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…

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow city centre. 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.