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…

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Fasade detail. Cathedral of the Assumption in kremlin. 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.