Tag: Novgorod

  • Thursday 13 July 2006 Highlights: Moscow Metro System Setting off from Novgorod we briefly stopped at the small town of Volga which highlighted how the majority of people live outside of St Petersburg and Moscow.   The roads are not very good, it takes a lot longer to travel distances in Russia for example one…

  • Wednesday 12 July 2006 Highlights: Hermitage art collection (St Petersburg), Kremlin Fort (Novgorod) On our last day in St Petersburg we visited the Hermitage art collection.   Started by Catherine the II (the Great) as her personal art museum in a structure linked to the winter palace it now covers the entire palace area. The…