PIC_0374.JPG One of the 'Seven Sisters' - Huge 'Wedding cake gothic' skyscrapers commissioned by Stalin in the 1950s. PIC_0375.JPG Panorama taken from the roof of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. PIC_0376.JPG Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, bell turret. PIC_0378.JPG Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Ornate Cross on bell turret. PIC_0389.JPG Another view from the roof of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. industry.JPG Chocolate factory and Moskva River from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. distant-chimneys.JPG View of industrial chimnies from the Church of Christ the Saviour. petergreat2.JPG Peter the Great Statue and Moskva River kremlin-moscowriver.JPG Moskva River from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. kremlin2.JPG The Kremlin from the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. PIC_0370.JPG The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, totally demolished by the Communists, was rebuilt to almost exactly the same design in the 1990s. Domodedovo-airport.JPG Domodedovo Airport. PIC_0572.JPG Another of the Seven Sisters, this is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, built in 1953. PIC_0580.JPG Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Entrance PIC_0581.JPG Ministry of Foreign Affairs dom-pravitelsta-rossiskoi-federati.JPG Parliament House. hotel-ukrania.JPG Hotel Ukrania hPIC_0342.JPG.jpg Hotel Cosmos (our hotel in Moskva) NovodevichyConvent.JPG Novodevichy Convent seen from across the lake which inspired Tchaikovsky's Ballet - Swan Lake. PIC_0397.JPG Church of the Trinity, Sparrow Hills PIC_0402.JPG Conquerors of Space monument and Telecom Tower hPIC_0406.JPG.jpg Hotel Cosmos - Neon advertising. PIC_0408.JPG The Propylaya - VDNKh PIC_0503.JPG Gum, Moskva's main shopping arcade. PIC_0506.JPG Inside Gum PIC_0509.JPG Upper Gallery in Gum. PIC_0510.JPG The cast iron and glass roof of Gum PIC_0512.JPG Domed roof in Gum. PIC_0513.JPG Facade of Gum hPIC_0586.JPG.jpg Hotel Cosmos zmsu.JPG.jpg The M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Designed by Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev, and opened in 1953 PIC_0604.JPG The enormous Conquerors of Space monument of 1964, which houses the Cosmonaut Museum. PIC_0606.JPG VDNKh Exhibition park from My room in the Hotel Cosmos PIC_0607.JPG Hotel Cosmos - Foyer zzCopy_of_msu.JPG.jpg Edited Version (some artistic licence) PIC_0344.JPG The Karl Marx Monument by Lev Kerbel, 1961, Ploshchad Revolutsii PIC_0348.JPG Central State Lenin Museum PIC_0349.JPG Central State Lenin Museum PIC_0351.JPG Resurrection Gate, Krasnaya Ploshchad. PIC_0353.JPG The Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Krasnaya Ploshchad. Rebuilt 1993. PIC_0354.JPG Krasnaya Ploshchad - Snow clearing. PIC_0357.JPG State Historical Museum, Krasnaya Ploshchad entrance. PIC_0358.JPG The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Aleksandrovskiy Sad piCopy_of_Copy_of_PIC_0367.JPG.jpg St Basil's Cathedral, Krasnaya Ploshchad. len.JPG.jpg The Lenin Mausoleum and Red Square Cemetery (Left), Krasnaya Ploshchad. piCopy_of_PIC_0364.JPG.jpg Communists walk into Krasnaya Ploshchad to place red carnations on the graves of Lenin, Stalin and other Communist Party members. piCopy_of_PIC_0367.JPG.jpg St Basil's Cathedral, Krasnaya Ploshchad &