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…

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). 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.