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…

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.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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