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The Cathedral of the Sea in Kronshdadt is located on an
island in the Gulf of Finland
opposite Saint Petersburg.
The names of Russian soldiers
who have died at sea are
posted here.
(above) Church in the Kremel of Uglich,
a town in the golden ring, built as a
memorial to Dimitri, son of Ivan IV
(the Terrible). Dimitri was
killed here just before
the Time of Troubles.
(below)

Sestroretsk, Lenengrad Oblast.
Peter the Great origionally
wanted to build his Summer
Palace here, but an untimely
(or timely) flood changed
his mind. He moved
construction to Lomonosov.
(above)

Church in Yaroslavl on
Sovietsky Square.(above)

A closer view.(above)

St. Issac's Cathedral in Moskow
on Red Square. (above)
First snow in Sestroretsk.
Late October.
(below)

Alan Cochran-Bond, eighteen, spent his senior year of high school in Russia. These are some of the pictures he took. I want to thank him for letting me use them.

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The Cathedral of the Sea in Kronshdadt is located on an island in the Gulf of Finland opposite Saint Petersburg. The names of Russian soldiers who have died at sea are posted here. (above)		Church in the Kremel of Uglich, a town in the golden ring, built as a memorial to Dimitri, son of Ivan IV (the Terrible). Dimitri was killed here just before the Time of Troubles. (below)
Sestroretsk, Lenengrad Oblast. Peter the Great origionally wanted to build his Summer Palace here, but an untimely (or timely) flood changed his mind. He moved construction to Lomonosov. (above)		Church in Yaroslavl on Sovietsky Square.(above) A closer view.(above)

St. Issac's Cathedral in Moskow on Red Square. (above)		First snow in Sestroretsk. Late October. (below)