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…

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground