Russia Photos

See location of some of the photos on the map

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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

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

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

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

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

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

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

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Moscow Kremlin and the Moskva River at night. 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.