Interesting places in Moscow:

The former White City (Bely Gorod)		Yakimanka district CAO
Zamoskvorechye district CAO		The Moscow Kremlin
Жилой комплекс «ЭКО»		Kitai-gorod
Red Square		Vodootvodny (Water Bypass) Canal
Patriarshy Bridge		Остров Балчуг (Болотный)
Khamovniki District		Ramenki District
Опричная часть древней Москвы		Lomonosov Moscow State University (SKIF MSU was launched here)
Zyuzino district		Tverskoy District
Zaryadye - historical district of Moscow		Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
4-й К микрорайон района Войковский		Donskoy District
Здесь должен был быть построен Дворец Советов		Presnensky District
Ivanovskaya Square		Psychology Department - Moscow State University
Novodevichy Convent

Moscow (Russian: Moskva', Romanized: Moskva, IPA: help�info) is the capital of Russia and the country's principal political, economic, financial, educational, and transportation center, located on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District, in the European part of Russia. The name of the city is usually pronounced "Mos-koh" (rhyming with "toe") in British English and "Mos-kow" (rhyming with "cow") in US English. The city's population of 10.4 million permanent inhabitants within the city boundaries ^ constitutes about 7% of the total Russian population. Likewise, it is the most populous city in Europe. Historically, its position was central in the Russian homeland. It was the capital of the former Soviet Union and Muscovite Russia, the pre-Imperial Russian state. It is the site of the famous Kremlin, which now serves as the ceremonial residence of the President.

Main sites

• Red Square The heart of Moscow and the first destination of most visitors to the city. Surrounded by St. Basil's Cathedral, the State History Museum, Lenin's Mausoleum and one of the Kremlin's long brick walls. Suprisingly, the cobbles that make up the square are black and not red.
• Lenin Mausoleum Walk past the embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin, but it's open to debate if it is still him. You must leave all cameras, phones and bags in the luggage office. Free admission. Open 10:00-13:00 closed Mondays and Fridays. Enter by Manezh Square near Metro Ploshad Revolutsii.
• St Basil Cathedral Built 1555-61. Inside is a museum, although it looks best from the outside.
• The Kremlin Must not be missed. The Diamond collection in the Armoury is worth a visit on its own. If you get a chance, the ballet in the Conference centre has some very cheap matinee performances. (And you can change seats in the interval). Tickets are 300 rubles (350 if you want to visit the Armoury). Large bags must be left at a luggage office (60 roubles) Metro: Ohotnii Ryad, Ploschad Revolutsii.
• Old Arbat Street Walk down this kitschy street full of souvenir vendors, tourist cafes, lousy restaurants, artists, etc. The prices of the souvenirs vary from reasonable to ripoff. Many of the vendors offer a very high price but can be talked down if you speak Russian. The stores tend to offer the same stuff but with fixed high prices. Metro: Smolenskaya, Arbatskaya (Light Blue)
• Bolshoi Theater Sit in front of the famed theater near the fountain, or catch a show inside if you can. Currently under renovation. Tickets start at around 1000 rubles. Metro: Tetralnaya
• Tretyakov Gallery One of the world's great museums, this is probably the one to choose if you only want to visit one museum in Moscow. In contrast to the worldwide collection of the Pushkin Museum, the Tretyakov is mostly a collection of Russian art. It has the best collection of Russian icons, and many of the most famous pieces of modern Russian artists like Ilya Repin. Metro: Tretyakovskaya

(NB: There are actually two Tretyakov museums now, the classic one and the 20th Century one. The classic one is where it has always been, the 20th century one is in the Artist's House Cultural Center across from Gorky Park. They charge separate entry fees.)

