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.

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

Orthodox monastery Davidova Pustin and Assumption church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in winter. Chekhov. Moscow region. 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 Assumption (Uspensky) cathedral from Kremlin. Smolenk. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Smoke from samovar's chimney in winter. 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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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