City Photos News Russia/Moscow

Bolshoi Theater

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 05:56:52 +0000

Bolshoi Theater.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Rais Khan.

The Red Square

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:19:02 +0000

The most famous city square in Moscow, separating the Moscow Kremlin from the city.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Andrew.

The Historical City Center

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:19:00 +0000

The Historical City Center.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Andrew.

Moscow, Russia

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:05:10 +0000

Tsereteli's 96-meter-tall statue of Peter the Great on the Moskva Riverbank is one of the tallest in the world.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Irina C.

Cathedral of Saint Basil the Blessed

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:44:42 +0000

on the Red Square near Moscow Kremlin.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Dyuka.

Moscow Red Square

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:42:05 +0000

Moscow Red Square.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Dyuka.

Moscow Kremlin

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:41:49 +0000

Moscow Kremlin.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Dyuka.

Moscow

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:56:38 +0000

Moscow.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Rais Khan.

Kremlin

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:56:33 +0000

Kremlin.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Rais Khan.

Moscow

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:18:25 +0000

Moscow.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Rais Khan.

Moscow

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:18:22 +0000

Moscow.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Rais Khan.

Red square

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:11:08 +0000

Red square.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Rais Khan.

Novopeschanaya str. and the Triumph Palace Building (264,5 m)

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 05:16:49 +0000

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Moscow, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Church of the Cloth (i.e. Protection) of the Holy Virgin of the Novodevichiy monastery, overlooking

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 05:16:46 +0000

http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.7253761&lon=37.5554001&z=18&l=1&m=h&v=2 Novodevichy Convent, also known as Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery is probably the best-known cloister of Moscow. Its name, sometimes translated as the New Maidens' Monastery, was devised to differ from an ancient maidens' convent in the Moscow Kremlin. Unlike other Moscow cloisters, it has remained virtually intact since the 17th century. In 2004, it was proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novodevichy_Convent.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.

Novodevichye Cemetery

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 05:07:02 +0000

Novodevichye Cemetery (Russian: Novodevichye kladbishche) is the most famous cemetery in Moscow, Russia, situated next to the World Heritage Site, the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist site. It should not be confused with the Novodevichy Cemetery in Saint Petersburg. The cemetery was inaugurated in 1898, when it was judged that there were too many burials within monastery walls. One of the first notables to be buried there was Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, whose gilded tomb is the work of Fyodor Shekhtel. Today, the cemetery holds the tombs of Russian authors, musicians, playwrights, and poets, as well as famous actors, political leaders, and scientists. More than 27,000 are buried at Novodevichy. It has a park-like ambience, dotted with small chapels and large sculpted monuments. It is divided into an eastern and western section; maps are available at the cemetery office. Under Soviet rule, burial in the Novodevichy Cemetery was second in prestige only to burial in the Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Kremlin Wall is no longer used for burials and the Novodevichy Cemetery is used for only the most symbolically significant burials. For example, in April 2007, within one week both the first President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin and world renowned cellist Mstislav Rostropovich were buried there. In 2001 there was an attempt to move ballerina Anna Pavlova's remains to the Novodevichy Cemetery in accordance with her requests and after considerable controversy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novodevichy_Cemetery http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.7245332&lon=37.5543594&z=18&l=1&m=h&v=2.
Moscow, Russia, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.