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The gates into Red Square. I manipulated the
image so that it would not seem as overrun with tourists as it really
is. Obviously Photoshop is not my forte....Maybe I'll learn how
to use it sometime, but in the meanwhile, shake-n-bake cobbled
together pages will have to suffice. |
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For some reason, the two-headed eagle of old Russia
was returned to the spires on this building. But the star
remains on the other building to the right. |
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Same building, different angle. The
gates to Red Square are at the right, the Kremlin to the left. |
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Dad at Red Square |
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Dad in front of Lenin's Tomb. |
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Me in Red Square |
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Dad & myself on another day. The fogging was
really bad on this roll. |
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Me in front of Lenin's Tomb |
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Lenin's tomb, from GUM |
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Some big pink thing across from GUM |
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Lenin's Tomb in the foreground, with the polished
variegated marble surface. The wall of the Kremlin is just
behind, in red brick. The Kremlin offices are the
mustard-colored building inside the wall. |
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Clock at the Kremlin |
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Large building just off Red Square,
the mural at the top is enlarged below. |
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All hail the glories of tractors, wheat,
electrification and oil exploration!! |
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Some statue of a worker-type. |
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