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…

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Church of Our Lady of Kazan on Red Square 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.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.