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…

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow city centre. 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 Assumption (Uspensky) cathedral from Kremlin. Smolenk. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.