The Moscow Kremlin - Troitskii Tower from outside the palace of congresses, the building on the right is the Arsenal.

The Moscow Kremlin, Presidential Building (left) and the former offices of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. (right)

The M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Designed by Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev, and opened in 1953, is one of the best known buildings of the Communist Era.

The Moscow Olympic Stadium, built for the 1980 games.

Cathedral of Ss Peter and Paul, St Peter and St Paul Fortress, St Petersburg.

Ss Peter and Paul Fortress, Osrtov Zayachiy, St Petersburg

Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood, St Petersburg, built on the spot where Tsar Aleksandr II was assassinated in 1881.

The Eternal Flame, Marsovo Pole, St. Petersburg, a memorial to the victims of the Second World War.

The Cruiser Aurora, which fired the signal shot for the start of the Great October Socialist Revolution in 1917.