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…

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

House in countryside after heavy snowfall. 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.