Moscow - Shades of red
Back in the USSR
Arriving early morning at one of Moscow's nine railway stations. This train is nicknamed Red Arrow from St Petersburg.
Moscow
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One of the most photographed cathedrals in the world.
St Basil's Cathedral at Red Square, Moscow
Keep out
The walled area contains a variety of buildings constructed during different centuries. The Assumption Cathedral was constructed in the 1470s by an Italian architect and was the main church of Russia for four centuries.
Assumption Cathedral in Kremlin, Moscow
Red in rain
State Historical Museum at Red Square, Moscow
Church vs state
St Basil's Cathedral stands firmly against the Nikolskaya tower and the brick walls of the Kremlin. Notice the red star, one of several originally installed in 1935.
Red Square, Moscow
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One of the most photographed cathedrals in the world.
St Basil's Cathedral at Red Square, Moscow
From Russia with love
The airplane that had an emergency landing here in 1987 probably had larger wings.
Reine with St Basil's Cathedral at Red Square, Moscow
The times they are a changing
The extremely luxurious GUM department store is a beacon of capitalism, facing Lenin's mausoleum and the Kremlin Wall Necropolis where Stalin and the other guys are buried. Oh, the irony.
Red Square, Moscow
Through the arch
The triumphal arch from 1827 is dedicated to the Russian victory over Napoleon. It is placed near Poklonnaya Hill, a place of strategic importance since it is one of the highest spots. This was as far as Napoleon came in 1812.
Victory Park in Moscow
Not so great
With a height of 94 meters, this statue is the seventh tallest in the world, but perhaps the ugliest one of them all.
Peter the Great Statue in the Moscow River
Buried in granite
The final resting place of Vladimir Lenin is located next to the Kremlin Wall, a Necropolis area where also Stalin and the other guys are buried.
Lenin's mausoleum at the Red Square, Moscow
Waterworld
Manege Square, Moscow
Behind the walls
Kremlin Wall along the Moscow river
Beneath the domes
Novodevichy Monastery, Moscow
Quest for glory
These guys were actually ski jumping without any snow! Only in Russia...
Moscow