First view of Moscow.


The station.

Hotel lobby.

My room.

With a view from the 12th floor.

The hotel (one of four) was built to house athletes during the 1980 Olympics.

Going underground.


The Bolshoi Theatre.

Russian Parliament.

State Historical Museum.


First view of (dark) Red Square.



St. Basils and the Kremlin wall.

I was there.

Lenin’s tomb.


Other side of Red Square is the GUM department store.




Moskva river.




Place where Boris Nemtsov (leader of the opposition) was assassinated. (Equivalent to a shooting on Westminster Bridge just before Big Ben.)

Inside GUM department store.



FSB (KGB).

Next year – the world cup.

GUM is a very big department store.


Going into the Kremlin.

State Kremlin Palace.

Trinity tower.

Saviour Gate Tower.


Putin’s office.




Tsar bell.







On the Metro.



Moscow State University.

Olympic Stadium.

Moscow by Night.




Novodevichy Convent.



Red square was closed.




