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 Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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.

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.