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FIRST TRIP TO RUSSIA, AUGUST 1993

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We flew into Russia in mid-August of 1993, and immediately headed for Red Square.

St. Basil's Cathedral over my right shoulder, one of the clock towers from the Kremlin over my right shoulder. Beyond St. Basil's you can see the Rossiya Hotel, an enormous building that was unfortunately torn down a couple of years ago.

     
     
Me in front of Lenin's tomb
A cool Zil limousine leaving the Kremlin
     
St. Basil's
Inside St. Basil's
More St. Basil's
Inside the GUM store, the shopping center across the street from the Kremlin
Another one of the Kremlin churches
One of the churches inside the Kremlin
Close-up of previous church
Gorky Park, Moscow
Arbat Street, Moscow
Nevskii Prospekt, St. Petersburg
The Winter Palace
 
The Winter Palace, St. Petersburg
  
Nevskii Prospekt
 
Behind me is the Church of the Resurrection, where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881.
  
Another Nevskii shot
A monastery in St. Petersburg
 
I can't remember which church this is, but it's in St. Petersburg
 
Another St. Petersburg shot
Canal in St. Petersburg
We stopped in Nizhnyi Novgorod on the way back to Moscow
Back in Moscow for one last night before flying back to Istanbul

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