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…

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Tower and buildings of New Jerusalem near Istra. 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.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

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