Russia had intrigued me for years, but traveling solo in this vast land where few speak English had always seemed a daunting prospect. My recent trip to Berlin had not helped; a tour guide insisted that Russia was the only place on earth where the life expectancy was lower than it had been 50 years … Read more
Musician plays a solo on her Gusli, a traditional Russian folkloric instrument, during a performance by the Moscow Folk Orchestra in Moscow, Russia
Fountain featuring four galloping horses in Aleksandrovsky Garden, next to the Kremlin in Moscow.
Moscow’s Red Square at night, left to right: Gum Department Store, St. Basil’s Cathedral, and Kremlin with Lenin’s Mausoleum
By night, the famous GUM Department Store in Moscow’s Red Square is illuminated with thousands of brilliant white lights
