A River Cruise in Moscow

Trip in a pleasure boat down the Moscow River July 2012

We started off from the Kievskaya Station in West Central Moscow and went as far as Taganskaya.

It was a nice sunny evening and I think we all had fun.

Kievskaya Station.

the Kievskaya Station. With the clock tower of the station.

Kievskaya Station

The frontage of the station.

Crystal Bridge near Kievskaya Station

The Crystal Bridge near the Kievskaya station.

Other Shore

View of the other shore. The two guys managed two bottles of wine each before the trip finished!

The Moscow State Universit

The Russian State Library. Named and dedicated to Lenin.

Novadivenchy Monastery

A view of the Novadivenchy monastery from the River.

Moscow Business Center

Sihouette of the Russian International Business Centre.

A bridge over the Moskva River

A bridge over the river Moskva. Nice if nothing else.

Space Shuttle

Russian Space Shuttle. Now an exhibit in Gorki Park.

Red October Chocolate Factory

The famous red October Chocolate factory.

Peter The Great Monument

Peter the Great monument. Erectd at the command of Mayor Luzhkov.

Peter the Great Monument

Another view of the monument.

Holy Russian Church

The Church built to celebrate the victory over Napoleon.

Spassky Church

The church was demolished by the soviets and rebuilt after the fall of the USSR.

Kremlin Bastion

One of the Turrets of the Kremlin.

Another view of the same tower

Another view of the Kremlin tower.

Part of Kremlin Complex

A part of the Kremlin complex.

Kremlin Bastion

A view of the main Bastion of the Kremlin.

Kremlin Bastion

Corner tower of Kremlin plus Saint Basil a bit further back.

St Basil view from the river.

A view of St Basil's church from the river.

Stalin Skyscraper

Tagankaya one of the seven stalin skyscrapers.

St Basil view from the river.

Another view.The lower stories are offices and the upper stories are flats.

Kremlin Domes

The domes of the Kremlin.

Bridges Moska River

A view of the length of the Kremlin.

St Basil

St Basil's Cathedral.

jOURNEY end.

Back to Kievskaya - End of the journey.

© Copyright Mark G. Harrison. 9 July 2012.