• Pushkin Museum is dedicated to Western art and has one of the world's most significant Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collections and some Old Masters. The Impressionists and Post-Imppressionists were rather unfortunately relocated to an annexe in 2007 across the street from the main building. Metro: Kropotkinskaya
• Novodevichy Convent Both a convent and a fortress, Novodevichy was built in the early 1500s and has remained nearly intact since the 17th century, making it one of the best preserved historical complexes in Moscow. The adjacent Novodevichy Cemetery is one of Russia's most famous cemeteries. Famous people buried here include Anton Chekhov, Nickolai Gogol, Konstantine Stanislavski, Nikita Khrushchev, Raisa Gorbachev (the former president's wife), and Boris Yeltsin. Metro: Sportivnaya

Other sites

Less essential sites, but very worthwhile if you have the time, include:

• New Arbat Street Located near Old Arbat Street, this street offers a contrast from the touristy pedestrian-only thoroughfare. New Arbat is perhaps where Moscow's rich are the most visible, as some of Moscow's most expensive restaurants and nightclubs are located here. There are some reasonably priced cafes however. The street is lavishly lit up at night and is always very lively. Also, check out Dom Knigi (House of Books) on New Arbat-not as impressive as the St. Petersburg store, but probably the best bet for books in Moscow. Metro: Arbatskaya (Light Blue)
• Tverskaya Street This street starts from the Kremlin itself and runs Northwest in the direction of (hence the name) and . For that reason the road was a very important thoroughfare in Tsarist Russia. It is now Moscow's most fashionable street, with several prestigious boutiques, and is also lined with cafes, restaurants, coffeehouses, a couple of theaters, and several hotels, including two locations of the Marriott. Most of the street's architecture doesn't actually have much history to it, though along the way you will find Russia's first and the world's busiest McDonalds. The statue of Pushkin at Pushkinskaya Square, near the KFC is a very popular meeting point. Walk its length-from Red Square to Belorusski Train Station-about 1 hour and a great way to see the most famous street in Moscow. At least look in the Yeliseev Grocery Store, to see an interior which is far more ornate than most grocery stores. Metro: Tetralnaya, Tverskaya/Pushkinskaya, Mayakovskaya, Belorusskaya (depending on what part you want to exit at).
• Gorky Park Easily the best known of Moscow's many parks, Gorky Park is packed with a number of theme-park rides, cafes, places to stroll, and a quaint-looking pond, all straddled alongside the Moskva river. Gorky Park is a very popular place for Muscovites of all ages. In winter it's a popular place to ice skate, and it hosts an ice sculpture competition. Metro: Park Kulturi
• This former imperial estate is now a very popular weekend destination for Muscovites. It is a vast collection of churches and other buildings from the 16-17th centuries, including some wooden architecture that was transported here by the Soviet government from . Kolomenskoye is located in the south-east of Moscow near a metro station of the same name. Metro: Kolomenskaya
• Victory Park This massive memorial to WWII was built for the 50-year anniversary of V-E day in 1995. On weekends, it is very popular with newlyweds. The park now has its own metro station of the same name. There is also a museum to WWII worth visiting if you like military history.
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• Vorobyovy Gory 'Sparrow Hills' in English, this the best place for a view of Moscow from the ground. Right near the main Moscow State University building, there is a popular lookout point. You can see much of the city on clear days. The most spectacular views can be enjoyed in the dark period of day. Metro: A walk from either metro Universitet or Vorobyovy Gory.
• VDNKh, aka VVTs. The Russian acronym "VDNKh" stood for "Exhibit of the People's Economic Achievements". It has been since renamed "All-Russian Exhibition Center" ("Vserossiyskiy Vystavochniy Tsentr"). However, it is popularly known by the Soviet abbreviations. Previously this was a massive exhibit of the advances and progress of the USSR. Now it is largely a marketplace for everything from computers to bicycles. However, many of the monuments and fountains here make the area a nice place to stroll. You can also visit the adjacent Botanical Gardens. VDNKh is at a metro station of the same name.

