Moscow: cathedral of St. Basil in the Red Square. The cathedral was built in 1552 to celebrate the conquest of Kazan.
Moscow: the Kremlin.
Kremlin: the bell tower of Iwan the great (1510) with the Tsar Bell in front.
Moscow: church of the Trinity in Nikitniki (1635).
The church of the Nativity in Patinki (1650). This is the last example of the tent roof style of orthodox churches, before it was prohibited.
Moscow: the entrance tower of the Donskoy convent.
Moscow: the Kazan church in Kolomenskoye (1649).
Moscow: the church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye, built in 1530 by Iwan III to celebrate the birth of a heir. The newborn grew up to become Iwan the Terrible.
Petersburg: the Peter and Paul cathedral (1733). The spire was designed to be higher than that of the bell tower of Iwan the Great in the Kremlin.
Petersburg: the Dvortsovaya square and the Winter Palace, seen from the building of the general staff.
Petersburg: the upper part of the Jordan staircase in the Winter Palace.
Petersburg: St. Isaac's cathedral and the statue of Nicholas I.
Petersburg: the church of the Resurrection of Christ was built on the spot where Alexander II was assasinated.
St. Petersburg: the Vladimir church (1761).