Russia Photos

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Though I was born in the Soviet Union, we didn’t travel much when I lived there. These days, a visit to Moscow is more about seeing friends and relatives than meeting new people and visiting new places… However, we did manage to go on a couple of trips. One was to Smolensk around Christmas/New Years, and the other was to the towns of the Golden Ring and St. Petersburg in the summer. Below is a subset of the Russia photos I had time to prepare. More to come…

Mikhail Shemyakin's 'The children - victims of adult vices'. Drug addiction figure. Moscow, Russia. The sculptures are of twelve bronze figures, which depict the adult vices, such as alcoholism, drug addiction, prostitution etc, that affect children.

Smocked fish for sale from back of a van. Smolensk highway. Russia.

People waiting for a bus on a bus stop. Gagarin (former Gzhatsk). Russia.

Memorial to the victims of Gulag. Winter. Moscow, Russia.

Moscow Kremlin, Kamenniy Bridge and Moskva river. Moscow. Russia.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow city centre. Russia.

Forest and holiday village in distance after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Close up. Snow on a brunch of pine tree. Moscow. Russia

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Shadow of fence on snow in orange street light at night. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

View from Lake Nero to Kremlin. Rostov Veliky. Russia.

Church of Icon of the Virgin Hodegetria in Vyazma. Smolensk region. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

View to Assumption (Uspensky) cathedral from Kremlin. Smolenk. Russia.

Memorial to the victims of Gulag. Winter. Moscow, Russia.

Swimmer. 1930 by Matvey Manizer. Neskuchniy Garden. Moscow. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Winter view to Kremlin and Moscow river. Moscow. Russia.

Church of Our Lady of Kazan on Red Square at night. Gagarin (former Gzhatsk). Russia.

View to Kremlin and Moscow river in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

View to Kotorosl River. Late spring, early summer. Yaroslavl. Russia

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Woman taking picture with digital camera in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Moscow Kremlin and the Moskva River at night. Moscow. Russia

John the Baptist Monastery in Vyazma. Smolensk region. Russia.

Parents wait for the end of children's Christmas tree party in front of Cathedral of the Assumption in Kremlin. Moscow. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Country house (dacha) in winter dawn. Moscow region. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Canteen (Stolovaya) with icicles. Gagarin (former Gzhatsk). Russia.

Bust (sculpture) of colonel Neverovsky. Smolensk. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

One of Moscow's boulevards after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Forty saints' church on Lake Pleshcheevo. Pereslavl-Zalessky. Russia

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

View from country house window in winter. Moscow region. Russia.

Smoke from samovar's chimney in winter. Moscow region. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Russia. Pleshcheevo Lake.just before sunset. Pergola. Silhouettes.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Metal Trees of Love with locks. New Russian tradition. Moscow. Russia.

Cupola of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration. Yaroslavl. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Fasade detail. Cathedral of the Assumption in kremlin. Moscow. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Cupola of Resurrection cathedral in New Jerusalem near Istra. Moscow Region. Russia

Cathedral of the Annunciation and river gzhat at night. Gagarin (former Gzhatsk). Russia.

Metal Trees of Love with locks. New Russian tradition. Moscow. Russia.

Founded in XIV Century Goritsky Monastery. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Orthodox monastery Davidova Pustin and Assumption church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in winter. Chekhov. Moscow region. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Bell tower and streetlight. Orthodox monastery Davidova Pustin in winter. Chekhov. Moscow region. Russia.

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

View to Assumption (Uspenski ) cathedral from Kremlin. Smolenk. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

House in countryside after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Fence in one of Moscow's boulevards after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Tower and buildings of New Jerusalem near Istra. Moscow Region. Russia

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Russian county house (dacha) and decorated Christmas tree. Moscow region. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

View to Assumption (Uspensky) cathedral from Kremlin. Smolenk. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Two men carrying baptistery. Assumption (Uspenski) cathedral. Smolenk. Russia

Detail of the Monument to heroes of 1812. Smolensk. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia