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…

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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