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…

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

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

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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