• Christ the Savior Cathedral This cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in the world, was blown up after orders from Stalin in 1931, then rebuilt in the mid-nineties. There is an extensive museum beneath the cathedral documenting its history (the original was first started in 1839 and consecrated in 1883). Metro: Kropotinskaya
• Garden of Fallen Monuments Where many infamous statues in Moscow were placed after the Soviet Collapse. See Dzherzinsky, Stalin, Brezhnev, and others. Adjacent to the New Tretyakov Museum, which houses 20th century art. After the Pushkin Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery, this is worth seeing. Metro: Park Kultury and walk over the bridge.

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The Upper Saviour's Cathedral and Terem Churches
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Золотые купола Верхоспасского собора и теремных церквей и Золотой куполь Церкви Ризоположения. The Upper Saviour's Cathedral and Terem Churches, easily recognisable for its 11 golden domes that can be viewed from the Cathedral Square at Moscow Kremlin between Church of the Deposition of the Robe (Церковь Ризоположения) and the Palace of the Facets (Грановитая Палата). This is actally a complex of several churches under a single roof. The first of these churches, the Saint Catherine Church - housechurch of Russian Queens and Princesses (домовый храм цариц и царевен), adjacent to the west and north to the Queens Galley (Золотой Царицыной палатой) was built in 1627. The Housechurch of Russian Tsars with a chapel of Saviour John the Baptist (Домовая церковь царей - Спаса Нерукотворного с более низким приделом Иоанна Белогородского), later called the Upper Cathedral with a chapel of John the Baptist, was bulit in1635-36 at the same time as Terem Palace underwent a major rebuilt. The Upper Saviour’s Cathedral also has a conjuction to the Terem Palace to the east side. In 1654 the Church of Eudokia (Церковь Евдокии) was built above the Chuch of Chatherine. In 1663 the Quadrangular Church (Четверик храма) was built over the Queens Galley. In 1679-1682 the complex of Palace Churches underwent a mayor reconstruction! A small church called the Crucifixion Church (Храм Воздвижения креста Господня) was added and the Church of Eudokia was renamed to the Church of Rusurection (церковь Воскресения Словущего). A single roof where built over all churches and the roof was crowned with 11 small golden domes on exquisite drums, placed so that they formed three five-domed compositions. Another major restructuring took place in 1840 when the Grand Kremlin Palace was built, after which the church complex was connected to the Grand Kremlin Palace and no longer was a stand alone building. The stand alone golden dome on the white tower in the front is the Church of the Deposition of the Robe. This church was built in 1484 by masters from Pskov, most likely by the same group of architects who built the adjacent Cathedral of the Annunciation (Благовещенский собор). The Church of the Deposition of the Robe was built on the site of a previous church, built by Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow in 1451. The name of the church is said to refer to a festival dating from the 5th century AD, celebrating when the robe of the Virgin Mary was taken from Palestine to Constantinople, where it protected the city from being conquered. For example, tradition says that during the Russian-Byzantine War of 860 the patriarch placed the Virgin's Robe into the sea, causing a storm that destroyed the invading Russian ships. Originally, the church was used by the Patriarch of Moscow, but during the 17th century it was taken over by the Russian royal family.


