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Near St. Petersburg Russia 2009 Tsarskoe Selo means Tsar’s Village and it is here that the royalty of Russia spent the summers. The main architect for the palace was Bartolomeo Rastrelli who came from Italy in 1715 and designed many famed palaces … Continue reading
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St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow 1989 I love this photo. It doesn’t show St. Basil’s but it shows the power of government. The pink wall looming as a backdrop is the wall of the Kremlin. Here we have a thin, anxious looking woman … Continue reading
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An old village resting by the side of the Volga River. The church roof had caved in and not many people lived here. Not a soul was visible. They’d died or gone to the big city, the same story as … Continue reading
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An elderly woman pours over her prayerbook at the Sergei Posad Monastery in the outskirts of Moscow. Both of these portraits were shot without the subjects knowing. The woman was so engrossed in her prayers, that she didn’t notice me … Continue reading
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The Tour St. Petersburg is filled with museums. The Hermitage, located in the Czar’s Winter Palace, is the most famous. This is one of the rooms displaying Western European Art and the collection is so large that it takes 120 … Continue reading
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I had hoped to see these old costumes being worn as daily garb rather than for a festival or holiday occasion. We had stopped to photograph some storks building their nest when this woman came along. At first I didn’t notice … Continue reading
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Faux Winter Scene This was shot from the bus window. I don’t normally do that, but when you are on a cruise, you have very little time to roam on your own. You must always be back for lunch on … Continue reading
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Two musicians play their hearts out on a canal in St. Petersburg. The accordion player was there first and the other man came up and began to sing in what sounded like a trained voice to me. They didn’t sing … Continue reading
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Uglich, a small city on the Volga River Tom Sawyer came to mind when I looked at the sparkling eyes of these boys. I don’t have sons, but I just know these boys gladden their mother’s hearts every time … Continue reading
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This is another of my old slides from 1989. We were traveling back to Moscow on the Siberian Express. We had been scheduled to go through Mongolia and into China, but then Tiananmen Square uprising happened and China closed the … Continue reading
