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…

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. 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.

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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