Russia

Here is the main page covering our visits to the Russian Federation in 2016 and 2018 –  plus a slide show of pictures at the end.

For journal postings from the Russian Federation, CLICK HERE.

We began with a 10 day visit to St. Petersburg, during our stay in Tallinn. In 2018, we started in Moscow, traveled on the Trans-siberian Railway thru Yekaterinburg and Irkutsk in Siberia, ending on frozen Lake Baikal.

You browse the map below for where we’ve been in Russia (and posted an article). Click a pushpin to find the posted articles from the marked locations.

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SLIDE SHOW HINT: If you’ve already seen the earlier pictures in the slide show, use the dot placemarks below the slides to jump around.

  • Celebrating Scarlet Sails night on Nevsky Prospect with 3 million others
  • A church of St. Basil’s, 16th c. Moscow
  • Museums and gateway, Red Square
  • Theatre complex near Bolshoi Theatre
  • Pedestrian mall near Tverskaya Street
  • Back in Russian Federation at Red Square
  • Central fountain, Gum stores
  • Metro stop, number 2 line
  • Crowned tower, Novodevichy Convent
  • Grave of Boris Yeltsin, Novodevichy Cemetery
  • 19th c wooden house, Literary Quarter
  • Opera & Ballet Theatre, Yekaterinburg
  • New development,
  • Ironworks at Museum of Architecture & Design
  • Church on the Blood, the blood of the Tsar family 1918
  • Early 19th c estate at Yekaterinburg dam
  • Passage shopping mall
  • Pedestrian mall, Yekaterinburg
  • Tribute to Michael Jackson
  • Public Assembly building, mid 19th c
  • Reservoir above Yekaterinburg dam
  • Mayakovskaya Metro stop, Moscow
  • Gum shopping mall, Red Square
  • Summer palace gates and Ascension church
  • Moscow River from bluff
  • Summer palace, 17th c. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich
  • 1685 pine log church, northern Russia
  • World Heritage Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
  • Ravine of mystery, Kolomenskoye
  • Trans-siberian at the station
  • Our Trans-siberian cabin
  • Quick stop in the chill
  • Typical Siberian village
  • A larger colorful town
  • Passing the Urals
  • Spring landscape
  • Typical city station, Kazan
  • Sunset Lake Baikal
  • A gleaming morning
  • Frozen Lake Baikal from above
  • Crystalline frozen texture
  • Us with the hovercraft
  • Another frozen pattern
  • Sandy Bay on Baikal
  • Dazzled by a rocky point
  • Cat tracks on Baikal trail
  • Along a wooded trail
  • Kazan Cathedral, Nevsky Prospect
  • Along the canal
  • Street musicians, Nevsky Prospect
  • Griffon bridge
  • Nevsky Prospect
  • Singer Sewing Machine Building, Petersburg Art Nouveau
  • Cafe in the Art Nouveau Singer Building, Nevsky Prospect
  • Au Pont Rouge, Art Nouveau
  • Metro station
  • Rostra, formerly warning lights, and the Old Stock Exchange
  • Peter & Paul Fortress across the Neva
  • Peter & Paul Church
  • Lounging behind Peter & Paul Fortress
  • At the Hermitage, Winter Palace, St. Petersburg
  • Matisse, The Red Room (Hermitage)
  • Winter Palace (Hermitage)
  • Da Vinci, Madonna & Child (Hermitage)
  • Grand Staircase (Hermitage)
  • Crowds departing at end of day (Hermitage)
  • The Hermitage, Winter Palace
  • Winter Palace, Hermitage
  • Chapel, Hermitage
  • Winter Palace, Hermitage
  • Winter Palace, Hermitage
  • Peacock Room, Winter Palace, Hermitage
  • Picasso ceramics from Vallauris, Hermitage
  • Picasso, Three Women
  • Cezanne, Woman Seated in Blue (Hermitage)
  • Van Gogh, Memory of the Garden at Etten (Ladies of Arles) at Hermitage
  • Winter Palace, Hermitage
  • Passageway in Winter Palace, Hermitage
  • Winter Palace, Hermitage
  • Old Masters viewing, Winter Palace, Hermitage
  • Early Buddhist temple painting, Mongolia (Hermitage)
  • Angel, from Ravenna, mid-6th century (Hermitage)
  • Shapur II lion hunt, Iran, 4th century (Hermitage)
  • By the Boat, Louis Valtat, a delightful artist unknown to us (Hermitage)
  • Monet, Garden of Bordighera – Impression of Morning (Hermitage)
  • Rodin, The Eternal Spring – in marble (Hermitage)
  • Winter Palace, Hermitage
  • Rembrandt captures resignation, remorse and anxiety in Haman Recognizes His Fate (Hermitage)
  • Plaque honoring Alexander Nevsky at the Monastery in his name
  • On the way to Church of Our Savior in Spilled Blood
  • At the Church of the Savior in Spilled Blood, honoring slain Alexander II
  • Interior, Church of our Savior at Spilled Blood
  • Leo Tosltoy, by Nikolai Ghe (Russian Museum)
  • Tomb of Field Marshall Kutuzov, victorious leader of Russian army in 1812 (at Kazan Cathedral)
  • Victory arch commemorating Russian defeat of Napoleon in 1812
  • Column honoring Alexander I, tsar who won war of 1812, at Winter Palace
  • The Bronze Horseman honoring Peter the Great, erected by Catherine the Great
  • Passage Arcade from mid-19th century
  • Arcade-like metro station adorned with Socialist Realist friezes
  • Deep down in the St. Pete metro
  • The stage of the Hermitage from our seats in the Tsar’s Box
  • Interior, Peter & Paul church
  • Tomb of last tsar, Nicholas II and Alexandra and family, Peter and Paul Church
  • 100 years of tsars from Peter the Great to Catherine the Great, Peter and Paul Church
  • Interior, Peter & Paul church
  • Tchaikovsky grave, Tikhvin Cemetery at Nevsky Monastery
  • Dostoevsky grave, Tikhvin Cemetery at Nevsky Monastery
  • Mathematician Euler grave, Tikhvin Cemetery at Nevsky Monastery
  • Metro station at Alexander Nevsky Monastery (Narvskaya)
  • Alexander Nevsky monastery
  • Queuing for palace tickets, Peterhof
  • Photo op, Grand Cascade, Peterhof
  • Guest house, unvisited, Peterhof
  • Looking for Adam in his fountain, Peterhof
  • Tree fountain, Peterhof
  • Tranquil dining, Ukrop
  • Canal boat queue, Petersburg
  • Ambling along a canal, Petersburg
  • Canal walking, Petersburg
  • Enjoying 19th c Russian masters, Mikhailovsky Palace
  • Spice garden, Summer Garden, Petersburg
  • Vendor of treats, Summer Garden
  • Posing the picture, Summer Garden