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…

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. 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.