Russia - 2004


	Russia (2004)

Photos per year (number): 2003 (118) 2004 (417) 2007 (10)


Vyborg	Ladozhskaya metro station	Contrasting city, as here on Nevskyi Prospekt	Back in the Cold War days, who would have thought this?	Bronze statue on the Anichkov Bridge	Fontanka canal	Busy Nevskyi Prospekt	Palace Square at dusk	Palace Square at dusk	Hermitage Bridge

SS. Peter and Paul Fortress at sunset	SS. Peter and Paul Fortress at sunset	Stock Exchange Bridge at dusk	Trinity Bridge lit by the setting sun	Watching the sun set along the Neva	Golden spire of the SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral	The Hermitage and St Isaac's Cathedral	A broken down car	SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, on Zayachiy Island	Light effects of a boat on the Neva

Europa bar restaurant boat	The Hermitage along the Neva	Hermitage Bridge at sunset	A fast boat speeds to the Hermitage Bridge	Prow of a boat over the Neva and the Hermitage	Painters along the Moyka, on the second Winter Bridge	Painters debating along the Moyka, as tourists go by	Church of the Resurrection	Church of the Resurrection	Church of the Resurrection

Old car that'll need a good fix!	SS. Peter and Paul Fortress	Field of Mars towards the Church of the Resurrection	A tulip on the Field of Mars	Tulips on the Field of Mars	Field of Mars	Gate of the Summer Gardens	Girl painting the Summer Palace of Peter the Great	Cruiser Aurora	Trinity Bridge before the SS. Peter and Paul Fortress

Man casting his line in the Neva	Sphinx along the Neva	Sphinx along the Neva	Flower greenhouse near the Taurida Garden	Taurida Palace	The football slips past to the goal behind a defender in Taurida Garden	Smolny Monastery and Cathedral	Kikin Palace	Dome of the Smolny Cathedral	North wing of the Smolny Cathedral

Rehearsing for a concert	The top of one of the coupolas of Smolny Cathedral	View from Smolny Cathedral	View south from Smolny Cathedral	View of central St Petersburg from Smolny Cathedral	Proletarskoy Diktatury Square	Odesskaya Street, with old city lanterns on show	A strange street crossing	Tram on Bol'sheokhtunskiy Bridge	Hotel Moscow

Lazarus Cemetery	Tikhvin Cemetery	Alexander Nevsky Monastery	Inside Alexander Nevsky Monastery	Annunciation Church in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery	Blurry faces in St Pet's metro	Palace Square	Alexander Column	Chariot of Glory on top of the Arch of the General Staff	Arch of the General Staff

Admiralty at dusk	Admiralty Quay at dusk	Admiralty and St Isaac	St Isaac's at dusk	St Isaac's dome	Classic architecture along the Neva	Senate building in front of St Isaac's	4&5 line street on Vasilievsky Island	Griffon on Sphinx Quay	Looking across Sphinx Quay

View from Sphinx Quay	Hanging around and drinking at Sphinx Quay	Amenophis III sphinx on Sphinx Quay	East bank of the Neva	Bronze Horseman statue at dusk	Palace Square	Statue in the centre of Palace Square	Winter Palace	SS. Peter and Paul Fortress	Kunstkammer

Statue of a rostral column	Tulips on the spit of Vasilievsky Island, facing the fortress	Neptune thrones on top of the Stock Exchange	Stock Exchange Building	Rostral Column	Plaque for Pavlov on the Academicians' House	Reparation works of Pel and Son's Pharmacy	St Andrew's Cathedral	6&7 Line street	St Andrew's Cathedral

Inside St Andrew's Cathedral	Academy of Arts and Sphinx Quay	Twelve Colleges	Menshikov Palace	Bronze Horseman statue in front of the Senate House	Kunstkammer seen from the opposite bank of the small Neva	View of the spit of Vasilievsky Island	Old ship docked on the Neva	Cruiser Aurora	Visiting the Cruiser Aurora

Cell in the Trubetskoy Bastion	Code used by prisoners to communicate	Getting a tan at the foot of the fortress!!!	Naryshkin Bastion	Inside the SS Peter & Paul Cathedral	Altar of the SS Peter & Paul Cathedral	Lavish baroque interior	Spire of the SS Peter & Paul Cathedral	Beauty of central St Petersburg	Hermitage in front of St Isaac

Swimming and tanning by the fortress	Very focused on getting the right tan	Mosque	Bank Bridge	Yusupov Palace	Diana Restaurant, a kitsch place to eat in	Academy of Arts and Sphinx Quay at night	TV tower at night	Hermitage at night	The Palace Bridge is being raised

