Tag: Russia
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Official Name: Russian Federation Established: Duchy of Moscow (1283), Monarchy abolished (1917), Russian Federation (1991) Population: 146,748,590 (2020 estimate) Religion: 70% Russian Orthodoxy, 15% No religion, 10% Islam Language(s): Russian Capital: Moscow Order of Visit: Twenty-First First Visit: 09 July 2006 Last Visit: 16 July 2006 Duration: 8 Days Visit Highlights: St Petersburg; Peter and…
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Sunday 16 July 2006. Highlights: Buying Beer from Government Shop! Belarussia President Lukashenko certainly runs this country in and interesting fashion. While Russia and other countries around have taken great steps forward this President has managed to only move the country a little bit past the USSR era which he longs for a return…
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Saturday 15 July 2006 Highlights: Borodino Panorama Exhibition, The Kremlin We started off by visiting the Borodino Panorama Exhibition. This exhibition highlights the 1812 war with France and in particular a key battle about 100 kms outside of Moscow.
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Friday 14 July 2006 Highlights: Moscow Red Square, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour The Moscow Red Square, site of all those army marches I still remember as a child. Today I got to visit this incredible place which included Lenin’s tomb just outside the Kremlin. It’s hard to take in just how much world…
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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…
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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…
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Tuesday 11 July 2006 Highlights: St Isaac’s Square & Cathedral, Eternal Flame, Yusupov’s Palace After the very big day of yesterday I had scheduled a tour of Yusupov’s Palace which was the home of Felix Yusupov and his noble family. Three months before the revolution on 16th December 1916 Felix conspired to kill the infamous…
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Monday 10 July 2006 Highlights: Pushkin Palace (Summer Palace), Petredvoert (Versailles of Russia), Attending the ballet – Swan Lake This morning I visited what is now know as the Pushkin Palace (after famous Russian poet) but was the former Summer Palace of the Tsars. This palace was occupied by the Nazis in WWII and…
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Sunday 9 July 2006 Highlights: Peter and Paul Fortress With a 6 am wakeup call and an excellent buffet breakfast (I might like touring after all!) we were off to Russia. Passing the border was an interesting experience, first you go through the Finland border (which didn’t take long), then you enter a sort of…
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