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RUSSIAN TRADITIONAL FARMHOUSE – TALITZ.MUSEUM

The Taltsi Museum of Architecture and Ethnography is located on the Angara 47 km south of Irkutsk. It is an open-air museum of Siberian traditional architecture. The museum contains numerous unique historical wooden buildings from villages in the Angara valley, which have been flooded after the Bratsk Dam and Ust-Ilimsk …

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EUROPE ASIA BORDER

Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterway of the Bosporus Strait.

ASAINT ROMANOV MONASTERY – EKATERINBURG

Ganina Yama Monastery – Russia’s last royal family. One of the most visited places during Ekaterinburg tours is the Ganina Yama Monastery, built in memory of the Romanovs, Russia’s last royal family. Where today stands the tsar’s Monastery Of The Holy Imperial Passion-Bearers, years ago, was the place where the …

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THE MUSEUM OF VINTAGE CARS. 1936-1942

The museum presents about 300 exhibits, including classic cars, motorcycles, bicycles of foreign and Russian production, produced since the beginning of the 1936- 1942….

EKATEERINBURG –COUNTRY SIDE

Full day Countryside & Siberian village experience. We drove out of the city to one of the photogenic country villages that are scattered across the rolling scenery of the Ural Mountains.   The Leaning Tower of Nevyansk is a tower built in the 18th century located within the town of …

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ON THE TRAIN TO EKATERINBURG – RUSSIA

We boarded the Russian Train to Ekaterinburg late evening, with the gentle rhythm of the train led to a good night’s sleep. A full day on the train through a region of farms, small towns and villages interspersed with birch forests. Towers the end of the day we crossed the …

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Moscow – Capital of Russia

We arrived in Moscow, Russia’s Capital and its largest city with moe than 12 million people. It is the political and economic centre of this vast country and has many of Russia’s most famous sights, including Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral. With over 800 years of history there is …

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Moscow

28/5/09 MOSCOW Originally established in 1147 as a minor town, Moscow grew to becaome a prosperous and powerful city that served as the capital of the Grand Duchy that bears its namesake. When the Grand Duchy of Moscow evolved into the Tsardom of Russia, Moscow still remained as the political …

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