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Moscow 2005

GIgianni ·56 photographs ·18 May 2005 – 25 May 2005 ·8 days
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18 May 2005 – 25 May 2005
8 days · trip of 2005
Who
Gianni Govoni · @gianni · Vallecrosia (IM)
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Travel diary
The story · 1 days

Discovering the capital of the former empire.

Day 118 May 2005

From the coast to the continent's interior.

The Nice-Moscow hop lasts about four hours, which pass fairly quickly. On board the Aeroflot aircraft almost everyone is Russian, or at least that's how they seem.

Old and new, in the centre
Old and new, in the centre

The journey's photographs

56 photographs · click to open them full screen

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Landscape around MoscowLanding in MoscowMoscow: the University.Moscow.Monument to the Unknown SoldierChanging of the Guard IChanging of the Guard IIChanging of the Guard IIIChanging of the Guard IVChanging of the Guard VChanging of the Guard VIWalls of the KremlinSt Basil's CathedralKremlin, the tsarina of the bellsKremlin, the tsar of the cannonsKremlin, the President's carriage gateDetail of Red SquareCelebration of the 60th of the Patriotic WarColours and lightsKremlin, the palace formerly seat of the Supreme SovietKremlin, seen from the MoskvaState Historical Museum: armourCrowns for the tsarsThrone of Ivan the TerribleRed Square, the Gum department storeThe arsenal, in the time of the tsarsDetail of Red SquareSabresScimitarMonument to Marshal ZhukovMounted Police patrolBreakBrand new symbols on the railing in front of the KremlinShow at the Godunov restaurantThe Moscow TimesFountain on Manezhnaya SquareDomes of the Kremlin CathedralsRussian and Moscow flag, with the Moskva in the backgroundKolomenskoye, the summer residence of the tsars.Kolomenskoye, the hunting lodge of Peter the Great, brought from Siberia.Moskva, with the Kremlin in the backgroundKremlin seen from the MoskvaMetro stationThird millennium matryoshkasOutside moscow: the Trinity Monastery of St SergiusInside the Monastery of St SergiusMonastery of St Sergius: Trinity cathedralChapel of the AssumptionMonastery of St Sergius: iconostasisArbatNew ArbatThe White House: it was bombed at the time of the coupMonument to Peter I, on the MoskvaBridge over the Moskva IBridge over the Moskva IIOld and new, in the centre

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