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…

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. 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.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Russian county house (dacha) and decorated Christmas tree. 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.

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.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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