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Baikonur
Russia December 2010
Belarus
Suzdal
Vladimir
Borodino
Moscow
Smolensk
Suzdal
Vladimir to Suzdal
Suzdal Kremlin & Nativity Cathedral
Suzdal Kremlin
Nativity Cathedral
1225 foundation, 1530 upper brickwork, 1730 onion domes
Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virginn
Fine axes, in Kremlin Museum.
Church of St Nicholas (1766)
Moved to Suzdal in 1960, for Museum.
Antipievskaya Church Tower
Monastery of St Euthymius
Monastery of St Euthymius
Monastery of St Euthymius
Monastery of St Euthymius
Cathedral of the Transfiguration
Cathedral of the Transfiguration
Interior doorway.
Intercession Convent
Intercession Cathedral
Intercession Convent
Monastery of the Deposition of the Robe
Bell Tower
Suzdal Lenin, in light snow
Vladimir
Assumption Cathedral
The Golden gate
Plus onrushing traffic
Alexander Nevsky statue
Cathedral of St Dmitry
New Year Tree
The Golden Gate
Diorama: Fall of Vladimir to the Mongols
In Golden Gate Military Museum
Assumption Cathedral
Assumption Cathedral
"Monument to the Liberators"
Vladimir Lenin
Waiting at the Bank
Industrial Vladimir
Vladimir-Moscow
Borodino
Borodino Museum
Borodino Museum
Borodino Museum: Kutuzov
Barclay de Tolly Bust
Kutuzov Bust
Bagration Bust
1941 & 1812 Memorials
Borodino 1941 Memorial
1812 Memorial
Bagration's Tomb
At 1812 Memorial
Kutuzov Headquarters marker
Moscow
Red Square by dark
GUM's + ice rink
Eternal Flame
Just West of the kremlin
The gloriously over-the-top Radisson Royal
aka Hotel Ukrainia, one of Stalin's "Seven Sisters"
Soviet Ukraine Mural
Hotel Ukrainia (Radisson) Lobby Dome
Quiet morning in Red Square
9:30 am on a Monday
State History Museum
The "Place of Skulls" in Red Square
Please ignore the backing placard.
St Basil's
St Basil's from the East
St Basil's up close
St Basil's central church.
St Basil's central church, looking up.
State Museum of Gulag History
Stalin
Stalin in skulls
Moscow to Smolensk
Smolensk
"Hero City"
(Restored) City Walls
Wall Tower + Eternal Flame
WWII Memorial
Kutuzov Bust
Memorial to the Heroes of 1812
Smolensk Lenin
Snowy but Resolute
Monument to the 1812 Defenders
Cathedral of the Assumption
Ramparts & Cathedral
From across the Dnieper
Cathedral of the Assumption
From across the Dnieper
"Hero City" Marker
Smolensk-Minsk
Smolensk-Minsk
Baikonur
Belarus