The Spasskaya Tower (Спасская башня)
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The Gothic-turreted Spasskaya Tower, considered by many to be the most beautiful tower of the Kremlin, was built under the supervision of Pietro Antonio Solari in 1491, and stands on the north-eastern side of the citadel, bordering Red Square, Moscow, Russia. The gate of the Spasskaya Tower has been the official entrance to the Kremlin for centuries. Until the 17th century the tower was known as the Frolovskaya, due to its location not far from the Saint Frol church and monastery. In 1658 an Icon of the Savior was mounted above the gate facing Red Square, and the tower's name was changed to Spasskaya by decree of the Tsar. The Russians have always regarded the Spasskaya Tower with great reverence. According to old legends, the tower was possessed with miraculous powers and was reputed to protect the Kremlin from enemy invasion. People passing through the gates would always observe the custom of crossing themselves and doffing their hats to show their respect, and horses passing under the gates of the tower were said to shy. In fact, legend has it that Napoleon himself could not prevent his horse from taking fright as he rode through the gates, having failed to show his respect, and the French Emperor's hat was said to have fallen from his head. During the 16th and 17th centuries the tower was used by the Tsar and the Patriarch for ceremonial processions and for greeting foreign dignitaries, and even today world leaders on state visits are escorted through its gates on their way to an audience with the Russian President. The tower is crowned by an illuminated ruby-red star, which replaced the double-headed Russian eagle in 1937, raising the tower's height to 71 meters. The tower is also famous for its chimes. The first clock upon the Spasskaya Tower appeared in the 17th century, after the addition of a multi-tiered turret to the top of the tower. Designed by the Englishman Christopher Galloway, the clock boasted gold numerals in Old Slavonic and Arabic upon a blue background decorated with silver stars, but it eventually broke and was replaced in 1707 with Dutch chimes. The present-day Kremlin chimes were made in 1851-1852 by the Butenop brothers. During the October Revolution in 1917, a stray shell hit the clock, seriously damaging its mechanism. A year later it was repaired by order of Lenin, who decreed that it should be equipped with new chimes capable of playing the Communist Internationale. HDR from three shots, AEB -2, 0, +2, Canon EOS 500D, EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. Processed with Photomatix Pro 3.2 and Photoshop Elements 7.0. You can see more of my HDR-photos in full format here: foje64-photography.smugmug.com/ Follow my photoblog for more news here: foje64photoblog.wordpress.com/ Please don't use my photos without my permission!


Saint Basil's Cathedral
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The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat (Russian: Собор Покрова пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву), popularly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral (Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного), is a Russian Orthodox church erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555–61. Built on the order of Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan, it marks the geometric center of the city and the hub of its growth since the 14th century.[4][5] It was the tallest building in Moscow until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.[6] The original building, known as Trinity Church and later Trinity Cathedral, contained eight side churches arranged around the ninth, central church of Intercession; the tenth church was erected in 1588 over the grave of venerated local saint Vasily (Basil). In the 16th and the 17th centuries the church, perceived as the earthly symbol of the Heavenly City,[7] was popularly known as the Jerusalem and served as an allegory of the Jerusalem Temple in the annual Palm Sunday parade attended by the Patriarch of Moscow and the tsar.[8] The building's design, shaped as a flame of a bonfire rising into the sky,[9] has no analogues in Russian architecture: It is like no other Russian building. Nothing similar can be found in the entire millennium of Byzantine tradition from the fifth to fifteenth century ... a strangeness that astonishes by its unexpectedness, complexity and dazzling interleaving of the manifold details of its design.[10] The cathedral foreshadowed the climax of Russian national architecture in the 17th century.[11] A victim of state atheism, the church was stolen from the Russian Orthodox community as part of the Soviet Unions anti-theist campaigns and has operated as a division of the State Historical Museum since 1928.[12] It was completely and forcefully secularized in 1929[12] and, as of 2011, remains a federal property of the Russian Federation. The church has been part of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990.[13] It is often mislabelled as the Kremlin owing to its location on Red Square in immediate proximity of the Kremlin.[14] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral


Saint Basil's Cathedral
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Wikipedia says: The Cathedral of Intercession of the Virgin on the Moat (Russian: Собор Покрова что на Рву - The Cathedral of the Protection of the Mother of God, or simply Pokrovskiy Cathedral - Russian: Покровский Собор; better known as the Cathedral of Saint Basil the Blessed , Saint Basil's Cathedral - Russian: Храм Василия Блаженного) is a multi-tented church on the Red Square in Moscow that also features distinctive onion domes. It is very often mistaken for the Church of the Savior on Blood, located in St. Petersburg. In the West, it is frequently confused with the Kremlin which overlooks it. Arguably the most recognized building in Russia, it is an international symbol for the nation and for the city of Moscow. The cathedral was commissioned by Ivan IV (also known as Ivan the Terrible) in Moscow to commemorate the capture of the Khanate of Kazan, and built from 1555 to 1561. In 1588 Tsar Fedor Ivanovich had a chapel added on the eastern side above the grave of Basil Fool for Christ (yurodivy Vassily Blazhenny), a Russian Orthodox saint after whom the cathedral was popularly named. Saint Basil's is located at the southeast end of Red Square, just across from the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin. Not particularly large, it consists of nine chapels built on a single foundation. The cathedral's design follows that of contemporary tented churches, notably those of Ascension in Kolomenskoye (1530) and of St John the Baptist's Decapitation in Dyakovo (1547). The interior of the cathedral is a collection of separate chapels, each filled with icons, medieval painted walls, and varying artwork on the top inside of the domes. The feeling is intimate and varied, in contrast to Western cathedrals which usually consist of a massive nave with one artistic style. Taken with Canon EF-S 10-22mm USM. HDR made from single raw shot. © antonkhoff.com


