Saturday, November 14, 2009

Red Square and the Kremlin

Statue of Marshal Zhukov

The stage set up for the national holiday

The Communist Party coming to visit Lenin's Mausoleum on the day before the National Holiday

Lenin's Mausoleum

the tomb of the unknown soldier

Russian is written in a different alphabet than English. Here are a few examples of how Russian cities are written in Russian.
Kiev

Stalingrad

Murmansk

a Russian dog that lives outside the Kremlin

St. Basil's Cathedral





Entrance to the Kremlin

Where the president of Russia works

the Tsar's Cannon

Cathedral of the Annunciation

Ivan the Great Bell Tower

2 comments:

  1. love the churches as always. and the picture of the tomb of the unknown soldier. I've seen those in other countries and they're always beautiful. I noticed lots of dog pictures. does somebody miss blue? did you get to participate in any of the holiday festivities?

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  2. That cannon is huge! I think that Tsar was compensating for something ... just a thought.

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