Many of these were taken from the inside of a moving bus,  so the image quality might not be exceptional.   I will forever associate Town Cars with Russians.     This is what we saw upon debarking in Moscow.  Someone went to the trouble to paint and repair the facade, but the building still is abandoned. The FSB f/k/a KGB. Their space programme reaches the stars, but their brooms don't reach the ground. Some nice streetscape ornamentation More streetscape ornamentation.  Photographing a moving vehicle from a moving vehicle rarely yields satisfactory results. And again. A casino at Gostiny Dvor. Fountain. Some parts of Russia have been overtaken by advertising, junking up what would otherwise be some beautiful buildings. I think this is the Kirov.   A nice mosaic on an otherwise unremarkable wall. The use of color in architecture is fantastic.  A number of buildings had beautiful shades of green, oranges, yellows, for the entire facade. More variety of colors, this time in buildings along the river.  I cropped the image some, but I wanted to keep the riverside walkway to provide context.  There was a taxi and a crane interfering with the shot, so I made them disappear.  maybe digital has its advantages after all.   They have goombah weddings too! For some reason, this interested me.  Perhaps it will come to me later. Wooden carving of a ship.  I think this was supposed to be Peter the Great. This time it's not the fogged film, it's the pollution.  The air was completely putrid. Ski Jump   Architecture in Russia was referred to by the era of the General Secretary in charge at the time.  I think these are Kruschev era.              So, how many styles are present on this building? Grrrrr. Hammer and sickle dominates a world of wheat.