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…

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

View to Kremlin and Moscow river in winter. 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.