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…

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

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

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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