Final sailing regatta
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29 June in St. Petersburg finished the round-the-world sailing race Volvo Ocean Race. This is the most prestigious and extreme competition of the day, which experts called the «Everest of yachting»
Regatta was launched in October 2008 in the Spanish city of Alicante. During 9 months of yachts crossed 37 thousand nautical miles in the four oceans, visited four continents, in 11-port 10 of the world. Do berths Racing Village, built on the beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress, 8 yachts to dock - the final stage of the race participants Stockholm - St. Petersburg.
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Moscow has been the capital of Russia for almost its entire history. The exception is during the period of the Russian Empire, which lasted from 1721 until the Russian Revolution 1917. For these two centuries the capital was St. Petersburg. The Russian Empire was the second largest contiguous Empire in world memory; only the Mongol Empire had been greater.
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The earliest period of Russian history was ruled by the Novgorod Republic and Kievan Rus, which was the first Russian state dating back to 800AD in Kiev.
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Text by Steve Smith.
