Red Square
The 21st of December is the birthday of Stalin, who was the leader of USSR in the middle of 20th century and died at 1953. On this date at 2005 I was walking with my clients nearby the Red Square, which was closed by this occasion, but fortunately I ...
Beautiful colorful onion domes of the famous St. Basil's Cathedral in the Red Square. The St. Basil's Cathedral is the world known Russian architecture masterpiece. It was built in 1561 to celebrate Russian victory over Kazan kingdom. The archit...
When Lenin's Mausoleum (Lenin's Tomb) is open they cordon off the whole Red Square to secure the main square of Russia, so-called by citizens "The Heart Of Russia" from 10 am to 1 pm (open hours of Lenin's mausoleum). From the times of USSR any fligh...
GUM is a short for a State Department Store. Actually built as a store in 1893 this building was called Upper Trade Rows. It was the biggest store in Russia before the revolution, and the most popular after. ...
The State Historical Museum was built in 1881, this is one of the biggest museums in Russia. The architects wanted the building to symbolize all the best from Russian traditional architecture. The development of Russian civilization, from the early N...
The Kremlin's magnificent redbrick walls form an irregular triangle around Moscow's ancient citadel and are 2,235 meters in length, 19 meters high and up to 6.5 meters thick. They are topped with swallow-tailed crenellations and defended by 18 separa...
On the Red Square, against the background of the ancient Kremlin walls and towers the silhouette of the Lenin's Mausoleum (Lenin's Tomb), built in 1930 to put Lenin's dead body inside (you know, like they did in Egypt)....
At those day, In the middle of October, I was walking with Daryl (my client from Australia) around the Red Square and we decided to go inside the St. Basil. While we discovered the chapels inside of St. Basil's Cathedral, it started rain and also som...
It is most remarkable of the Kremlin's towers wich built in 1491 by Italian architect Pietro Antonio Solari. The icon of the Saviour is placed on the Tower wall, that's why it received the name Spasskaya or Saviour in English. The Tower gates, the ma...
In the middle of the Red square there's St. Basils Cathedral, which is the world known Russian architecture masterpiece. When it was built in 1561 to celebrate Russian victory over Kazan kingdom it was called Pokrovsky cathedral. Later it was renamed...
The original Kazan Cathedral was built in 1636 with money donated by Prince Dmitry Pozharsky in honor of the miracle - working Kazan icon of the mother of God . Unfortunately, like a lot of the churches in Moscow, the Cathedral was destroyed by th...
This picture I took long time ago, one summer day in 2005. I remember that I took it by pure accident talking with my clients about the double eagle on these towers, which is the symbol of Old Russia (before revolution 1917). & New (from 90s, after s...
Looking north towards the St. Basil's Cathedral and the Red Square from the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Most (Big Moscow-River Bridge). Hotel Rossija is on the right side and the Kremlin is on the left side of the bridge....
The Red Square, the central square in Moscow. Actually 'Krasnaya Ploshchad' as it sounds in Russian should be translated not as 'red' - 'krasnaya', but as 'fine' for the Russian word 'krasnaya' means both, but in this case it was meant to be Fine Squ...
The Red Square is a symbol of Russia. In its architectural ensemble it is considered to be one of the most beautiful squares in Europe. Through the ages it changed its name many times and only in the 17th century it received its present name "Krasnay...
Paul UnderhayI would just like to add my own testimonial to the great service that Arthur provides.
The schedule for my business trip was challenging - many meetings in only two full days with the additional request of seeing as much of the key sights of Moscow as time would allow.
Having not been to Moscow or Russia before, it would have been difficult and stressful to even find my way around.
Not only did Arthur get me to all my meetings on time (despite the infamous Moscow traffic), he also helped me see some of the best of Moscow and even made a CD of the photos he took to help me remember the trip.
Thanks Arthur, great job!