Tag: “Moscow”

13 results found.

1. 

   Ivan the Great Bell Tower

   Shot at the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia

2. 

   A Hobbit's Home?

   A small private chapel in the Novodevichy Monastery, which is also very pretty in the spring.

3. 

   Novodevichy Cemetery

   Founded in the late 1800s next to the 16th century Novodevichy Monastery, Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery is regarded as the most famous cemetery in Russia. Not only does it house some of Russia's most famous dead (including Khruschev, Gogol, Bulgakov, Shostakovich and many others), but the graves are not mere tombstones, they're works of art.

4. 

   Gorky Park

   Gorky Park has been described as the Russian Disneyland, although anyone visiting the park with those expectations will be sorely disappointed. I would describe it as more of the Russian equivalent to a county fair.

5. 

   Moscow Kremlin

   The Moscow Kremlin is the historic heart of Moscow, home to Tsars, Soviet bureaucrats and modern Russian politicians alike, the Kremlin contains not only government buildings but museums, monuments, and historic cathedrals.

6. 

   Room 1610, Salut Hotel, Moscow, Russia

   Dusk view from my room in Moscow.

7. 

   Kremlin

   View of the Kremlin, just outside of Red Square on the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge.

8. 

   Moscow Winter Street Market

   Moscow street market in winter

9. 

   Russian Souvenirs

   Russian Souvenirs available from a Moscow street market

10. 

    Russian Hats

    Russian hat stall at a Moscow street market - plus snow fall !