Vyborg
For those entering Russia from Finland, this is the first real sight you will...
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Vyborg
A view over Vyborg.
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St Petersburg
On the northern shore of the Neva River is the Saints Peter and Paul...
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St Petersburg
The spire of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral dominate St Petersburg's...
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St Petersburg
The Hermitage and the Admiralty Gate from the Neva.
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St Petersburg
The Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral.
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St Petersburg
The interior of the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral.
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St Petersburg
The high altar of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral. Burial place of the...
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St Petersburg
St Isaac's Cathedral from the Neva.
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St Petersburg
The light cruiser Aurora. Soviet mythology preserved this 1900 built light...
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St Petersburg
The Bronze Horseman. The famous equestrian statue of Peter the Great....
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St Petersburg
St Isaac's Square. Tsar Nicholas I rides towards St Isaac's.
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St Petersburg
The Church on the Spilled Blood. This church was built on the spot where...
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St Petersburg
A view of the domes of the Spilled Blood.
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St Petersburg
The Kazan Cathedral on Nevsky Prospect. Commissioned by Paul I and...
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St Petersburg
The magnificent Hermitage Museum, once the Winter Palace of the Romanovs.
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St Petersburg
Palace Square with Alexander's Column and the General Staff Building....
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St Petersburg
A view towards St Nicholas' Cathedral from our hotel.
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St Petersburg
Domes over the rooftops.
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St Petersburg
The domes of an unidentified church.
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St Petersburg
St Nicholas' Cathedral.
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St Petersburg
The Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral.
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St Petersburg
Outwardly Russia is a deeply Orthodox Christian country, but mosques...
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St Petersburg
The Alexandr Nevsky Monastery was founded in 1710 by Peter the Great...
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St Petersburg
The graveyard at the Alexandr Nevsky Monastery.
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St Petersburg
The Victory Monument for the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). The siege of St...
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St Petersburg
To the victor the spoils - and the memorials. In truth the responsibility for...
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St Petersburg
The fountain cascade at the Peterhopf Palace.
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St Petersburg
Peterhopf Palace.
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Novgorod
The Kremlin of old Novgorod.
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Novgorod
The skyline of old Novgorod. In the centre you can see the gilded...
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Novgorod
An old style church in Novgorod.
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Novgorod
Typical Russian houses on the road between Novgorod and Moscow.
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Moscow
A view over the Moskva River from the Rossia Hotel. One of Stalin's...
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Moscow
A view over the Kremlin from the Rossia Hotel.
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Moscow
Outside the Kremlin.
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Moscow
A view of the Kremlin from across the Moskva River towards the Cathedrals and...
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Moscow
The Beklemishevskaya Tower with St Basil's and the GUM store in the...
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Moscow
The Arsenal Tower, with memorials to the unknown soldier.
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Moscow
The Kremlin's Trinity Gate. This is the main ticket office into the Kremlin.
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Moscow
The Ivan the Great Bell Tower, Assumption Belfrey and Annex. This complex was...
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Moscow
Another view of the Great Bell Tower. I the foreground of the Bell...
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Moscow
In the centre of the Kremlin is a cluster of churches that date back...
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Moscow
The Church of the Twelve Apostles and the Tsar cannon. The cannon was cast in...
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Moscow
An icon from the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin.
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Moscow
Another view of Red Square.
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Moscow
Red Square with Lenin's red granite tomb and St Basil's Cathedral. We...
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Moscow
The Cathedral of St Basil (the holy fool) is almost the symbol of Moscow. The...
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Moscow
A view up at the multicoloured domes of St Basil's.
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Moscow
St Basil's interior.
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Moscow
The Moscow Museum of History
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Moscow
The Kazan Cathedral. This is a faithful reproduction of the original...
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Moscow
The churches of Ulitsa Varvarka. This is the Church of St George.
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Moscow
Overshadowed by modern (?) hotel and apartment blocks is this row of medieval...
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Moscow
The Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer. In 1931 Stalin ordered this...
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Moscow
The fall of Communism did bring about a fundamental change in Russian...
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Moscow
Unknown church.
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Moscow
Moskva TV tower. The upper level has an observation tower. In 1999 we...
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Moscow
One of the amazing Soviet realist propaganda mosaics from the...
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Moscow
The Metro.
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Moscow
The Novodevichiy Convent. This beautiful fortified monastery was built...
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Moscow
Another view of the Novodevichiy Convent.
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Mocow
The entrance to the All Russia Exhibition ground.
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Moscow
The All Russia Exhibition. Originally established in 1939 as the...
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Moscow
Another magnificently overwrought Soviet post realist monstrosity from...
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Moscow
The Space Obelisk at the All Russia Exhibition. This monument was built by...
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Moscow
The Moscow University. One of Stalin's neo-gothic skyscrapers.
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Moscow
The Bolshoi Theatre.
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Moscow
St Basils at night.
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Moscow
The night we arrived was the 852nd Anniversary of the foundation of...
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