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 State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. 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.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

View from country house window in winter. Moscow region. 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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

Heavy snowfall at night. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. 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.