Novodevichy Convent
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View On Black Wikipedia says: The Novodevichy Convent was founded in 1524 by Grand Prince Vasili III in commemoration of the conquest of Smolensk in 1514. It was built as a fortress at a curve of the Moskva River and became an important part of the southern defensive belt of the capital, which had already included a number of other monasteries. Upon its founding, the Novodevichy Convent was granted 3,000 rubles and the villages of Akhabinevo and Troparevo. Ivan the Terrible would later grant a number of other villages to the convent. The Novodevichy Convent was known to have sheltered many ladies from the Russian royal families and boyar clans, who had been forced to take the veil, such as Feodor I's wife Irina Godunova (she was there with her brother Boris Godunov until he became a ruler himself), Sophia Alekseyevna (Peter the Great's sister), Eudoxia Lopukhina (Peter the Great's first wife), and others. In 1610–1611, the Novodevichy Convent was captured by a Polish unit under the command of Aleksander Gosiewski. Once the cloister was liberated, the tsar supplied it with permanent guards (100 Streltsy in 1616, 350 soldiers in 1618). By the end of the 17th century, the Novodevichy Convent had already possessed 36 villages (164,215 desyatinas of land) in 27 uyezds of Russia. In 1744, it owned 14,489 peasants. Taken with Canon 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM © antonkhoff.com


Lomonosov Moscow State University (Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова)
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Lomonosov Moscow State University is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. In 1940, the university was renamed in honor of its founder, Mikhail Lomonosov. The main building was designed by architect Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev. In the post-war era, Stalin ordered seven huge tiered neoclassic towers to be built around the city. The MSU Main building is by far the largest of these. It was the tallest building in the world outside of New York City at the time of its construction, and remained the tallest building in Europe until 1990. The central tower is 240 m tall, 36 stories high, and flanked by four huge wings of student and faculty accommodations. It is said to contain a total of 33 kilometers of corridors and 5,000 rooms. HDR from three shots, AEB -2, 0, +2, Canon EOS 500D, EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. Processed with Photomatix Pro 3.2 and Photoshop Elements 7.0. You can see more of my HDR-photos in full format here: foje64-photography.smugmug.com/ Follow my photoblog for more news here: foje64photoblog.wordpress.com/ Please don't use my photos without my permission!


The Cathedral of the Archangel (Архангельский собор)
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The third cathedral at the Cathedral Square in Moscow Kremlin, Russia, is dedicated to the Archangel Michael. The Cathedral of the Archangel was commissioned by Ivan the Great and constructed between 1505 and 1508 under the supervision of an Italian architect Aleviz Fryazin Noviy. The new edifice was built over the site of an earlier cathedral dating from 1333. The Archangel Cathedral has played an important role in Russian political history, hosting celebrations of victories by the Russian military and the burials of tsars and grand princes until 1712, when the capital moved to St. Petersburg. In total there are 54 burials in the cathedral, included 46 ornamented whitestone tombs and glazed cases made of bronze. Especially notable among the long-term residents are Ivan Kalita, Dmitri Donskoi, Ivan the Great, and Ivan the Terrible. HDR from three shots, AEB -2, 0, +2, Canon EOS 500D, EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. Processed with Photomatix Pro 3.2 and Photoshop Elements 7.0. You can see more of my HDR-photos in full format here: foje64-photography.smugmug.com/ Follow my photoblog for more news here: foje64photoblog.wordpress.com/ Please don't use my photos without my permission!


