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…

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

Fasade detail. Cathedral of the Assumption in kremlin. 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.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Smocked fish for sale from back of a van. Smolensk highway. 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 (Uspensky) cathedral from Kremlin. Smolenk. Russia.

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