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RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Tue, 13 Nov 2012 | By treefrog | Views [2193]
Moscow is filled with churches with onion domes
Day 1
I was so excited that two of my South-African friends were coming to visit me in Moscow!!!!
They arrived early morning in late October and made their way to my small flat in ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, moscow, photography, red square, russia, st basils cathedral, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sat, 13 Oct 2012 | By treefrog | Views [899]
It was April and still cold outside and raining. My friends Judith, Yve and I decided to visit the State Historical Museum, as we needed an activity away from the cold. On the way to the museum my umbrella broke in the strong wind. It was probably ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, moscow, museum, photography, red square, russia, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Mon, 24 Sep 2012 | By treefrog | Views [1866]
As you enter the Red Square you are greeted by as the Resurrection Gate and the Iberian Chapel.
The Iberian Chapel is a tiny little chapel, no bigger than a small room where royalty used to pray before entering through the gate.... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, kazan cathedral, moscow, red square, russia, travel
BRAZIL | Thu, 2 Aug 2012 | By pedropio | Views [529]
I’ve been to Russia to spend last Xmas and New
Year’s Eve. My two friends and I are Brazilian and we departed from São Paulo’s airport and landed in Moscow’s
Sheremetyevo Airport,
after making an 8 hour stopover in Amsterdam.
I have to register this ... Read more >
Tags: eastern europe, moscow, red square, russia, saint petersburg, snow, vodka
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Tue, 12 Jun 2012 | By treefrog | Views [1380]
The first week I was in Moscow I had to explore the red square and my wonderings took me into St Basils Cathedral (with its ice-cream coloured onion domes), the Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat.
I read that ... Read more >
Tags: cathedral, janaline smalman, moscow, red square, russia, st basils, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sun, 10 Jun 2012 | By treefrog | Views [2093]
You cannot visit Moscow and not visit Lenin!!!
Yes its a dead body but believe me he looks like a wax statue!And its FREE!!!
The Red Square is rich in symbols of Russia's turbulent and intriguing past and one of the first things that drew ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, lenin, moscow, red square, russia, sightseeing, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Sun, 10 Jun 2012 | By treefrog | Views [1235]
My Russia adventure has started!!!
The unknown, the secretiveness of this city pulled me towards it.
Moscow is a city of superlatives. It boasts the most billionaires, the most expensive cups of coffee, at £4 a cup this ... Read more >
Tags: janaline smalman, moscow, red square, russia, sightseeing, travel
RUSSIAN FEDERATION | Fri, 15 May 2009 | By hpmoon | Views [377] | Video
During the Orthodox Holy Week in 2009, I took a spontaneous pilgrimage
of sorts to Russia. Moscow now is an extraordinary place to visit, so
soon after the fall of the Soviet Union. Her dramatic renewal of
religious expression awkwardly mingles ... Read more >
Tags: basils cathedral, kremlin, moscow, novospassky, orthodox, red square, russia, russian, russian orthodox, soviet