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Red Square at Night

Red Square is very special at night with all the buildings and monuments lit up. A fairy-tale view. The photo below with St Basil’s in the centre, is my favourite.

Russia 2013 Photos:

Russia Index

Moscow

Red Square

Red Square at Night

The Kremlin

Moscow Sights

All-Russia Exhibition Centre

Moscow Metro

St Petersburg

The Hermitage

Peter & Paul Fortress

St Petersburg Sights

Catherine Palace

Nikolaevsky Palace

Peterhof Palace

Russia Reflections

02 GUM at Night

The GUM Store – A contender for a Harrods look-alike?

08 Lenin’s Tomb

The GUM lights are reflected on the polished marble of Lenin’s mausoleum.
Capitalism shining on the Tomb of the great Communist?

04 ST Basil’s at Night

As if St Basil’s wasn’t special enough in the daytime,
at night it is a pure unashamed fantasy.

05 ST Basil’s at Night

St Basil’s from the Moskva River side

06 Red Square at Night

St Basil’s, Lenin’s Mausoleum & the Saviour Tower behind.

07 Lenin’s Tomb

Lenin’s Mausoleum

09 Spasskaya Tower

The Saviour Tower
– the Russian version of Big Ben?

11 Resurrection Gates

The Resurrection Gates. The 17th century entrance gates to Red Square were
pulled down by Stalin to allow tanks to parade more easily through Red Square.
Rebuilt in the 1990’s.

03 Red Square at Night

10 State History Museum

The State History Museum. A rather forbidding, brooding building.
Though I passed it every day, I don’t recall seeing anybody actually visiting it.

13 Revoluion Square

Revolution Square. The rear of the State History Museum with a statue of the WWII
Marshall Zhukov. The horse tramples a swastika.