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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia

Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Sofia occupies an area more than 3.000 square meters and can hold more than 10.000 people inside which makes it one of the largest orthodox churches in the world. Its 12 bells of total weight of 23 tons, are rang by Maria Zabova, a 85+ years old woman that does this […]

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Vitosha Boulevard

Sofia in Bulgaria, one of the oldest inhabited places in Europe, is located in the middle of Balkan peninsula and it is a very nice and welcoming city. Vitoshka is the busiest pedestrian street in the city and is considered to be the trade center of Sofia. If you happen to walk to Vitoshka on […]

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Have you ever been in Sofia in Bulgaria? I did and I'm going to share a few pictures and little of the city's history in the next posts. If you have any nice pictures from Sofia leave me a comment here and I will share your pictures in my stories

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Moscow River

Moskva river length exceeds 500 kilometers and covers an area of more than 17 thousand square kilometers. The river is connected with the great Volga river through the Moscow Canal. The 128 kilometers of the Moscow Canal were constructed in 1930s by Gulag prisoners and during the process more that 20 thousand people's died. This […]

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Moscow University

View of Moscow University while cruising through Moscow river

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Moscow River

Many small and larger cruise ships floating every day on the Moskva river allowing tourists and locals to enjoy many of the city's landmarks without the hassle of the busy roads. Many of the cruise ships have restaurants and you can enjoy a nice dinner while cruising around Moscow.

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Moscow River

Moscow river provides with drinking water the city of Moscow from five stations.

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Moscow River

Moskva river has 49 bridges across the city of Moscow. The first stone bridge was built in 1692 # bridges

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Moscow River

A seagull attacks a pigeon that attacks a fish in Moskva river

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Gorky Park (Moscow)

This sculpture of a scuba diver standing on a lighthouse created by Leonid Tishkov based on an idea of the creator of “Worker and Kolkhoz Woman” monument, Vera Mukhina. The original idea was this sculpture to reach over 40 meters of height and placed on the coast of Black Sea in Crimea but the project […]

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