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40008. Breakfast for three: oatmeal with fruit, tea, biscuits
40009. Waking up
40010. Čistye prudy - view of the monument to Alexander Griboyedov, against the sun
40012. A pair sitting below one of the flowering Japanese plum tree resembling artificial trees along the southern rim of the Lubyanka square
40013. Matryoshka dolls on display in a gift shop
40014. View of the entrance to the Kazan Cathedral, in the corner of the Red Square, ...
40015. ... and of its interior
40017. View down the Red Square, basking in the bright sunlight
40011. Visitors on the Red Square, in front of St. Basil's Cathedral
40018. View of the cathedral from the southwest
40019. View of the southern wing of the Granovitaya Palace across the Kremlin wall
40020. Borovitskaya Tower
40021. View of Bolšoj Theatre, from the Theatre Square
40031. Monumental entrance to the Russian State Library (Leninka)
40027. View down the Marble Staircase
40028. Study hall in the southeastern corner of the main building
40029. Bottom-up view of the wooden side staircase
40030. A chandelier - shades of white and gold
40022. Москвичка - lady resident of Moscow (no way to translate it with one word) - always elegant, this time all in white
40023. Monument to Prince Vladimir - view from the other side of the Borovitskaya Ploščad'
40037 - 40038. Panoramic view of the cathedral from the northwest
40039. Central dome from below
40041. The altar
40043. Church of the Transfiguration / Преображенская церковь in the lower floor
40044. Cathedral from Soymonovskij Proyezd with southwestern entrance / exit
40024. A little wooden church down the road to the river - Khram-Časovnya Deržavnaya Bogomateri
40048. Main cathedral entrance from the river side, seen from the Patriaršij Most bridge
40045. Small truck of the Mosvodokanal (Moscow Water Distribution, Sewage and Wastewater Company) - long name (Москва Водоснабжение Канализация) shortened in just 12 letters of a self-explaining abbreviation.
40025. Monument to Peter I, northwest view ...
40026. ... and the southwest view
40033. Small powerboat is speeding to the west, downstream
40035. Роза ветров / Wind Rose - a passenger boat sailing downstream, as seen from Patriaršij most footbridge
40036. View of Kremlin across the river, from the same bridge
40046. Sightseeing boats Селебрити / Celebrity ...
40047. ... and Мария / Mary, both passing by, downstream, seen from the northern river bank
40050. Lenin's mosaic at the Biblioteka im. Lenina Metro station
40051. In the subway car
40052. Smartphones are an obvious way to cut the commuting time.
40054. Красные ворота / Red Door Metro station ...
40056. ... when another train arrived, northbound.
40057. Hallway to an escalator ...
40058. ... and one more hallway ...
40059. ... to an escalator as we sleceted the wrong exit, to Mjasnitskaya ulitsa.
40060 - 40061. Red Gate Building on the northern side of Sadovaya-Spasskaya
40063. Escalator exit
40064. Three girls - a friendly conversation in the subway car
40065. T-34 tank, the main war winning weapon of Russia in World War II, on Tverskaya Ulitsa (access road to the Red Square), seen with Hotel National in the background, during the rehearsal for the May 9 Victory Day parade.
40066. T-34 was followed by rocket-launching light vehicles and self-propelled howitzers.
40067. Bolšoj Theatre at night
40068. A large treble clef-form light on the opposite side of the street
40069. One more night shot of Nikolskaya Street
40074. An escalator at the northern exit of the Red Gate Metro station, with unobtrusive light spheres all along
40073. Elaborate round artistic ceiling decoration, again in all the shades of white, it exploits the available lighting to the full
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