Tag: “Russia”

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  1. Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood

    Yes, this place has an incredibly greusome name. This magnificent cathedral built in downtown St.

  2. Sergiev Posad Trinity Monastery

    Founded in 1345, the Sergiev Posad Trinity Monastery (also called the The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius), located in the small community of Sergiev Posad (formerly Zagorsk), approximately one and a half hours outside of Moscow by train is one of the most beautiful monasteries in all of Russia.

  3. Olkhon Island

    Olkhon Island is the largest island on Siberian Russia's Lake Baikal. It is home to roughly 1500 people, most of whom live in the small village of Khuzhir.

  4. Trubetskoy Home (Decembrist Museum)

    Located in downtown Irkutsk, the Trubetskoy home - former residence of exiled Decembrist rebels - now serves as a museum to the Decembrist exiles.

  5. Cathedral of St. Dmitri

    This uniquely designed and intricately carved white stone church was built in 1190.

  6. "The nature"

    Onviously "the nature" is hardly restricted to Vladimir, Russia. However, I lived in Vladimir for a year, during which time I was invited to spend a day "in the nature" (a Russlishism there, obviously) with friends numerous times.

  7. Hermitage Museum

    Located in the former Winter Palace of the Tsars, the State Hermitage Museum (Государственный Эрмитаж) contains over three-million works of art from across the globe. In addition to the fabulous selection of artwork housed in the Hermitage, one can take in the opulent architecture of Tsarist Russia.

  8. Krasnoyarsk Train Station

    The Trans-Siberian makes several reasonably lengthy stops of twenty to thirty minutes at predetermined locations along its route. One of its lengthier stops is in the city of Krasnoyarsk.

  9. Old Believers' Cathedral

    Despite its location in the center of the historic town of Vladimir, few people are aware of the existance of the beautiful Old Believers' Church, dating from 1644. So-called Old Believers separated from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1666 over a disagreement with reforms instituted by the Church hierarchy.

  10. Nikolo-Kremlevskaya Church... and Planetarium!

    The Nikolo-Kremlevskaya Church, located on Bolshaya Moskovskaya, the main street of historic downtown Vladimir, was built in 1761. It currently serves as the Vladimir Planetarium!