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…

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.