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…

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). 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.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia