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…

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. 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.

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

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

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

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

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

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. Moscow region.Russia

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

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

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

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

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

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

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.

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

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

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

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gothic revival Novo-Nikolsky cathedral . Mozhaysk. Russia.

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