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…

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. 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.

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

View from Lake Nero to Kremlin. Rostov Veliky. 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.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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