The Church of Laying Our Lady’s Holy Robe (Церковь Ризоположения)
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The Church of Laying Our Lady’s Holy Robe in Moscow Kremlin, Russia. Dwarfed behind the Cathedral of the Dormition, this tiny church became the personal chapel of the Moscow Metropolitans and Patriarchs. It was built in 1484-86 by Pskov craftsmen, on the site of the original Church of Laying Our Lady’s Holy Robe, which perished in the Kremlin fire of 1473. The church commemorates the official recognition of the Moscow Metropolitan as Metropolitan of Kiev and all Russia, acknowledged in 1451 by Casimir IV, King of Poland and Lithuania. The church's name refers to the robe of the Virgin Mary, a prized relic which was held to have saved Constantinople from attackers on several occasions. When the city was threatened, the robe was paraded around the walls. In Moscow, an icon kept in this church was put to the same use. HDR from three shots, AEB -2, 0, +2, Canon EOS 500D, EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. Processed with Photomatix Pro 3.2 and Photoshop Elements 7.0. You can see more of my HDR-photos in full format here: foje64-photography.smugmug.com/ Follow my photoblog for more news here: foje64photoblog.wordpress.com/ Please don't use my photos without my permission!


Кремлевская Набережная
Made by Ivan Makarov
Moscow Kremlin, Russia There are numerous Kremlins in Russia, but this one is the most famous one. Located on the banks of Moscow River (the city of Moscow is actually named after a river), it includes four palaces, four cathedrals and 20 towers (whose names I once memorized in school for an exam, but, of course, have since forgotten). For centuries Moscow Kremlin have served as the residence of Russian Tsars, and now serves as a residence for current President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and his more famous VP, Vladimir Putin, who enter Kremlin through the gate on a regular basis (while shutting down half of traffic in Moscow downtown upon entrance) to the left of the big tower. It also contains the famous Red Square, Lenin Mausoleum, St Basil's Cathedral, the Treasury of Tsars and many other significant Russian historical sites and items. Due to wars and better technology available, Moscow Kremlin has been rebuilt several times. The original Kremlin was first reportedly erected in 1331 and the existing Kremlin walls and towers were completed by Italian masters in 1495. You will not find very many photographs from the inside of the walls of Moscow Kremlin with the exception of those taken at the Red Square, since any photography is forbidden there for security reasons.


MIBC Moscow City
Made by anton khoff
View Large From Wikipedia: Moscow International Business Center (Russian: Московский Международный Деловой Центр; ММДЦ), informally referred to as Moscow-City (Russian: Москва-Сити) is a commercial district of central Moscow, Russia. Located near the Third Ring in Presnensky District of western Moscow, the Moscow-City area is currently under intense development. The Moscow IBC is expected to become the first zone in Russia to combine business activity, living space and entertainment in one single development. The Moscow government first conceived the project in 1992. The construction of Moscow IBC is taking place on the Presnenskaya embankment. The entire project takes up 1 square kilometer, and the territory chosen is the only area in downtown Moscow that can accommodate such a project. Before construction began, most of the buildings in the area were old factories and industrial complexes that had been closed or abandoned. The total cost of the project is estimated at $12 billion. Taken with Canon EF-S 10-22mm USM | ƒ/10.0 | 12mm | 1/125 | ISO 200 © antonkhoff.com


PROSAIC MOSCOW
Made by davies.thom
I have recently read John Steinbeck’s “A Russian Journal” where he and esteemed photographer Robert Capa set out on a 40 day excursion behind the Iron Curtain into the post-war Soviet Union. It’s an interesting read and the photography is superb. Worth getting for Capa's gaze alone. Though their visit was no-doubt stage managed by the KGB they access a world as yet unknown by the West. As Churchill famously quipped: It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. As Capa tells us, only a couple of years before he was killed by a land mine in Indochina: “We decided to make an old-fashioned quest – to ride behind the ‘iron curtain’ and pit our lances and pens against the windmills of today.” In my imagined geography of space and place, sitting here in Kyiv, part of me pretends to be on a Steinbeck adventure. .............................................................................Nikon F3 + 200ISO film. . . . Thoughts - comments - critiques - always welcome.