Raising the Palace Bridge	The Palace Bridge is raised	A tanker passes silently in front of the fortress	SS. Peter and Paul Fortress at night	Trinity Bridge raised at night	Fortress seen from the Hermitage Bridge	Palace Square at night, with saxophone music from Maestro	Palace Square seen from the General Staff building arch	Catherine Garden, in front of the Alexandrisky Theatre	Alexandrisky Theatre

Vaganova Choreographic School	Colourful playground	Tolstoy House	Cathedral of the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir	Statue of Pouchkine	Moskovskaya Train Station	Ceiling in Moskovskaya Train Station	Departure hall of Moskovskaya Train Station	Mayakovsky metro station	Alexandrinsky Theatre

The music starts	St Isaac's Cathedral	St Isaac's Cathedral	St Nicholas Cathedral	St Nicholas Cathedral	Trinity Cathedral	Trinity Cathedral	Sphinx by the Fontanka Canal	Looking towards the seaport	Fontanka Canal in front of the Trinity Cathedral

Monastery	Soviet imagery	Narva Triumphal Gate	Petergof Palace Gardens	Petergof Palace, southern gardens	Fountain with Neptune	View from the top of the Grand Cascade	A full view of the splendour of the Grand Cascade	Palace and fountains	Water splashes the golden fountains everywhere

Fountain steps	Samson Rending Open the Jaws of the Lion	Samson's victory over the lion	Canal leading from the palace to the Gulf of Finland	View of St Petersburg and the Gulf of Finland	Aphrodite is the most notable statue of the eastern stairway	Impressive statue of the Grand Cascade	Beauty of the Palace	Another cascade at Petergof	Playing with the trick fountain

Jumping in the trick fountain	Kazan Cathedral	Inside the metro	Statue of Lenin	Church of St Nicholas, village of Myakishevo	Church of the Assumption, Kutsko village	Yurev Monastery	Rurik's Hill fort	Church of St nicholas, village of Tukholya	Centre of the Wooden Architecture Museum

Chapel from Kashira, village of Thvoschnik	Inside Tunisky's Peasant house, Pyrischy village	The village life is well reconstructed	Ekimova's house, Rishevo	Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, Perdky	Little bird	Church of St Nicolas from Visoky Ostrov	Inside the Church of St Nicolas from Visoky Ostrov	Ceiling of the Church of St Nicolas from Visoky Ostrov	Altar of the Church of St Nicolas from Visoky Ostrov

Icon in the Church of St Nicolas from Visoky Ostrov	Tent-shaped mill from the village of Ladoschino	St George Cathedral	Belltower of the Yurev Monastery	Cathedral of Exaltation of the Cross, 1761	Dome of the St George Cathedral	Inside St George Cathedral	Ceilings in St George Cathedral	St George Cathedral and Belltower, in tthe Yurev Monastery	Zlatoustovskaya Tower of the Kremlin

Art on sale in front of the Kremlin	Monument to the Millenium of Russia	Cathedral of St Sophia	West door of the Cathedral of St Sophia	Clock-tower and Museum of the Kremlin	Inside the Cathedral of St Sophia	Belfry	Looking onto the Yurev Monastery from the Kremlin Belfry	Trading Arcade of Yaroslav Court	Bell in the Kremlin's Belfry

Cathedral of St Sophia	Cathedral of St Sophia	Yaroslav Court	View of the Kremlin	Students painting the Kremlin	Trading Arcade of Yaroslav Court	Youngsters hanging around in Novgorod	A cruise boat goes by the Kremlin	Church of St Paraskave Piatnitsa, 1207	Cathedral of St Nicholas, 1113

Church of Our Saviour-at-Ilino	Domes of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign	Church of Our Saviour-at-Ilino	Dome of the Church of Our Saviour-at-Ilino	Church of St John on the Opoki, 1127	Church of St Andrew Stratilates	Inside the Kremlin	Arch of the General Staff Building	Hermitage at sunset

Cheerfulness along the Neva	Hermitage at sunset	Vasilievsky Island spit at sunset	Dancer on the Tribunal bar	Palace Square at night	Palace Bridge raised	Palace Bridge fully raised	Palace Bridge raised	SS. Peter and Paul Fortress at night	Fellow travellers, staying in the same place as me

Pouchkine statue on the Arts Square	Church on the Spilt Blood	Church on the Spilt Blood	View from St Isaac Cathedral	City centre	Palace Square	Spires of St Petersburg's prestigious centre	St Petersburg imperial centre	Admiralty and city centre	Wedding picture in front of St Isaac's

