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…

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

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

Pinewood forest after heavy snowfall. Moscow region. Russia.

Snow on tree branches after heavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia

Winter evening. Tverskoy Boulevard. Russia.

Walls and tower of Smolensk Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

Sculptural group Moscow underground (metro). Russia

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

Winter evening in one of Moscow boulevards. Russia.

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

Village in Smolensk region. Russia

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

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

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

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

evening on Lake Pleshcheevo with rock in foreground

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

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

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

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

Rostov Veliky. Kremlin. Russia

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

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

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

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

Heavy snowfall at night. Moscow Region. Russia.

Assumption Cathedral. Smolensk. Russia.

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

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

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

Monastery of Holy Sign in winter. Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

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

One of newly restored Monasteries. Pereslavl Zalessky. Russia.

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

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

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

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

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.

Gate church. Borisoglebsy monastery. Russia

View to Thrinity Cathedral. Alexandrov. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Street in Moscow after a heavy snowfall. Russia.

Moscow State University in haavy snowfall. Moscow. Russia.

Savvino Storozhevsky monastery. Zvenigorod. Moscow region. Russia

White stone street sculpture. Moscow. Russia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assumption Cathedral. Sergiev Posad. Russia.

Borovitskaya tower. Moscow Kremlin. Russia.

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

Kremlin wall. Smolensk. Russia

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

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

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

Unrestored part of the house in central Moscow. Russia.

Snowmans in Gorky Park. Moscow. Russia.