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GOLDEN RING TOUR – 2007 / ЗОЛОТОЕ КОЛЬЦО ТУР

Golden Ring Tour: 1. Moscow, 2. Gus-Khrustalny, 3. Murom, 4. Nizhny-Novgorod, 5.

Goroknovets / Bogolyubovo, 6. Vladimir, 7. Suzdal, 8. Plyos, 9. Kostroma, 10. Yaroslavl,

11. Rostov, 12. Pereslavl-Zalessky, 13. Sergei Posad (Zagorsk)

Meet my Uncle Anton’s nephew Anton Polinovsky and his daughter Svetlana (in

Moscow)

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Путинка (Водка) - Putinka

With older daughter Tatiana

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View of surrounding areas from Cosmos Hotel

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Statue of Charles De Gaulle, in front of the Cosmos Hotel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_Hotel

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDNKh_(Russia) Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo

Khozyaystva (VDNKh) (Russian: Выставка достижений народного хозяйства, ВДНХ, lit.

Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) is a permanent general purpose trade

show and amusement park in Moscow, Russia.

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Entrance (façade)

Central Pavilion – Дом Народов России (statue of Lenin in front)

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The Friendship of Nations Fountain

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https://www.gpsmycity.com/attractions/friendship-of-nations-fountain-8319.html One of

the most stunning discoveries for those who visit Russia is the extraordinary Friendship of

Nations Fountain, a display of 16 statutes that represent the former member nations of the

former Soviet Union: Russia, Armenia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Latvia,

Tajikistan, Estonia, Turkmenistan, Moldavia, Georgia, Kirghizstan, Azerbaijan and

Kazakhstan. The 16th country, Karelo-Finnish SSR, was incorporated back into Russia in

1956. The main objective of the fountain was to present the idea of national identity to the

Soviet people and the world.

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Pavilion of Ukraine

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St. Basil’s, Red Square, Moscow

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Kremlin

View towards Moscow University

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Moscow River, along the Kremlin

Moscow University area

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Views of Moscow from Moscow University

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Young tour guide in Moscow

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Moscow University

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War Memorial

New Triumphal Arch in Moscow

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Дом Правительства Российской Федерации (“White House”)

Здесь 7 ноября 1918 года ... выступал Владимир Ильич Ленин

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Статуя – Достоевский. Государственная Библиотека СССР имени Ленина

Arbat Street

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbat_Street

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Kremlin

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St. Basil’s Cathedral

Гражданину Минину и князю

Пожарскому Благодарная Россия.

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G.U.M.

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Lenin’s Mausolem

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Busts of Soviet leaders

Moscow State History Museum

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Kazan Cathedral

Маршалу Жукову

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Eternal flame at Kremlin wall

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Eternal flame at Kremlin wall

Статуя – Ломоносов. Государственный университет имени Ломоносова.

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Metro

Воробьевы горы, Правительство Москвы

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Воробьёвы_горы

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Triumphal Arch

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Triumphal Arch Украинский Фронт командующий Малиновский

(Monument to Ukrainian Front)

Museum of the Great Patriotic War

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Храм Георгия Победоносца на Поклонной горе в честь Победы в Великой

Отечественной войне был заложен рядом с мемориалом на Поклонной горе, 1994

Вечная память погибшим в великой отечественной войне 1941-1945г

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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Храм_Георгия_Победоносца_на_Поклонной_горе

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Victory Monument (Obelisk)

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Герои Советского Союза – Great Patriotic War Museum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_the_Great_Patriotic_War,_Moscow

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Metro

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Греческим Просветителям Братьям Иоанникию и Софронию Лихудам

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Братья_Лихуды

Sign: Red Square / Красная площадь

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Inside St. Basil’s Cathedral

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil%27s_Cathedral

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The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed (Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного, Sobor Vasiliya

Blazhennogo), commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a church in Moscow.

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The Tsar Cannon (Russian: Царь-пушка, Carj-puška) is a large early modern periodartillery

piece (known as a bombarda in Russian) on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a

monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master

bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Cannon

Cathedral of the Assumption (aka Dormition Cathedral)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormition_Cathedral,_Moscow Успенский Собор

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_the_Annunciation,_Moscow

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Cathedral of the Annunciation (Russian: Благовещенский собор

The Tsar Bell (Russian: Царь–колокол, Tsar-

kolokol), also known as the Tsarsky

Kolokol, Tsar Kolokol III, or Royal Bell, is a

6.14-metre (20.1 ft) tall, 6.6-metre (22 ft)

diameter bell on display on the grounds of

the Moscow Kremlin. The bell was

commissioned by Empress Anna Ivanovna,

niece of Peter the Great.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bell

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Hotel TV

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Uncle Anton’s nephew, Anton Polinovsky

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Anton Polinovsky’s family

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Street art

With Anton Polinovsky

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Московская Городская Художественная галлерея имени Павла М. и Сергея М.

Третьяковских https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Государственная_Третьяковская_галерея

The State Tretyakov Gallery

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The Three Bogatyrs painting http://www.artsunlight.com/artist-NV/N-V0011-Victor-

Vasnetsov/N-V0011-0014-three-bogatyrs-the-bogatyrs.html

Boyer Morozova painting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodosia_Morozova

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Monument to Peter I (“the Great”) http://www.moscow-photos.com/monuments/peter_the_great/

wedding

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Великому Русскому Художнику И.Е. Репину

Памятник Репину — памятник Илье Ефимовичу Репину на Болотной площади в Москве. Расположен недалеко от одноимённой набережной и Лужкова моста; ближайшая станция метро — «Третьяковская».

Памятник работы известного скульптора Матвея Генриховича Манизера был открыт 29 сентября 1958 года.

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Памятник_Р

епину_(Москва)

Monument to Repin The place for the

monument to the artist-painter was due to the

proximity of theTretyakov Gallery, in which

many paintings of Repin are kept.

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https://rusmania.com/central/moscow-federal-city/moscow/yakimanka/within-the-garden-ring-balchug-island/children-the-victims-of-adult-vices-sculpture-composition

"Children - the Victims of Adult Vices" Sculpture -- 13 monstrous statues representing: drug abuse, prostitution, theft, alcoholism, ignorance, irresponsible science, indifference, the propaganda of violence, sadism, those without memory, child labour, poverty and war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Christ_the_Saviour The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

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Kremlin walls along the Moscow River

Metro

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Центральный музей Андрея Рублева \ The Central Museum of Old Russian Culture and

Art named after Andrey Rublev

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Центральный_музей_древнерусской_культуры_и_искусс

тва_имени_Андрея_Рублёва

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Plan of Rublev Museum

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Buildings of the Andronikov Monastery, where the Andrei Rublev Museum is located,

2009 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronikov_Monastery

Statue of Andrey Rublev

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Wedding cars

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krymsky_Bridge (Krymsky, Crimean)

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Monument to Peter the Great

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Anton Polinovsky and his two daughters

With Nina Pantus, friend of the family

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_Hotel An ancient Greek statue Cora (with peace symbol

in her hand) Statue of Cora-Persephone - the goddess of the Underworld and the return of

Spring, installed near the Hotel Cosmos

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Train Station

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On the train to Murom