Russia

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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ST. Petersburg

27/5/09 Saint Petersburg, a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea, formerly known as Petrograd, then Leningrad, is a city situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. It is Russia’s second-largest city after Moscow. It was the imperial capital for …

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