by Oliver | Dec 2, 2015 | Trans-Siberian Railway, Travel Posts |
Image retrieved from shared post on Facebook One important thing this trip is starting to make me realize is that we have removed too much sociology from history. That is to say we often discuss modern history without enough reflection on society. This approach makes...
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,...
