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Siberia, USSR 1989 Here’s our plane. CCCP is written on the fuselage. You don’t see that anymore! We’d just landed in a cow pasture in Bratsk and were milling about waiting to be taken to Irkutsk, about 50 miles away. There were some … Continue reading
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Bratsk, Russia somewhere near Irkutsk 1989. We flew Aeroflot from Tashkent to Irkutsk. Talk about having to wait in the airport. We were at the airport at 3 A.M. for a flight around 8 A.M. (We think that is normal … Continue reading
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Moscow 1989 Russian housewives of 1989 stand at the entrance to the Moscow Metro hoping to sell their goods. Some have fresh flowers to sell, maybe some have home baked piroshki or beet salad in a glass jar. Peddling is … Continue reading
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Moynaq, Uzbekistan 2012 Once one of the four largest lakes in the world, the Aral Sea has been nearly destroyed. The two rivers which supplied it, the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya were diverted by the Soviets to irrigate the … Continue reading
Near St. Petersburg, Russia 2009 Russia has several huge fresh water lakes north of St.Petersburg. This one, Lake Ladoga, and another, Lake Onega. As our ship made its way to Moscow from St. Petersburg, I felt as if I were on … Continue reading
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Russia 2009 On the outskirts of St. Petersburg The palace, called the Catherine Palace, is named for the wife of Peter the Great. Originally it was a small residence. Empress Marie, the daughter of Peter and Catherine I, built the huge palace … Continue reading
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North of St. Petersburg 2009 We were on a waterway cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow. Much of the time we sailed on rivers and lakes so huge that I felt as if we were at sea. The water was calm, though. … Continue reading
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Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2012 : At the Home Museum of Faizulla Khodjaev The museum is lots of fun, not only because you can see how a rich fur merchant lived in the 19th century, but because visitors can dress up in antique … Continue reading
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Russia 2009 about 50 miles from St. Petersburg, on the grounds of the Summer Palace (Tsarskoye Selo). Catherine the Great used to walk here. It is easy to imagine her strolling along, dressed in beautiful gowns, chatting with her lovers. This picture … Continue reading
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Yaroslavl, Russia 2009 A woman rests on the wall of an Orthodox Church. Our boat docked in Yaroslavl for several hours. We had a short tour and were then free to shop. I noticed some onion domes and started down … Continue reading
