Travelling in Russia - before the year 2014

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The famous Kungur Cave in the Perm region, Russia and proof that nature is the best architect...

There are 48 grottos and more than 70 lakes in the cave...

 

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The famous Kungur Cave in the Perm region, Russia and proof that nature is the best architect...

There are 48 grottos and more than 70 lakes in the cave...

i have been there

 

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i have been there

How big are these 70 lakes?

 

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The adventure of an American in Orenburg.

 

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I'm not sure if this counts, but I spent three days in St Petersburg on a cruise a few years back. It was fabulous, with the highlights being the Hermitage (art museum) and the Czar's Summer palace.

We got very little opportunity to interact with natives (other than our tour guide who was excellent), but I'm an architecture freak and I was blowed away, so to speak. Especially with the way that the major churches had been lovingly restored after the collapse of the USSR.

 

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A typical underground passage in St. Petersburg

 

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a good speaker!

 

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