Photos from Moscow, Russia

arbat-painter / Portrait painter on Arbat street

arbat-street-1 / Arbat Street

arbat-street-2 / Arbat Street

arbat-t-shirts / Cheap T-shirts for sale to tourists on Arbat street

cab-ride / moscow-june02 bridge from interior of cab from airport

center-of-moscow / Plaque in Red Square marking city center

christ-the-savior-cathedral-1 / Cathedral of Christ the Savior, destroyed by Stalin and rebuilt in the 1990s

christ-the-savior-cathedral-2 / Cathedral of Christ the Savior, destroyed by Stalin and rebuilt in the 1990s

christ-the-savior-cathedral-night / Cathedral of Christ the Savior, destroyed by Stalin and rebuilt in the 1990s

eternal-flame / Soldier by Kremlin wall guarding eternal flame by tomb of unknown soldier

execution-platform / Raised platform in Red Square once used for public executions

flower-garden / Flower garden

girl-and-fish / Girl swimming in fountain with statue of fisherman and gold fish, from a Russian fairy tale

gum-stores-1 / GUM stores center square

gum-stores-2 / GUM stores center square

horse-fountain / Horse and fountain

kremlin-at-night / Kremlin palace gate at night

kremlin-guard / Guard in front of Kremlin gate

kremlin-surveillance-camera / Surveillance camera on Kremlin wall

kremlin-with-truck / Kremlin palace with eerily appropriate cleanup truck paarked in front

lenin-library / The Lenin Library

lenin-tomb / Lenin's tomb, complete decaying, or at least wax-replaced corpse on display inside

maurice-wessling / Maurice Wessling of Bits of Freedom

my-my-cow-1 / Cow in front of My My (Moo Moo) restaurant on Arbat street

my-my-cow-2 / Cow in front of My My (Moo Moo) restaurant on Arbat street

pirated-software / Dozens of CDs of pirated warez, half a block from Red Square in the heart of Moscow

privacy-conference / Conferencegoers at end of the week

privacy-conference-2 / Conferencegoers at end of the week

pushkin-museum / Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

rossiya-hotel / The evil, hideous Rossiya hotel -- Stalinist in architecture and demeanor -- try to stay anywhere else

russian-doll / Man on Arbat street selling those omnipresent Russian dolls

st-basil-cathedral-exterior / St. Basil's cathedral

st-basil-cathedral-night / St. Basil's cathedral at night

st-basil-cathedral-tourists / Tourists in front of St. Basil's cathedral

st-basils-dome / Dome of St. Basil's cathedral, Moscow's Taj Mahal

st-basils-interior-1 / Inside St. Basil's cathedral, a surprisingly small space

st-basils-interior-2 / Inside St. Basil's cathedral, a surprisingly small space

stalin-sisters / One of Stalin's Seven Sisters

street-performers / Street musicians on Arbat street

tanya-sheberstova / Tanya and yours truly