Beklemishevskaya Tower
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Explore #337, Jul 8, 2009 View Large The Beklemishevskaya Tower is one of the few towers in the Kremlin whose appearance has remained unchanged throughout the ages, and which has not undergone any serious reconstruction. Sometimes referred to as the Moskvoretskaya (Moskva River) Tower due to its proximity to the Moskvoretsky Bridge, it supposedly took its name from the boyar Beklemishev, whose manor lay nearby. The tower was always the first to come under enemy attack, as it was situated at the junction of the Moskva River and the moat. In this respect it served a very important defensive function. At the beginning of the 18th century, during the Northern War between Russia and Sweden, bastions were constructed around the tower, and the loopholes of the tower were widened to accommodate more powerful cannonry. During the storming of the Kremlin by the Bolsheviks in 1917, the top of the tower was destroyed, but was later restored. The tower is 46.2 metres tall. Taken with Canon EF-S 10-22mm USM © antonkhoff.com


До свидания Москва (Goodbye Moscow)
Made by foje64
This view needs no further presentation! I say goodbye to Moscow for this time, this will be my last upload from the capital of Russia. I want to thank you all very much for the huge response for my impressions from Moscow and Kazan. I very much appreciate all your nice comments and faves that took 3 of my Moscow pictures all the way to Explore FP. I have more HDR pictures from Saint Petersburg, Kizhi and Solovetsky Islands but I will wait a little time before I upload them. I don’t want you to get bored with my Russian views. Instead I will, tomorrow, start upload some pictures I took this weekend in Visby, in my opinion the most beautiful city in my native Sweden. HDR from five shots, -4, -2, 0, +2, +4 Canon EOS 500D, EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS. Processed with Photomatix Pro 3.2 and Photoshop Elements 7.0. You can see more of my HDR-photos in full format here: foje64-photography.smugmug.com/ Follow my photoblog for more news here: foje64photoblog.wordpress.com/ Please don't use my photos without my permission!


Kievskaya Metrostation (Станция метро Киевская)
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I dedicate this photo to my good flickr friend Julia from Kiev! Kievskaya Metro station in the Moscow Metro is named after the nearby Kievsky Railway station. Three of the Moscow Metro lines connect at Kievskaya, this picture is from the station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. Kievskaya was opened in 1953 and is lavishly decorated in the quasi-baroque style that predominated in the early 1950s. The plastered ceiling is decorated with a series of 24 frescoes by various artists depicting life in Ukraine. This large mosaic at the end of the platform commemorates the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Russia and Ukraine. HDR from five shots, -4, -2, 0, +2, +4 Canon EOS 500D, EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. Processed with Photomatix Pro 3.2 and Photoshop Elements 7.0. You can see more of my HDR-photos in full format here: foje64-photography.smugmug.com/ Follow my photoblog for more news here: foje64photoblog.wordpress.com/ Please don't use my photos without my permission!


Friendship of Nations (Дружба народов СССР)
Made by foje64
The fountain Friendship of Nations at All-Russia Exhibition Centre (VVT), formally known as VDNKh, in Moscow, Russia. The fountain was built in the early 1950s and the 16 girls around the sheaf of sunflowers and hemp in the middle represent the 16 Soviet Socialistic Republics that formed Soviet Union at that time. 15 now are independent countries, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Moldavia, Kirghizstan, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. The 16th represent Karelo-Finnish SSR that existed from 1940 until it was merged back into the Russian SFSR in 1956. HDR from three shots, AEB -2, 0, +2, Canon EOS 500D, EF-S10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM. Processed with Photomatix Pro 3.2 and Photoshop Elements 7.0. You can see more of my HDR-photos in full format here: foje64-photography.smugmug.com/ Follow my photoblog for more news here: foje64photoblog.wordpress.com/ Please don't use my photos without my permission!


