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…

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. 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.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Parents wait for the end of children's Christmas tree party in front of 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.

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia