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Russia - August 2005


St. Petersburg - continued


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statue at sunset

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dead soldiers


Petrodvorets


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Hydrofoil on the way to Peterhof (Petrodvorets).

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Petrodvorets.

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Petrodvorets

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Petrodvorets

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Petrodvorets

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Petrodvorets

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Petrodvorets

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Petrodvorets

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Two guys fishing in the Gulf of Finland.

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Hydrofoil heading for Petrodvorets.


St. Petersburg - continued


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Fortress of Peter and Paul

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"Kunts Kammer" - Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography

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Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography

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View of the Admiralty from the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography

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Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography

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Neva River


Moscow

Moscow (Russian Moskva), capital and largest city of Russia, capital of Moscow Oblast, and the country's leading political, cultural, economic, and transportation center. Moscow lies on the Moscow River in the west central European part of Russia. The Russian emperors, or tsars, made Moscow their base of rule until 1712, when the capital was moved to Saint Petersburg. Moscow was restored as Russia's capital in 1918, and it served as the capital of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) from 1922 until 1991.


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Leningrad Railway Station in Moscow where we arrived on the overnight train from St. Petersburg.

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Leningrad Railway Station in Moscow.
We had to pay a 2,000 ruble bribe to stay on the train due to an insignificant printing error on our ticket.

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Metro station near Arbat Street.

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American Cafe - Uncle Sam on Arbat Street.
Arbat Street is a narrow 19th-century pedestrian avenue in Moscow, Russia. It has long been a meeting place for artists and writers.

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Don at the entrance to Red Square.

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Don on Red Square.
Saint Basil's Cathedral, background, with its multicolored onion-shaped domes, boasts some of the most distinctive architecture in the world. Red Square measures 0.4 km (0.25 mi) in length.

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The Lenin Mausoleum.

The embalmed body of former Soviet leader Vladimir Ilich Lenin is displayed for public viewing in a mausoleum on Red Square. Although Lenin had wished to be buried alongside his mother in Petrograd, Stalin insisted that Lenin's body be preserved in a mausoleum for public display.

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Don in front of the Lenin Mausoleum.

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The Lenin Mausoleum.

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The Lenin Mausoleum.

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Saint Basil's Cathedral, built between 1555 and 1560 in Moscow, Russia, represents an exaggerated development of Byzantine dome-style churches.

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Don on Red Square.

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Saint Basil's Cathedral.

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Saint Basil's Cathedral.
The cathedral, now part of the State Historical Museum, towers over one side of Red Square and is a popular tourist spot.

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Don in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral.

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The Kremlin Wall.

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Saint Basil's Cathedral.

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Kremlin clock tower.

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Saint Basil's Cathedral.

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The navigable Moscow River, also called the Moskva River, follows a winding course from northwest to southeast through the Russian capital city. The Kremlin, right, lies north of the river in the center of Moscow. .


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