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…

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Moscow Kremlin, Kamenniy Bridge and Moskva river. Moscow. 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 to Kotorosl River. Late spring, early summer. Yaroslavl. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground