Golden domes, tall bell towers – Russian churches are beautiful from any angle, but we’d like to show them in a way you will never be able to see.
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1. Cathedrals of the Moscow Kremlin and Christ the Saviour Cathedral
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2. Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius in Sergiev Posad, Moscow region
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3. Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg
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4. Monastery of St. Jacob Saviour (Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery) in Rostov
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5. Assumption Cathedral in Omsk
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6. Monastery of Sts. Boris and Gleb in Torzhok, Tver region
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7. Trinity Cathedral, St. Petersburg
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8. Church of the Intercession in Tutaev, Yaroslavl region
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9. Uglich Kremlin, Yaroslavl Region: Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Saviour and Church of Tsarevich Dmitry on the Blood
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10. The belltower of the Transfiguration Cathedral, Sudislavl, Kostroma region
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11. Nilov monastery on Stolobny Island of the Lake Seliger, Tver region
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12. Valday Iversky Monastery, Novgorod region
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13. Trinity-Boldin Monastery, Smolensk region
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14. Church of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste in Pereslavl, Yaroslavl region
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15. Church of the Theotokos of the Sign in Dubrovitsy, Moscow region
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16. View from the rooftop of the Dormition Cathedral in Yaroslavl
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17. Church of the Resurrection in Plyos, Ivanovo region
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18. Church of Archangel Michael, Suzdal, Vladimir region
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19. Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir
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20. Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Kronstadt, St. Petersburg
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