by Oliver | Nov 27, 2015 | Trans-Siberian Railway, Travel Posts |
Perm 36 Guard House Me inside part of the Punishment Barracks Perm 36, known as the Memorial Center of Political Repression, is a former forced labor camp located near Perm, Russia. This camp was part of the system of prisons during the time of the Soviet Union, which...
by Oliver | Nov 26, 2015 | Trans-Siberian Railway, Travel Posts |
Church On Blood This church is the very reason I stopped in Yekaterinburg. The Church On Blood was something that I remembered from high school. It is where the last Czar of Russia and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks. The site used to be a house that the...
by Oliver | Nov 22, 2015 | Trans-Siberian Railway, Travel Posts |
I took the train from Kazan to Yekaterinburg, which involved crossing two zones. Yekaterinburg is roughly one-thousand miles from Moscow and sits in the Ural mountains on the continental divide. I spent the afternoon with my new friend Jiang. Jiang is a Physics PHD...
by Oliver | Nov 21, 2015 | Trans-Siberian Railway, Travel Posts |
Today, I ventured out in the snow toward the Kremlin in Kazan. The main difference between this Kremlin and the Moscow Kremlin is its construction of a white sandstone rather than red brick. Inside is the Qolşärif Mosque (pronunciation sounds like to “Cool-Sheriff”...
by Oliver | Nov 20, 2015 | Trans-Siberian Railway, Travel Posts |
My impression of Russians based on my previous visit here was Russians were a cold, reserved people. In Moscow, I do not recall many smiles. The lack of helpful English signage did not give me a warm, welcoming impression. My visa application process was arduous,...
