The heart of the former Soviet Union has transformed during the past decades. Its vast territory reaches from eastern Europe all the way to the Pacific coast. Huge cities such as Moscow give way to pristine tundra and taiga landscapes in the north and east.
Moscow | Red Square
Moscow | Red Square
Moscow | St. Basil's Cathedral
Moscow | St. Basil's Cathedral
Moscow | Red Square
Moscow | Red Square with Historical Museum
Moscow | Kremlin
Moscow | GUM
Moscow | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Moscow | Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Moscow | One of the seven sisters
Moscow | Lomonossov University
Moscow | Moscow City
Moscow | Park Pobedy and Moscow City
Moscow | Novinskiy Bulvar
Moscow | Arbat
Moscow | Metro Kievskaya
Moscow | Metro Komsomolskaya
Moscow | Metro Belorusskaya
Moscow | Metro Belorusskaya
Moscow | Siberian tiger in the Zoopark
Moscow | Gagarin monument
Moscow | Contrast at Oktyabrskaya Square
Moscow | Pavillon of Russian Peoples
Moscow | Rocket monument at VVT
Moscow | VVT
Kandalaksha | House in Karelian style
Lovozero | Museum
Verkhnetulomsniy
Monchegorsk | On the road
Monchegorsk | Church
Murmansk panorama
Murmansk | Residential buildings
Zapolarny | Residential building
Zapolarny
Zapolarny
Zapolarny | Nickel-copper mine
Nikel | Nickel plant
Nikel | Nickel plant
Nikel
Nikel | Karl Marx
Komi | Meandering river
Komi | Meandering river and wetland
Irkutsk | Angara River
Irkutsk | Kirov Square
Irkutsk | Urickiy Street
Irkutsk | Wooden architecture
Irkutsk | Wooden architecture
Irkutsk | Wooden architecture
Irkutsk | Holy Trinity Church
Irkutsk | Church of the Epiphany
Irkutsk | Church of the Epiphany
Irkutsk | Lenin
Irkutsk | Taltsy Museum
Irkutsk | Classroom at Taltsy Museum
Irkutsk | Mica window at Taltsy Museum
Selenga Valley
Lake Gusinoye | Shore south of Baraty
Gusinoozyorsk | Thermal power plant
Lake Gusinoye | Houses at Gusinoye Ozero
Lake Gusinoye | House at Baraty
Tarbagatay | Colourful house
Selenga Valley panorama
Lake Baikal | Kultuk panorama
Lake Baikal | Sunset at Tankhoy