i want your ice
Made by Maine Surfer
sometimes, photography is not about capturing landscapes or portraits, not about sharpness or color. not about how and not about what. not even about freezing a right moment. sometimes, photography is all about sharing mood and passion. it's about depth and power of involvement. photography of this kind is very easy to spot, it's when you take a look at a photo and, all of a sudden, you don't look away. you just stare. you don't care about photo's color, sharpness, depth of field... you don't judge whether it's a good photo or not so. your eyes are glued to the photo and all you feel is a stir of emotions and feelings that the photo brings up...that's what photography is about... i met these two girls and a coffe shop in the very heart of moscow. at 4 am all we wanted was coffee. it turned out that the coffee had a magical ice cube in it, a kind of ice that creates electricity between two girls. a kind of ice that makes to do crazy spontaneous things. a kind of ice that makes two girls passionately kiss each other...


World is spinning around you\Мир вращается вокруг тебя\
Made by MishaMsk
Hello my friends! I`m so excited today cause I`m going to show you my first film experience! I`ve spent whole week shooting with Kiev camera which I showed you last week. I discovered a lot of new things. Now I know how hard it is to use film nowadays, especially when you know that you DSLR is near and will cause you far less troubles. I had to struggle with lack of exposure meter, manual focus, invert image in the viewfinder and scanning. I used my D700 and Zenit-11 as exposure meters and it looked pretty funny) The scans cost me 15$ for 12 frames! And photo lab spoiled them (though I`m too lazy to do the rescan, so I had to crop away black stripes and loose part in every photo). I processed them solely in Lightroom and tried to keep film look as much as possible. I`ve only added a bit of contrast and sharpness and that is all! I hope you like them! More on the blog


Red Square
Made by JannaPham
50/365 Explore FP on 16 Mar 2009. Highest position #14. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Red Square (Russian: Кра́сная пло́щадь, Krásnaya plóshchad’) is the most famous city square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most famous in the world. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitay-gorod. As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being promoted to major highways outside the city, the Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and of all Russia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Square This image is dedicated to my friend Vidya , who asked me to show my version of this place. As always thank you very much all my dear friends for your visits, comments and favs! Please NO multigroup invites!


Where R Ur Six Sisters?
Made by enrico zanolla
The Seven Sisters is the name given to various Moscow Skyscrapers by British immigrants who came to live in Russia in the 1980s and 90s.[citation needed] Reluctant to adopt the original names, they preferred to give the famous tourist sites English names which are often quite charming, and are now in common use among British expatriates living in Russia. The same time, Moscow inhabitants never use name Seven Sisters and used to call these buildings Vysotki (Russian: Высотки), which means Tall buildings. The Seven Sisters were built during Stalin's last years (1947-1953)[1] in an elaborate combination of Russian Baroque and Gothic styles, and the technology used in building American skyscrapers. Although there are many similar buildings in other (former) Socialist countries, the only comparable Soviet designed skyscraper was built in Warsaw. Seven Sisters


Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Made by JannaPham
61/365 Explore FP on 26 Mar 2009. Highest position #30. The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Russian: Храм Христа Спасителя) is the tallest Eastern Orthodox Church in the world. It is situated in Moscow, on the bank of the Moskva River, a few blocks west of the Kremlin. When the last of Napoleon's soldiers left Moscow, Tsar Alexander I signed a manifest, 25 December 1812, declaring his intention to build a Cathedral in honor of Christ the Saviour to signify Our gratitude to Divine Providence for saving Russia from the doom that overshadowed Her and as a memorial to the sacrifices of the Russian people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour Thank you very much all my dear friends for your visits, comments and favs! Please NO multigroup invites!