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…

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Memorial to the victims of Gulag. Winter. 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.