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Moscow
There is hardly one person in the world who has never heard about Moscow. According to the old Russian chronicle Moscow was founded by Suzdal's prince Yuri Dolgorukiy in 1147. In the fourteenth century Moscow becomes a center of Great Moscow Principality.
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Saint Petersburg
The city of St Petersburg is relatively young if judged by the European or Russian standards.
Found in 1703 St Petersburg has a rich and exciting history.
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Kazan
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Vladimir
Vladimir's one of the oldest and most famous cities of Russia. The city boasts a thousand years of history. According to the
latest data discovered by the historians and archaeologists, Vladimir was founded in 995 by Prince Vladimir on the bank of the
Klyazma River.
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Suzdal
The first reference to Suzdal was made in the chronicle in 1024 in connection with the peasants' uprising,
which spread "throughout the land". At the turn of the 12th century a fortified town (i.e. the kremlin) was built
at the bend of the Kamenka river.
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Kostroma
Kostroma is an ancient Russian town with a population situated on the left bank of the Volga river. It was founded in 1153 by Prince Yury Dolgoruky. The pearl of Kostroma is the ensemble of the Ipatyevsky Monastery with white stone walls and golden cupolas.
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Founded in 1010 by Yaroslav the Wise (future Grand Prince of Kiev), is a large, pleasantly quiet old town, and yet much more metropolitan than the other cities on the Golden Ring. Yaroslavl developed rapidly because of its favorable location along the Volga trade route.
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Sergiev Posad
70 km out of Moscow. Sergiev Posad is the town around the Trinity Monastery of St.Sergius. The monastery was established in the 14th century
by one of the most honored Russian saints, reverent Sergius of Radonezh.
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Rostov Veliky (Rostov the Great)
Rostov was first mentioned in chronicles in 862. The focal point is its Kremlin, built on the shore of a lake. The white-stone towers of the Rostov Kremlin impressing as they are reflected in the lake's water.
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Pereslavl Zalessky
Pereslavl-Zalessky was founded in 1152 by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky as a projected capital of Zalesye. In 1175—1302, the town was the center of the Principality of Pereslavl (Zalessky). In 1302, the town became a part of the Muscovy.
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Karelia Region
Karelia is a region in the Russian Northwest. Its capital, the city of Petrozavodsk, is located nearly 400 km away from St.Petersburg and 300 km from the Russian-Finnish border. Among numerous cultural sights of the area Kizhi Island is the most famous. The unique ensemble of wooden churches, chapels and traditional houses is situated there.
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Petrozavodsk
Petrozavodsk is the capital of Karelia and the center of the industry, culture, and science of the Republic. There are about 266,000 inhabitants. At the command of Peter the Great, the great iron foundry and cannon factory were built on the shores of Onego in 1703.
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Altai
Altai - is a large mountainous country, situated in the centre of Asia. Altai in the translation from the Turkic languages means "Golden Mountains". And those who have at least once seen the radiance of the Altai Mountains at sunset will not but agree with this translation.
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