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…

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

Village in Smolensk region. 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.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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