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…

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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.