Moscow and Beyond
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Religious Snapshots
April 4, 2009 at 12:38 pmFrom its early days Moscow has had the reputation for being a city of churches. Visiting foreigners commented that it was home to “forty times forty” cathedrals, monasteries, and other…
The Third Rome
April 2, 2009 at 11:48 amRussia considers itself the inheritor of the Roman Empire by means of the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453 with the siege of Constantinople. As a result, Moscow is…
Red Square and its Checkered History
April 2, 2009 at 10:13 amMoscow, currently covered in dirty snow, is not an aesthetically pleasing city. The real charm lies of Moscow lies below the surface, in its ever-shifting historical personae and its changing…
First Impressions
March 31, 2009 at 10:31 amTuesday, 31 March
Russian word for the day: "акклиматизация." Acclimatizatsiya. Acclimatization. We're all still getting used to the atmosphere--both the physical surroundings and the culture, but everyone is enjoying the process.
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