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…

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

View from country house window in winter. 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.

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. 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.