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…

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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