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…

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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