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…

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

House in countryside 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.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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