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…

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

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. 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.