Russia 2007

Veliky Novgorod

7/22/2008 4:15:52 PM

One of the oldest Russian settlements, mentioned in chronicles as early as 859, Novgorod served alongside Kiev as second largest trade center of the old Russian States. Taken September 19, 2007 (Image S5-03_0678a)

Our Boat On The Neva River

7/22/2008 4:13:53 PM

Taken September 16, 2007 in Saint Petersburg (Image S5-03_0400a)

Catherine Palace Russia

7/22/2008 4:11:46 PM

Catherine Palace was the Rococo summer residence of the Russian tsars, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo near St Petersberg. Taken September 16, 2007 (Image S5-03_0372a)

Pushkinsky Pedestrian Bridge, Moscow

7/22/2008 7:48:38 AM

Night view of Pushkinsky Pedestrian Bridge over the Moskva River, built in 2000 around the old steel arch of the original Andreyevsky Rail Bridge (1907-1998). Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0921a)

Former KGB Headquarters, Moscow

7/22/2008 7:08:17 AM

Lubyanka is the popular name for the headquarters and prison of the KGB on Lubyanka Square in Moscow. It was built in 1897 and enlarged between 1940 and 1947. Following the Bolshevik Revolution, the structure was seized by the government for the headquarters of the secret police, then called the Cheka. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0884a)

A Central Moscow Street at Rush Hour

7/22/2008 7:06:36 AM

Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0882a)

Official Gov't Cars (with Blue Ligh

7/22/2008 7:04:33 AM

Most major roads in Moscow have a special center lane reserved for only official government cars. You can see these cars with their blue lights flashing, flying down these center lanes. Here you see two if these cars. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0881a)

Kremlin Wall & Spasskaya Tower, Moscow

7/22/2008 7:02:26 AM

The Kremlin walls and towers were built by Italian masters between 1485 and 1495 and enclose an area of 68 acres. Its overall length is 2444 yards and the wall's thickness is between 3.5 and 6.5 meters. The height of the Spasskaya Tower was increased to 71 meters in 1625. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0871a)

Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square

7/22/2008 7:00:35 AM

The cathedral was commissioned by Ivan IV (also known as Ivan the Terrible) to commemorate the capture of the Tatar stronghold of Kazan in 1552. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0870a)

Saint Basil's Cathedral, Red Square

7/22/2008 6:57:58 AM

The cathedral was commissioned by Ivan IV (also known as Ivan the Terrible) to commemorate the capture of the Tatar stronghold of Kazan in 1552. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0867a)

State Historical Museum, Red Square

7/22/2008 6:56:02 AM

The museum was opened in 1894, to mark the coronation of Aleksander III, and was the result of a 20-year-long project to consolidate various archaeological and anthropological collections. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0866a)

Moscow Police Cruiser in Red Square

7/22/2008 6:54:04 AM

Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0865a)

Guarding The Tomb of The Unknown Soldier

7/22/2008 6:51:50 AM

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial, dedicated to the Soviet soldiers killed during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0854a)

Russian Tomb of The Unknown Soldier

7/22/2008 6:49:52 AM

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial, dedicated to the Soviet soldiers killed during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0853a)

Russian National Insignia

7/22/2008 6:47:40 AM

Russian National Insignia located on the Kremlin Palace. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0841a)

Russian Kremlin Security Guards

7/22/2008 6:45:52 AM

Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0840a)

Russian State Kremlin Palace

7/22/2008 6:44:12 AM

The State Kremlin Palace unofficially known as the Kremlin Palace of Congresses is a large modern building inside the Moscow Kremlin. The building was built because of the personal insistence of Nikita Khruschev as a modern arena for Communist Party meetings. The architecture contrasts sharply with the rest of the buildings in the Kremlin. It opened for the 22nd Soviet Congress on October 17, 1961. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0837a)

Vladimir Putin�s Presidential Office

7/22/2008 6:42:11 AM

Inside the Kremlin, Moscow Russia. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0831a)

Church of the Twelve Apostles (1654�56)

7/22/2008 6:40:24 AM

Inside the Kremlin, Moscow Russia. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0822a)

Inside the Kremlin, Moscow

7/22/2008 6:38:33 AM

Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0820a)

Chris Webb Our Tour Director

7/22/2008 6:36:11 AM

Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0814a)

Russian White House, Moscow

7/22/2008 6:34:22 AM

This building housed the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic's Congress of People's Deputies and Supreme Soviet until the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, when an uprising led to a siege and artillery bombardment of the building that caused a major fire. The reformed parliament, known thereafter by its tsarist era title of Duma, was elected in 1994 and moved to another building. The renovated White House now houses the Russian government. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0809a)

Maria Our Moscow Local Guide

7/22/2008 6:32:40 AM

Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0808a)

Moscow, Russia

7/22/2008 6:30:30 AM

Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0805a)

Our Driver - Pawel Jaronski

7/22/2008 6:28:41 AM

Our Driver - Pawel Jaronski Driver - Pawel Jaronski from a place near Konin Poland. Taken September 21, 2007 (Image S5-03_0796a)