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…

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). 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.