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…

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. 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.

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia