My MOSCOW PICTURES - AUG-SEPT 2005
Here are a few pictures from my beautiful home town & my first concert in Russia.
I divided the pics into little groups for easier viewing (how sweet am I?) :)
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Hugs,
Marina :)
P.S. If you haven't seen my Moscow pictures from January 2005 (lots of snow!), click here
P.P.S. Scroll down this page for short videos.

Kremlin - Nick & I tried to visit the Kremlin on the only day of the week it's normally closed. Oops. :) I went with my mom and my brother Alex after Nick left. Check out beautiful pictures of the world-famous Cathedral Square of the Kremlin (started developing in the 1300s).
Red Square - Probably the most famous area of Moscow with its magnificent St Basil's Cathedral (built in 1550s), Kremlin towers (1400s) and Lenin's mausoleum (1930).
Around Moscow - Includes pictures of the recently rebuilt Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, also Novodevichy Convent (5 min walk from where I grew up), old Arbat Street full of souvenir stands, Tverskaya Street (known since the 14th century as the city's major road) with an almost 2-century old mansion which is now Yeliseev food store (since 1898), etc.
Countryside - Almost all Muscovites have a tiny piece of land (called a "dacha") outside of Moscow where they can build little homes and have gardens. My dad built a little shack-like house with his own hands and my brother & I spent every summer at the dacha - riding bikes, walking in the forest (gathering mushrooms, wild raspberries, blueberries, & other berries), swimming in the nearby pond & helping my dad & my grandma in the garden (we grew everything from potatoes, cabbage & squash to all sorts of berries, apples & flowers).
My dad took my brother, Nick & me to the dacha for half a day where we dug up potatoes, picked cucumbers & tomatoes.
After that, we visited the New Jerusalem Monastery & Cathedral not too far from Moscow. It was built in the 1660s, partially destroyed by the Nazis in 1940s and later rebuilt.
My first concert in Russia + radio interview! - After playing 400+ concerts in the USA, my first concert in Russia was something I was very anxious about. But playing for the first time for my parents, old friends and all-Russian-speaking audience turned out to be really wonderful. As the last song of the show I sang "Moscow Nights", and ended up all in tears. It was awesome to be in Moscow & share my music with everyone.
Many thanks to Dima who helped organize the concert. Thanks to Fedor for taking some of the pictures @ the show & my Radio Kultura interview/live performance.
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with my mom inside the Kremlin Walls (Cathedral Square panorama) - slightly funny
Red Square panorama
Moscow from car
outside Red Square
outside Red Square-contd.
traditional_Russian_performers_on_Arbat_street
Novodevichy_lake
Novodevichy_monastery-inside-the-walls
on my childhood bike
NewJerusalem-cathedral-outside-of-Moscow
forest
from_the_car
in_the_metro
walking on old Arbat Street
RedSquare-at-night
orchestra_performing in_the_metro
LIVE PERFORMANCE - pesnya-o-tebe-clip
RADIO live performance - Just-Another-Sunday clip
making-setlist-on-the-plane