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Russia continued - A Volga cruise

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(Leaving the Moscow cruise terminal) On the outskirts of Moscow the cruise terminal awaited us as we alighted a van provided by the Russian cruise organization so we can timely board the Ms Rostropovich with another 200 plus foreigners for an eight day trip to St Petersburg, city of the Czars as well as birthplace to Vladimir Putin the modern Czar of the present Federation of Soviet Republics.              (Our cruise did not stop in Yaroslavl)                                                           (A piece of then suppressed Christianity offered up to the new lakes after the Soviets were installing dams and locks)                      (Passing traffic in wide wide lakes we traverse)                                                                                       (While our ship rises in a lock, I peek over the edge to still waters below) The boat trip is interesting in so far that it highlights a remarkable project, the 229mile/368km Mariinsk canal system connecting Moscow wit