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…

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. 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.

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