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I’ve recently returned from two weeks in Russia, traveling by riverboat from Moscow to St. Petersburg and visiting several locations alone the way. Let me repeat answers to some of the many questions I’ve been asked.
First, let me stress that Russia is different. The city and country landscapes seem familiar and the people look, more or less, like average Americans. But that appearance belies a culture, a history and a way of thinking that couldn’t be more different from the culture, history and way of thinking I’ve encountered in other travels. The country appears to be Asian, European, both or neither. Moscow, the capital of one of the largest countries in the world, presents a dizzying array of the old and new, the shabby and sparkling...gold spires and disintegrating concrete high-rises.
What is the country like?
From a tourist’s point of view, and having seen so much of the countryside from the waterways, I loved how beautiful and green it...
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