…Trip despite the coronavirus
Usually when someone finds out that I’m from Russia, they assume I’m from Moscow.
Foreigners have generally heard of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, two largest cities in Russia, the country’s capital and cultural capital.
I’m from Tomsk, but I love Saint Petersburg as much as my hometown. I think it was my father’s fault. He liked to quote Pushkin’s poem ” The Bronze Horseman”: “I love you, Peter’s Creation.”.. These words were about the city of St. Petersburg, created by Peter the Great. But my father’s name was also Peter, and I was his creation…. it was a pun, but that’s probably why I fell in love with the city.
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