RUSSIAN Tour

Viking River Cruise of Russia 2010 Quick Overview with Options Photographs by Richard Mayne* * Unless otherwist noted June 19 - July 5, 2010


Helsinki Hotel	Street	hCool dinning 56°F	Parkway


Nice Restaurant	fountain	hRussian Orthodox Church	Alter

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Old Sailing Ships	Rail Station	hChurch in the Rock	Sanctuary, rock church

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Embassy	Harbor tour	hSuomenlinna Svenaborg Fortress	Light House Church

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Fortress Walls	Tourists	hMarket Square	Fruit Stand

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	Uspenski Cathedral Lutheran	h

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Flight to St. Petersburg Russia


Russian Airport Hotel	Outside Air Terminal	hSt Petersburg Air Terminal	Kirov Sister Ship

On arrival in St Petersburg we boarded the Cruise ship Kirov. We lived on the ship until we departed Russia fron Moscow at trips end. Following is view of our travels in Russia

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Visit the Hermitage - St. Petersburg, Russia


	Hermitage	hHallway	Malacite Pavilion


Fancy Ceiling	Raphael Hall	hLarge Italian Sky Light Hall	The Prodigal Son Rembrandt

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Swan Lake Ballet - St. Petersburg Russia


Alexandrinsky Theater	Theater Box	hLevels	Ballet Swan Lake

Tour Catherine's Palace - "Pushkin" - St. Petersburg, Russia


Approach	Iron Gate	hGold Domes on Palace Church	Catherine's Palace


East Wing	Grand Hall	hGold Walls Real Gold!	Dining Room For Cavaliers in Attendance


White Dinning Room	Crimson Pilaster Drawing Room	hThe Amber Room	Sitting room


Amber Necklace Gift Shop	Faberge Eggs	hRussian Onion Domes	Estate Gardens

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Church on the Spilt Blood - St. Petersburg, Russia


The Church of the Resurrection of Christ the Savior -on the Spilt Blood	Back side	hTourist	Christ Emerging from Tomb

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Peter and Paul Fortress St. Petersburg, Russia


Rostral Columns Lighthouse	Peter and Paul Fortress All Romanov's buried here	hSt Isaac	Peter the Great

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Cathedral of St. Isaac, Russia

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Cathedral of St. Isaac	Obligatory Store Stop	hMore Eggs	Store

Tour Peterhof Palace - Outside - St. Petersburg, Russia

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Approach Peterhof	Coat of Arms Pavilion	hEntry Gardens	Follow Me No cameras allowed inside

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Grand Cascade Canal to Sea	Gilted Bronze Sculptures	hBack of Palace	Grand Cascade

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We were there	Garden Fountain	hPalace Fountains	Gold Adonis

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Yusupov Palace - St. Petersburg,

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Nicholas II & Alexandra	Romanov's	hRasputin	Was killed in Yusupov Palace

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Yusupov Palace	Yusupov Palace	hYusupov Palace	Yusupov Palace Egyptian Room

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Cruise Svir River and Lake Ladoga

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On the River Again	Houses Along Shore Surprised by many Large Houses	hWent Through Many Locks	Lots of Small Indrustries

Village of Mandrogy


Artist Village Island	Looks Like Alaska	h	For River Trade


Shoppers	Nested Dolls	hSauna	Very Old Low ceiling Buildings

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Lake Onega & Tour Kizhi, historical site


A Man out standing in his field	Shore house	hTransfiguration Church All Wood, No Nails	Winter Church Smaller & Heated


Grave Yard	Harvesters	hComplex House Family Group	Barn and shed

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Tour Volga-Baltic Waterway & Goritzy
Kirillov-Belozersky Monastery, 1397 by St. Cyril


Morning Walk	Result of Stalin River Flooding	hKirillov-Belozersky Monastery Group Home	Monastery


Monastare-Fortress Walls	Church	hInner Court Entry	Great Singers

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Tour Yaroslavl, founded 11th century


Small River Village		hSt. Elijah's Church Russian Orthodox	Entry to Interior


Frescos	Ivan's Box	hIcons and Frescos	Icons


Yaroslavl City Square	Little Yaroslavl Girl	hPavilion on River Walk	Eternal Flame Soldiers

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Tour Uglich 1148, Church of St. Dmitry on the Blood


Band to Greet Us Uglich Landing	Ships Tour Director	hChurch of St. Demetrius On the Blood	Other Church


Icons	WalkWay to Ships	hNeighborhood	Locals


Home	Home	hCity Building	Locks at Uglich

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To Moscow via Volga and Moscow Canal, Russia


Flooded Building	Nice house on Shore	hLurla's Birthday Cake	North River Boat Station Moscow

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Tour Moscow


Church of Christ the Savior Rebuild after Stalin blew it up	Typical Apartment building	hOld KGB Headquarters	Moscow River


Back Wall Kremlin	Olympic Stadium	hUniversity	White House Current Government Building

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Tour Red Square, Moscow


Voskresenskiye Gate West Entrance to Red Square	Voskresenskiye Gatefrom inside Red Square	hCathedral of St. Basil The Blessed Cathedral of the Intercession	Kremlin Tower Tsatskaya


Vladimir Lenin's Tomb	Tombs Along Wall (Stalin)	hTomb Unknown Soldier	Church on Red Square


GUM Russia's famous Dept. Store	Inside GUM More like a Mall	hFORD Police Car	St Basil's Domes

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Tour: THE Kremlin, Moscow


Pedestrian Entrance to Kremlin Troitskaya Tower	Kremlin Street	hArsenal	State Kremlin Palace Old Soviet Headquarters


Domes on Cathedral of Annunciation	Senate Building	hIvan's Bell Tower Cathedral of Twelve Apostles	Tsar Cannon


Tsar Bell	Kremlin Gardens	hIvan The Great Bell Tower	Sobornaya Square Cath. of Archangel Michael

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Tour: The Armoury, Moscow


Armoury, in Kremlin	Cap 0f Mononch 13th - 14th C Coronation Cap	hTrans-Siberian Railway Egg 1900	Gift Shop Eggs

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Tour: The Novodevitchy Convent, 1524


The Novodevitchy Convent, 1524	Bell Tower	hDeath Wall	Gardens

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Cathedral of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God	Inside Cathedral	hRussian Orthodox Crosses 1600's	Gateway Church of Transfiguration

Tour: The New Cemetery Est. 1898


New Cemetery Main Walkway	Boris Yeltsin Memorial	hNikita Khrushchev Only Soviet Leader not in Kremlin Square	Crypts on Convent Wall for Ashes

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Tour: Russian Military Museum


Russian Military Museum	Entry Hall Graduating Military Students	hMain Stairs	Gary Powers U2


Sputnik	Ground to Air Missils	hTanks	BIG Gun

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Our River Cruise Ship: Viking Kirov


Viking Cruise Ship Kirov Sister ship	On the River	hSun Deck	In the locks

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Queen Bed	Nice Desk	hRoomy / TV	Nice Washroom


Great Company	Nice Lounge With a View	hGreat Food	Happy Birthday July 1st, in Russia

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