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    Making a Bee-line to the Republic of Adygea, Russia

    by Mike Pole December 9, 2017
    by Mike Pole December 9, 2017

    Honey, honey, honey – it seemed Adygea oozed the stuff. Everywhere we looked it seemed someone had set up a road-side stall …

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    Lurking in the Streets of Old Tartarstan in Kazan

    by Mike Pole November 4, 2017
    by Mike Pole November 4, 2017

    I admit it, I was lurking in the back streets of ‘Old Tartarstan’, Kazan. Trouble is, I like old buildings, and particularly …

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    Kazan – the Peacock Big Enough to be Seen from Space

    by Mike Pole October 21, 2017
    by Mike Pole October 21, 2017

    In about 2014 some genius decided to plant a peacock in front of the Kazan Kremlin. Kazan is the currently the capital …

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    In the Footsteps of Anthony Bourdain: Restaurant CoCoCo in St Petersburg, Russia

    by Mike Pole October 4, 2017
    by Mike Pole October 4, 2017

    A meal in CoCoCo, a top St Petersburg restaurant? One featured in an episode of TV chef Anthony Bourdain? Would I be …

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    Tourists and War-Graves in Taganrog, South Russia

    by Mike Pole July 21, 2017
    by Mike Pole July 21, 2017

    The man in the Taganrog Park spun around and said something at us. The only word I made out was ‘anglesky’  (‘English’)- …

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    Nomadic Women’s Underwear – in Greek Tanais on the Russian Don

    by Mike Pole July 9, 2017
    by Mike Pole July 9, 2017

    You’ll see the chick with red and green silk bloomers at Tanais… The River Don is one of Europe’s big ones. Even …

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    How to see the Porthole Dolmens of Russia’s Caucasus

    by Mike Pole July 7, 2017
    by Mike Pole July 7, 2017

    Travelling in Russia last year I got a chance to see some of it’s famous prehistoric ‘Porthole Dolmens’.  Now there is a …

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    St Petersburg – 200 years of Russian Chick Selfies

    by Mike Pole December 26, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 26, 2016

    Women, so I’ve read (and seem to observe), are significantly more likely to take ‘selfies’ than men. It doesn’t seem to matter …

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    The Log Cabin at the Heart of St Petersburg, Russia

    by Mike Pole December 20, 2016
    by Mike Pole December 20, 2016

    The most famous ‘little log cabin in the woods’ is probably the one in which Abraham Lincoln grew up in Kentucky. It …

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