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…

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.