As most of you know I recently spent a week in Moscow for work. I didn't get much chance to play tourist, but I did get a few pictures. I also got to commute for an hour each way on the Moscow subway with another American who did not speak Russian. We only took a wrong train once.

If I have any facts wrong, please let me know. we didn't have a guide, so were going by what little cyrillic we could decipher.

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can you read cyrillic? what restaurant is this? (answer at end of post)


how about this one?


outside red square


inside view of entrance to red square. they made the arched gates smaller so tanks can no longer drive through


chapel just inside red square


GUM (mall), inside red square


Lenin's tomb


me in front of St. Basil's


St. Basil's without me


St. Basil's at night


the Kremlin and monument, I think it is supposed to be part of the original wall


the Russian equivalent of tomb of the unknown soldier


cool building near red square


statue of Lenin across the street from the Bolshoi theater


the Bolshoi theater


cathedral of Christ the Saviour. It was destroyed by Stalin and recently rebuilt.


Moscow State University and typical Moscow weather at about 9:00 am


Moscow State University at night


Moscow State University at night with fog


outside red square


Answers to quiz:

another pic of the first restaurant


the second one was TGI Fridays.

 

Those pictures are AWESOME! Thanks for sharing. those are really interesting. Some of those buildings are crazy

 

That is way cool Brent. I just wish I would get on a damn plane and fly that long. Edit - I mean my g/f does.

Thanks for sharing those pics

 

Inside Redsquare I was thinking like this:

 

Nice shots Brent -- Way cool -- Looks like you had pretty decent weather also.
Thank's for sharing with us

 

12.5 hours on a plane from Moscow to Atlanta really sucks, but it's almost worth it. I don't get much time to see the sights when I travel, but I usually get a few free hours.

 

I like the red square. The building actually makes up the side of the square opposite the Kremlin and Lenin's tomb.

 

It's the warmest November in recorded history. When I got there Sunday it was sunny, then cloudy and gray until Saturday when I left.

 

Brent those are some great pics. Thanks for sharing them with us. St. Basil's at night was awesome.

 

dude, great pics!