:: A Winter Night's walk in Moscow Center ::
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Best wishes for the holidays |
Moscow Kremlin |
Midnight in Moscow - Tverskaya Street |
State Historical Museum |
Monument to Marshall Grygory Konstantinovich Zhukov |
Resurrection Gate to Kitai-gorod |
Iversky Chapel |
Angel on the cupola of the Iversky Chapel |
The slippery slope into katai-gorod |
The Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan. |
Entrance detail - Our Lady of Kazan |
Entrance to State Historical Museum |
A cold shoulder from the boyar |
Entering Red Square |
Looking back at the Historical Museum & Nkolskaya Tower |
Across Red Square to the Spasskaya Tower |
The Kremlin Clock |
Red (Krasnaya) Square |
The East Wall of the Moscow Kremlin |
Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat |
Monument to Minin and Pozharsky |
Minin and Pozharsky in detail |
Interior door - St. Basil's |
Red (Krasnaya) Square as seen from St. Basil's |
Holy Doors of an Iconostasis - Saint Basil's |
Holy Doors of an Iconostasis - Saint Basil's |
Blurred heavens - Saint Basil's Cathedral |
The north west portico - St. Basil's Cathedral |
Interior doorway - St. Basil's Cathedral |
Chapel dome - St. Basil's |
Central tower - St. Basil's |
New visitors arriving |
The Kremlin Clock reads nap time |
Looking back to the south |
Two towers flank the road to Red Square |
Holding up the lobby at Hotel National |
The central stair well - Hotel National |
Sneak peak into the bar |
Time for an afternoon walk |
Lenin's Tomb closes early |
Who could resist another look |
Dome detail |
A fanciful roofline |
Birches - Alexandrovskii Park |
Middle Arsenalnaya Tower as seen from Alexandrovskii Park |
The Grotto |
Fountain with Horses - Alexandrovskii Park |
Night view - State Historical Museum |
A view from the bus from Skolkovo |
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Skolkovo School of Business - Far outside Moscow Center |
Focus on the entrepreneur - The Skolkovo School of Business |
The ornate GUM (Glavnyi Universalnyi Magazin) facade |
Walking past GUM |
Sweet treats for tea at GUM |
At GUM sweets grow on trees |
GUM - The top of high end arcades |
Holiday decorations at GUM |
Giorgio Armani Cafe |
Komosolskaya Metro Station |
Lenin at the Metro |
Bronze - Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square) Metro station |
Komosolskaya Metro Station |
Komsomolskaya Metro Station |
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Decorative horse - Yandex - Tolstoy Street |
The Cold Shoulder |
Old Building of the Moscow State University - Mokhovaya Street |
Art decor doorway - Kamergersky Lane |
Glass dome of Okhotny ryad shopping center |
Mokhovaya Street with the Kremlin and State Museum in the background |
Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki |
Gate to Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki |
Small house in the church yard |
Looking up at Church of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki |
Church front and main tower |
Holiday decorations in Red Square |
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The National Hotel |
Entry statue - Hotel National |
The Alexandrovsky Bar is always open - even when its empty |
stairway detail - Hotel National |
Praying that the streets won't be too slippery |
Dining room at dawn - Hotel National |
Anton Chekhov looks like he needs a warmer coat |
You have to be used to driving in the snow |
Painting by Yuri Sergeev |
Sunday stroll along Kamergersky Lane |
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Domes of of St. Nicholas in Khamovniki |