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.
the Kievskaya Station. With the clock tower of the station. |
The frontage of the station. |
The Crystal Bridge near the Kievskaya station. |
View of the other shore. The two guys managed two bottles of wine each before the trip finished! |
The Russian State Library. Named and dedicated to Lenin. |
A view of the Novadivenchy monastery from the River. |
Sihouette of the Russian International Business Centre. |
A bridge over the river Moskva. Nice if nothing else. |
Russian Space Shuttle. Now an exhibit in Gorki Park. |
The famous red October Chocolate factory. |
Peter the Great monument. Erectd at the command of Mayor Luzhkov. |
Another view of the monument. |
The Church built to celebrate the victory over Napoleon. |
The church was demolished by the soviets and rebuilt after the fall of the USSR. |
One of the Turrets of the Kremlin. |
Another view of the Kremlin tower. |
A part of the Kremlin complex. |
A view of the main Bastion of the Kremlin. |
Corner tower of Kremlin plus Saint Basil a bit further back. |
A view of St Basil's church from the river. |
Tagankaya one of the seven stalin skyscrapers. |
Another view.The lower stories are offices and the upper stories are flats. |
The domes of the Kremlin. |
A view of the length of the Kremlin. |
St Basil's Cathedral. |
Back to Kievskaya - End of the journey. |
© Copyright Mark G. Harrison. 9 July 2012.