View from St Isaac Cathedral	Vasilievsky Island	Western part of St Petersburg, with the seaport	St Petersburg's busy seaport	Square in front of St Isaac's Cathedral	View from the top of St Isaac	Extravagance of the decoration in St Isaac	St Isaac's rich interior	Ceiling in St Isaac	Inside St Isaac

Inside of St Isaac	Dome of St Isaac	Stained glass behind St Isaac's altar	Having fun in a park	View of central Moscow	Tanker passing in front of Gorki Park	Gorki Park	Concert in Gorki Park	Women in Gorki Park	Concert in Gorki Park

Titanium statue of Gagarine	Lomonosov University	Lomonosov University	Statue of Pavlov	Top of the Lomonosov University	Statue of Mendeleev	View of Moscow	Centre of Moscow	Novodevichy Monastery	North of Moscow

Ski ramp on the university hill	Going up to the university hill	View of Moscow's centre	Novodevichy Monastery	Ski ramp	Ski ramp	Cross-generation chess by the river	Leaving for a boat trip	By the river	Moscow's Lomonosov University

Western Moscow	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Market at Ismaylovsky Park	New building in Ismaylevo market	Matrioshkas lined up beautifully	Matrioshkas at Ismaylevo	Kvass for sale	Old wooden house in Sergiev Posad	Full view of the Trinity Monastery	Top of the Cathedral of the Assumption

Cathedral of the Assumption	Cathedral of the Assumption	Mirroring effect of the main dome	Inside the monastery, with the Trinity Cathedral on the left	A well in the heart of the Trinity Monastery	At the well	Cathedral of the Assumption and Chapel-at-the-Well	Cathedral of the Assumption and Chapel-at-the-Well	18th century bell tower	Trinity Cathedral

Gate Church of John the Baptist	Final view of the Trinity Monastery	Golden Gate of Vladimir	Golden Gate at the beginning of Vladimir's main street	Assumption Cathedral	Small church seen from the Assumption Cathedral	View from the Assumption Cathedral hill	Center of Vladimir	Industries in Vladimir	View of the back of Assumption Cathedral

Detail of the Assumption Cathedral	Cathedral of St Dmitry	Prince Vsevolod III with his sons	Policeman in front of the Golden Gate	Residential building in Vladimir	Intercession Cathedral	Intercession Cathedral	Restoration work	Small church in the Intercession Convent	Inside the Intercession Convent

Roofs of the Saviour Monastery of St Euthymius	Saviour Monastery of St Euthymius	Walking to the Saviour Monastery of St Euthymius	Entrance of the Saviour Monastery of St Euthymius	Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour	Drawing the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour	Inside the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour	Inside the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour	Inside the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour	Inside the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour

Dome of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour	Inside the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour	The Last Supper	Old Church Slavonic writing	Top of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour	Southern Gate-Tower	Intercession Convent	Intercession Convent	Domes of a church	Trading Arcades

St Lazarus' Church	Churches along the River Kamenka	Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral	Beautiful reflection of a church in the River Kamenka	A beaver swimming	Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral	Clock of the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral	Top of St Nicholas' Church	Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral and St Nicholas' Church	Playing in Suzdal

Old wooden house	Derelict church of an old village	Countryside near Suzdal	A man makes his herd cross	Local ambulance under repair	A local villager helps us find our way	Family leaving home in Berejok village	The muddy road we needed to take	The mother bird looks after her young	...

Vadim, our driver	...	...	View from the fortress earthen rampart	...	?	Old church in Yurev-Polsky	Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour	Rowing on the Trubezh River	Women washing clothes

The rich Moscovites cruise by the local life	Relaxing on the Lake Pleshcheevo	Rowing away on the Lake Pleshcheevo	Nikolsky Women's Monastery	Danilovsky Monastery	Goritsky Monastery	Purification Church of Alexander Nevsky	Houses by the lake	Forty Saint's Church by the lake	The shining domes of churches

Pereslavl-Zalessky was a maritime base for Peter the Great	Churches of the Goritsky Monastery	Trinity Cathedral, Bell Tower and Cathedral of the Assumption	Bell Tower in the Trinity Monastery of St Sergius	Trinity Cathedral	Top of the Trinity Cathedral	St Vladimir	Selling honey at the market	The Kuznechny Market	Kuznechny Market stalls

Kuznechny Market dry fruit	Selling fruit	Promoting Asian food	Sturgeon for sale	Delightful Russian salmon	Beautiful fruit stall	Showing off fresh fruit