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…

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

One of Moscow's boulevards after heavy snowfall. 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.

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.