Russia – St. Petersburg – Catherine’s Summer Place
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Although named after Catherine I, wife of Peter the Great, the Catherine Palace […]
Russia – St. Petersburg – A Jewel Survives
We wake up in St. Petersburg.
In 1700 Peter the Great succeeded in kicking out the Swedes. To […]
Russia – Monasteries, High school – and Vodka
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The road skirts the […]
Russia – Yaroslavl – More Treasures
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Russia – Moscow – Not in Kansas Anymore
Russia! Dismal, gray, food lines, sullen babushkas.
The pictures in my head don’t change no matter what the […]