My Dad near Mitischi Railway Station (Moscow Region)
My Dad and his liquor collection
My Dad looking like Robert De Niro!
My Dad again
My Mom
My Mom smiling
The view from my Mom's apartment (I have been seeing this picture from my bedroom window for 20 years)
My Mom in a nice suit
My Mom laughing
My Mom ready for jogging
Katerina's Mom and Grandma in their Moscow apartment
View on Tverskaya Street
The Corner Arsenal Tower (Kremlin, Moscow)
A giant Rolex billboard covers the reconstructed Moskva Hotel near the Red Square. There used to be Lights of Moscow Restaurant at the top floor of this building - i was there once when i was a child (Moscow)
Zhukov Monument in front of History Museum near Kremlin (Moscow)
History Museum (Moscow)
Gate to the Red Square (Moscow)
Golden Archangel at the Gate to the Red Square
History Museum Entrance
History Museum again
Promo Sign at the History Museum
The Red Square
The Red Square again
The St. Nicholas (Nikolskaya) Tower (Moscow Kremlin)
The History Museum one more time
Kazan Cathedral (near the Red Square, Moscow)
The State Department Store (GUM, pronounced as “goom”), near the Red Square (Moscow)
View on the History Museum from the Red Square
The State Department Store (Red Square, Moscow)
Lenin's Mausoleum
At the Kremlin Wall, Moscow Kremlin
Lenin's Mausoleum again (do you notice the reflection of the State Department Store? It is located opposite the Mausoleum, across the Red Square. Made of granite.
a Moscow police car. Russian police is called “militsia”, the Russian slang for cops is “menti”
The Senate building behind the Kremlin Wall. Nowadays the residence of Russian President. Hello, Mr. Putin! All my Canadian friends are looking at you. Say hi to them :-)
Me on the Red Suare, in front of St. Basil Cathedral
Saviour's Tower (Spasskaya Bashnya). Moscow Kremlin
Saviour's Tower again
Construction of a new hotel at the Red Square
The magnificent St.Basil Cathedral
St.Basil Cathedral again (Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo)
St. Basil Cathedral one more time
Execution Place at the Red Square (Lobnoye Mesto)
Minin and Pozharsky Momument in front of St.Basil Cathedral. They were heroes who helped to save Russia from the Polish intervention in the 17th century
St.Basil Cathedral is one of Russia's true wonders (i spent so many shots on it!)
A bridge across Moscow River. The giant orange billboard advertises a Chinese festival in Moscow
Moscvoretsky Bridge across Moscow River, Moscow
The State Department Store near Red Square one more time, from a different angle
Unknown Soldier Memorial near Kremlin
Unknown Soldier Memorial, close-up view
Moscow Kremlin drain pipe ( i was planning to describe this picture as “Mr. Putin peeing”)
Stone lion in Alexander's Garden and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour behind
Another stone lion in Alexander's Garden of the Moscow Kremlin. The State Parliament (Duma) building and Rolex billboard are seen behind
Horses in Alexander's Garden. Behind is an exhibition hall called Manezh
Monument to Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist, founder of Moscow State University (MSU). Old MSU building, location of the Faculty of Journalism is seen behind. This is my Alma Mater.
Moscow State University, Faculty of Journalism where i studied for 5 years. This building is located right across Manezh.
Bottles of beer have been an inevitable attachment to the Lomonosov Monument for years... And they are still here!
I have been sitting in this lecture hall so many times!
Inside the Faculty of Journalism building. The central staircase.
Staircase and gallery of the Faculty of Journalism. Can you see students at the gallery? This is students' favourite spot where they read their textbooks at the last moment before an exam. I've been doing this too :-)
Lomonosov Portrait. The Gallery's columns connect the second and the third floors.
Another lecture hall. The Dean was lecturing here.
Faculty of Journalism, 3rd floor passage
A very old door to Physical Training department, Faculty of Journalism, Moscow State University
Fyodor Dostoyevsky Monument in front of the State Library, Moscow
Fyodor Dostoyevsky watching the busy capital of Russia
This Mersedez sign is well seen from the Big Stone Bridge where i took this picture. Moscow.
Moscow impressed me by the size of billboards.
Street painters at Arbat Street
Arbat Street
Shrek and Princess Fiona figures welcoming visitors to a wax exposition at Arbat Street
Vakhtangov Theater at Arbat Street
Statues of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin and his wife Natalia Goncharova at Arbat Street. The monument commemorates the 175th anniversary of their marriage.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russian Federation, Moscow, Smolenskaya Square
Smolenskaya Square, Moscow. The two buildings are completely covered with illumination
My Mom in front of the Trinity Monastery, City of Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region.
Me at the same place as on the previous photo
Me again
Trinity Monastery Belfry
Trinity Cathedral in Trinity Monastery, Sergiev Posad
Mom in front of Uspensky Cathedral
Domes of Uspensky Cathedral
Another Cathedral
St. John's Gate Cathedral, Trinity Monstery, Sergiev Posad. I used to be a guide here.
Mom on a forest path
Me on a forest path. I used to ski here.
Beautiful Russian pine trees
Winter fishing is very popular in Russia. Lesnoye Lake, near Sergiev Posad, Moscow Region.
Beautiful Russian birches, symbol of the Russian nature
Me in front of Lesnoye Lake.
Lesnoye Lake
This small red bridge spans across a tiny river flowing out of the Lesnoye lake and leads to a nice moose mosaic crowning a natural spring. This spring was consecrated by the priests from the Trinity Monastery. It is the main source of drinking water in a small town where i grew up and where my Mom lives.
A dam accross Torgosha River was built many years ago and resulted in Lesnoye Lake. This falls is what left of Torgosha River. The pipe in the middle of the river blue up and water is spraying out, which looks like a beautiful fountain. It is surrounded by blocks of ice.
Mom and her best friend Marina
View from my Dad's apartment, Mitischi, Moscow region. These grey boxes is where they keep their cars. They call them “shells” (rakushki)
Snows of Grenlandia. I took this shot from plane's window on the way back to Toronto
