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…

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

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

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

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

Cathedral of the Annunciation and river gzhat 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.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.