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…

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia