Trans-Siberian across the Gobi Desert

Going back in time. Prepare for our Russian and Trans-Siberian adventures

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October 18th 2018
R. About a year ago Cate and I travelled to Russia. We weren't writing our blog at that time, and perhaps we should have been. We explored St. Petersburg and Moscow. Leaving Cate behind, I travelled on to Beijing via Siberia and Mongolia on the Trans-Siberian railway with my father in law, Richard. It was a great trip and I hope by reading our blog, it will make you want to go to Russia yourselves ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Moscow

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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