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) | Old Church top
Many old churches are now being restored to their original beauty. |
) | Outskirts of Moscow
Once outside of Moscow the luscious green takes over and deep forests of birch trees are everywhere. |
) | People in Red Square
These Russian tourists were returning from a visit to St. Basil's Cathedral. |
) | Pepsi-Cola stand
A popular drink among Russians. |
) | Performing bears sign
A sign advertising performing bears in Gorky Park. |
) | Peter the Greats house
This house located in Moscow on the Moscow River is only a few minutes walk from the Kremlin. |
) | Poetry reader
The Russians are ardent poetry lovers. Here a gentleman reads aloud to his companion in a park outside the Kremlin walls. |
) | Postal boxes
The postal boxes pictured here are found all over the Soviet Union. Postage is relatively inexpensive. |
) | Red Square
In old Slavonic, the ancient language still used in the Russian Orthodox Church, the word krasnaya means both red and beautiful. Red Square is bounded at the north end by the Historical Museum, on the northeast side by the GUM department store, on the south end by St. Basil's Cathedral, and on the southwestern side by the Lenin Mausoleum. |
) | Red Square/St. Basils
St. Basil's Cathedral is one of the most astonishing architectural sights in the world. Tsar Ivan the Terrible had the cathedral built and legend has it that he had his architect's eyes gauged out after its completion so that they might never build such an edifice again. |
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