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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. 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.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

House in countryside after heavy snowfall. 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.