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…

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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.