Thursday, November 8, 2012

Russia's Golden Ring of Astronauts, mice and More Entrancing Stories

The Golden Ring of Russian towns starts in the capital, Moscow, or at the Golden Gate in the town of Vladimir. Or Yaroslavl, 'space capital of Russia', birthplace of the first woman astronaut, Valentina Tereshkova (1963). See the Planetarium.
The little town of Myshkin (meaning little house - mysh is Russian for mouse) has Myshniye Palatye (Mouse chambers) whre King Mouse and Queen Mouse greet visitors and in the underground zoo are exotic mice and rodents.
More sites and stories involve The Snow Maiden palace in Kostroma, Alexander Nevsky and Pushkin's characters, plus vodka at, a jam libeary www.cgr.su

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