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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. 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.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Swimmer. 1930 by Matvey Manizer. Neskuchniy Garden. 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.