and I'll put a note the day I do it) Wow. It is stunningly beautiful here - gardens, canals, buildings (other than their concrete apartment blocks), everything. We had a jam-packed day today. You need a tourist visa for Russia or you need to ... read more

Europe » Russia

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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