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…

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. 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.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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