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We traveled more than 1,000 miles on water from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
This is an unadorned map of the water path we traveled.
We went through numerous locks to get to Moscow.
A view of the Neva River from the rail of our ship.
The Hermitage Museum entrance. This is a very popular visitor place.
Just inside the entrance to the Hermitage.
A vase, obviously.
It was good to be Tsar, at least until 1917.
Gold-- lots of gold.
More gold.
The Peacock Clock.
Catherine.
Looking up at the ceiling.
Within the Hermitage.
Unknown.
Statue.
More gold on the walls.
Renoir.
Gauguin.
Malachite.
Nicholas I monument.
Peter the Great - the Bronze Horseman.
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Church of the Spilled Blood (Church of the Resurrection)
Church of the Spilled Blood (Church of the Resurrection)
Church of the Spilled Blood (Church of the Resurrection)
Church of the Spilled Blood (Church of the Resurrection)
Rostral Column
Several sailors on on ship. They kept the ship spotless.
Smolny Cathedral
Smolny Cathedral
St. Isaac's Cathedral
We saw Swan Lake danced by the Tachkin St. Petersburg Ballet Company. Irina Kolesnikova was the prima ballerina.
The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre.
The St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre.
A stolen shot of the dance.
What spectacular dancers!
The next several pictures are taken at Tsarkoye Selo, Catherine's Palace.
We were not allowed to photograph the Amber room in Tsarskoe Selo so I scanned in a picture of it. We saw the room. A very interesting place.
Lake Lagoda - a very large lake.
A beautiful picture as we leisurely cruised on the Svir River.
We would occasionally see small towns as we cruised.
Swimming in the rivers appears to be a favorite passtime for Russians.
One of many locks that we passed through to get to Moscow.
We had an excellent cabin on the ship.
A small town called Mandrogy that we stopped at. Touristy place. One could buy gifts, sample vodka or just walk about. Sometimes it is good to get off the ship.
There were always people by the windmill. I tried to get just a picture of Helen and the windmill but never managed it.
Helen, on the island of Kizhi, which is located on Lake Onega. It is essentially an open architectural museum.
Rick, on the island of Kizhi.
A peasant's house on the island.
Inside the peasant's house.
Inside the Church of Intercession.
More inside the Church of the Intercession.
More inside the Church of the Intercession.
A steam house?
Wooden tomb "stones."
The Transfiguration Church, built completely of wood without a single nail. It has 22 onion domes.
More of the wooden church.
Tomb "stones" by the wooden church.
More of the wooden church.
On the Volga - Baltic Waterway, we passed many small towns, most of which had their cathedral.
Cathedral.
Cathedral.
Cathedral.
Cathedral.
Cathedral.
Small town. Note the colors of the buildings.
Cathedral.
Cathedral.
Cathedral.
The stop at Goritzy involved a visit to the Kirillov-Belozersky Monastery, founded in 1397 by St. Cyril. This is a diorama of the fortified complex.
Going into the fortified complex.
Images in the monastery.
More buildings within the complex.
More buildings within the complex.
More buildings within the complex.
Yet more buildings within the complex.
Here is a good picture of our cruise ship. We had 190 passengers.
Pictures behind glass are difficult. Reflections!
A statue of Prince Yaroslavl on the spot where he killed a bear. The city was founded here.
One of several churches in Yaroslavl. One of the churches we viewed is the Church of Elijah the Prophet.
One of several churches in Yaroslavl.
One of several churches in Yaroslavl.
One of several churches in Yaroslavl.
One of several churches in Yaroslavl.
Yarsoslavl has a market. This is one of a several images of the wares one finds therein.
Helen had a sore knee and so, flowers always make one feel better. I got these at the market place.
Uglich is an old city with its share of cathedrals. It is also very touristy.
One of the cathedrals in Uglich.
Another of the churches in Uglich.
I found this statue of Lenin in Uglich.
This is Alexy Karpushenko, a young man from Siberia who acted as our host at most of our meals aboard the ship. A wonderful young man.
Coming into Mosco, we found it a bit smoky due to the fires surrounding the city.
These are fairly typical "skyscrapers."
Moscow is a busy city with lots of automobile traffic.
A typical apartment complex.
Who knows?
Another who knows?
Yet another who knows.
Another statue. There are lots of statues in Moscow.
Although smoky, this is a picture of the only modern looking buildings we noticed in Moscow.
The University of Moscow.
St. Basil's Cathedral in Red Square.
Red Square isn't what I thought it would be. It is rather small. This is an image of the GUM department store.
Another St. Basil Cathedral image.
Looking in a window at the GUM department store.
The Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square.
There are several churches on Red Square.
This church-tower is surrounded by the walls of the Kremlin.
We had an expensive gin and tonic on Red Square.
Back on the boat, we woke up to a rainy morning.
More of that rainy morning.
I took several pictures of Red Square at night.
Red Sqwuare at night.
The GUM department on Red Square at night.
Red Square at night.
Heliocopter.
MIG
MIG
MIG
Lenin.
The wreckage of the U2 spy plan piloted by Gary Powers that was shot down during an overflight of Russia.
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