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…

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. 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.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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