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St Petersburg is the second biggest city in Russia with a population of 5 million, and was called Leningrad and even Stalingrad during its communist period. The city of St Petersburg is situated in northwest European Russia and is relatively young if judged by Russian standards.
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The Moscow Kremlin is the chief architectural sight of the city. The Kremlin is a refuge, a self contained city.
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Bliny are Russian pancakes with a slightly sour taste and the thickness of a few playing cards, accompanied by caviar or indeed almost any other filling on hand, from jam to sour cream and salmon.
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Red Square, that familiar bricked expanse in the heart of Moscow is located just outside the Kremlin, along its Eastern Wall.
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Joseph Stalin was the major architect of what Churchill called The Iron Curtain – a divided Europe which was established after World War 2.
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