Photographs (Russia till 2004-09-11).
This page contains photographs of the group in Russia up to 2004-09-11.
2004-07-25. Russia, Ulan Ude: A massive Lenin head dominates the main square.
2004-07-26. Russia, Posolskoe: An old house in the village (near the monastery) on the Selenge Delta, Lake Baikal.
2004-07-26. Russia: A derelict church (with the ground floor still
in use)
on the road to Posolskoe monastery.
2004-07-27. Russia: Road side flowers near Irkutsk.
2004-07-29. Russia: Olwyn admires the view at Listyanka on Lake Baikal.
2004-07-29. Russia, Listyanka (a failed Russian miracle perhaps?)
2004-07-29. Russia. Pat photographs Lake Baikal at Listyanka (two digital cameras are better than one).
2004-07-30. Russia. Peeling paint on an old house at Listyanka on Lake Baikal..
2004-07-30. Russia. An old wooden house at Listyanka on Lake Baikal.
2004-07-30. Russia. Freshly smoked fish on the quay side at Listyanka on Lake Baikal..
2004-08-01. Russia. Mog parked next to Lake Baikal about 20km from Olkhon Island ferry.
2004-08-06. Russia. One of a number of roadside stone circles on the road to Abakan in the Russian Republic of Khakhassia.
2004-08-08. Russia. A fine statue of Lenin at Shushenskoe (where Lenin was exiled from 1897 to 1900).
2004-08-08. Russia. One of two houses occupied by Lenin in Shushenskoe (1897 to 1900) . The entire town center was rebuild beautifully in 1970 (now a bit "Lenin World", but well worth a visit).
2004-08-08. Russia. The very ice skates Lenin used in Shushenskoe!
2004-08-12. Russia. Skid marks from Imp when Peter had a front wheel blow out on the return journey from Kyzyl, outside Abakan.
2004-08-12. Russia. The damage to one of Imps front tyres.
2004-08-12. Russia. Stephen helps Peter replace his blown out tyre.
2004-08-12. Russia. A newly polished church in Abakan.
2004-08-12. Russia. One of the standing stones at Salbyk Mound.
2004-08-12. Russia. Standing stones at Salbyk Mound.
2004-08-15. Russia. The Peacock House, Thomsk. Still lived in and very run down.
2004-08-17. Russia. An odd bus shelter, serving a nearby nunnery?
2004-08-17. Russia. Painting on the side of an odd bus shelter, serving a nearby nunnery?
2004-08-18. Russia. Warning notice on the door of a toilet (see inset picture left) where we stopped to get one of Imps tyres repaired.
2004-08-20. Russia. Clive repairs a leaking pipe on the fresh water tank of K-Nine with a spare part Peter had with him (in the rain of course).
2004-08-21. Russia. A very leaning tree on a Russian picnic spot sign.
2004-08-22. Russia. Black-dome cathedral at Tyumen.
2004-08-24. Russia. The church of the "Spilt Blood" Yekaterinnberg (on the site of the murder of the Romanovs by the Bolsheviks in July 1918.)
2004-08-25. Russia. Inside the Kungar Ice Cave.
2004-08-25. Russia. Peter examines a large Christmas tree inside the Kungar Ice Cave and wonders why it is there?
2004-08-28. Russia The Khazan Kremlin with a new Mosque still under construction.
2004-08-28. Russia. A church and its architect Inside the Khazan Kremlin.
2004-08-29. Russia. Derelict buildings a few hundred metres from the Kremlin in Khazan.
2004-08-29. Russia. Part of the iconostasis in SS Peter & Paul Cathedral, Khazan.
2004-08-29. Russia. The exterior of SS Peter & Paul Cathedral, Khazan.
2004-08-30. Russia. The 15th century Makariev Monastery.
2004-09-02. Russia. Ann and Clive enjoy their cruise on the Volga at Nizny Novgorad.
2004-09-03. Russia. Rain water pipe on the eves of an old house at Bogolyubovo.
2004-09-03. Russia. The Assumption Cathedral at Bogolyubovo.
2004-09-04. Russia. A very rare Russian picnic spot sign with the tree leaning away from the table.
2004-09-04. Russia. Stone carving on the outside wall of St. Dimitri's Cathedral, Vladimir
2004-09-04. Russia. The group parked up for the night behind the Assumption Cathedral, Vladimir.
2004-09-05. Russia. The domes of the Nativity of the Virgin Cathedral seen from the Archbishops Chambers, Suzdal.
2004-09-06. Russia. The 1756 Transfiguration Church within the Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life, Suzdal.
2004-09-06. Russia. Wooden plates etc. inside a cottage at the Museum of Wooden Architecture and Peasant Life, Suzdal.
2004-09-08. Russia. St.Ipaty Monastery, Kostroma.
2004-09-08. Russia. St.Ipaty Monastery, Kostroma.
2004-09-08. Russia. Old houses near St.Ipaty Monastery, Kostroma.
2004-09-08. Russia. Old houses near St.Ipaty Monastery, Kostroma.
2004-09-09. Russia. View from the bell tower of the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour at Yaroslav. (The Volga and Ktorosl rivers in the background.)
2004-09-09. Russia. Pat looks out over Yaroslav from the bell tower of the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour. (The Church of the Saviour-in-the-Town in the background.)
2004-09-09. Russia. The bell tower of the Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour at Yaroslav.
2004-09-09. Russia. An Icon in the Old Yaroslav Art section of the Art Museum, Yaroslav.
2004-09-10. Russia. Part of the iconostasis in the Church of Elijah the Prophet, Yaroslav.
2004-09-10. Russia. The Belfry in the Rostov-Veliky Kremlin.
2004-09-11. Russia. The domes of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Rostov-Veliky Kremlin.