Saint Petersburg (Russia)

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(Digitized the film photographs taken in July 1995 with scanner)

Hermitage Museum along the Neva River, the museum complex composed of five buildings; the Winter Palace, Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage, New Hermitage and Hermitage Theater.

The Palace Square with Alexander Column, in front of the Winter Palace.

The Winter Palace of the Hermitage Museum as seen from the Palace Square

Inside of the Hermitage Museum

The Hermitage Museum began with the private collections of Empress Catherine the great.

Inside of the Hermitage Museum     Pavilion Hall

Inside of the Hermitage Museum     Pavilion Hall

Senate Square with the Bronze Horseman

The Bronze Horseman, monument to Peter the Great

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

Smolny Cathedral

View from the Peter and Paul Fortress, a citadel founded by Peter the Great on Hare Island in the Neva River

Peter and Paul Cathedral located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress

Imperial tombs inside the Peter and Paul Cathedral

Kazan Cathedral

Nevsky Prospect, the main street in the city of St.Petersburg

Petergof                 Grand Peterhof Palace, Grand Cascade and Samson Fountain

 The Samson Fountain and the Sea Channel to the Gulf of Finland as seen from the Grand Peterhof Palace.

Inside of the Grand Peterhof Palace

Inside of the Grand Peterhof Palace　

Inside of the Grand Peterhof Palace　

Inside of the Grand Peterhof Palace　

Inside of the Grand Peterhof Palace

Mariinsky Theatre, a historic theater of opera and ballet in St.Petersburg

Inside of the Mariinsky Theatre

Giselle, a ballet by Adolphe Adam, is performed.

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Moscow (Russia)

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An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 at Narita Airport.

Sheremetyevo International Airport        Arrive in Moscow at 10 and half hours flight time.

Red Square      Historical Museum

Red Square          Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin

Red Square      Lenin  Mausoleum

Red Square      Lenin  Mausoleum

Red Square      GUM department store

Inside of the GUM department store

 Borovitskaya Tower in Moscow Kremlin    It's an entrance to visit the Moscow Kremlin.

Dormition Cathedral (or Assumption Cathedral) facing the Cathedral Square ( or Sobornaya Square)

Dormition Cathedral (or Assumption Cathedral) in Moscow Kremlin

Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow Kremlin

Blagoveschenskaya Tower      Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow Kremlin

Granovita Palace in Moscow Kremlin

Tsar Bell (or Royal Bell) in Moscow Kremlin

Ivan the Great Bell Tower                                                                                        Dormition Cathedral (or Assumption Cathedral) 

Tsar Cannon in Moscow Kremlin     It was never used in a war.  Per the Guinness Book of Records it's the largest bombard by caliber in the world.

Troitskaya Tower       The gate of the tower is the main visitors' entrance into the Moscow Kremlin.

Novodevichy Convent

Bolshoi Theater      It's a historic theater which holds ballet and opera performances.

Moscow State University on the Sparrow Hills

Panoramic view from the Sparrow Hills

Hotel Ukraina       It's one of the Seven Sisters, a group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist style.

Tretyakov Gallery       It's an art gallery and the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world.

Moscow River Cruise

Moscow River Cruise

Moscow River Cruise　　　 Moscow Kremlin comes into view.

Moscow River Cruise

Moscow River Cruise

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