School children in Kirillov, Russia don traditional costumes and perform local songs and danc

During the Communist era, when churches received no funding, gravestones were used for paving walkways at the Belozersky Monastery in Kirillov, Russia<

Belozersky Monastery, with the square Kosaya Tower and round Belozrskaya Tower, on the shores of Lake Siverskoy, near Kirillov, Russia

St. Dimitry of the Blood Cathedral in Uglich, Russia, is built near the spot where the original Uglich Kremlin (fortress) stood