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…

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Winter view to Kremlin and Moscow river. 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.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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