Russia

View from Hotel Tatarstan

Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Saturday, 26 August, 2006

Ulitsa Baumana from Hotel Tatarstan, Kazan

Ulitsa Kuybysheva

Samara, Volzhskiy rayon, Samara Oblast, Russia
Tuesday, 29 August, 2006

Ulitsa Kuybysheva, Samara

Ulitsa Baumana

Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Saturday, 26 August, 2006

Ulitsa Baumana, Kazan

Train journey, Kazan to Samara

Republic of Tatarstan and Samara Oblast, Russia
Sunday, 27 August, 2006

Supper in the 'Coupe', 2nd class carriage, Russian train

Kazan Kremlin

Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Saturday, 26 August, 2006

Kazan Kremlin

Town centre, Buzuluk

Buzuluk, Orenburg Region, Russia
Wednesday, 16 August, 2006

Town centre, Buzuluk

Totskoye Memorial

Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast, Russia
Monday, 21 August, 2006

Totskoye Memorial

Kazan Railway Station

Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Sunday, 27 August, 2006

Kazan Railway Station

Totskoye Range

Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast, Russia
Monday, 21 August, 2006

Parade Ground, Totskoye Range

Kuybyshev Square and the Opera and Ballet Theatre

Samara, Volzhskiy rayon, Samara Oblast, Russia
Tuesday, 29 August, 2006

Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kuybyshev Square

Koltubanka

Koltubanka, Orenburg Oblast, Russia
Saturday, 19 August, 2006

Railway signal box, Koltubanka

As a very hot day gradually cooled, we took an evening stroll around Koltubanka.

Kazan

Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Friday, 25 August, 2006

St. John the Baptist Cathedral and Monastery, Kazan

Church of the Sacred Heart of Christ

Samara, Volzhskiy rayon, Samara Oblast, Russia
Tuesday, 29 August, 2006

Church of the Sacred Heart of Christ
Roman Catholic Church

Samara International Airport (Kurumoch International Airport)

Samara, Volzhskiy rayon, Samara Oblast, Russia
Wednesday, 30 August, 2006

Samara International Airport

Volga River

Samara, Volzhskiy rayon, Samara Oblast, Russia
Tuesday, 29 August, 2006

Volga River, Samara

St. John the Baptist Cathedral and Monastery

Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Sunday, 27 August, 2006

St. John the Baptist Cathedral and Monastery

Bolaq Canal

Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Saturday, 26 August, 2006

Bolaq Canal, Kazan

Cruise on the Volga River

Samara, Volzhskiy rayon, Samara Oblast, Russia
Monday, 28 August, 2006

Cruise ship, Volga River, Samara

Ploshchad Chapaeva

Samara, Volzhskiy rayon, Samara Oblast, Russia
Tuesday, 29 August, 2006

Chapaeva Monument, Designed by Matvei Manizer, 1932
Ploshchad Chapaeva, Samara

Departure, Buzuluk Railway Station

Buzuluk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia
Thursday, 24 August, 2006

Lena, Irina, Tanya and Fedya
Buzuluk Railway Station

Picnic at Buzuluk

Buzuluk, Orenburg Oblast, Russia
Sunday, 20 August, 2006

Anna and cat

Another very hot day! We arranged to meet friends Vasilly, Irina and their daughter Anna at Vasilly's fathers house in the forest a few kilometers south-east of Buzuluk.

On my first visit to Buzuluk, Vasilly's father and partner kindly offered to take us on a tour of Koltubanka, Partisansk and Buzuluk Forest.

Totskoye Museum

Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast, Russia
Monday, 21 August, 2006
Totskoye Museum, Totskoye

Rustema Yakhina

Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia
Sunday, 27 August, 2006

Rustema Yakhina, Kazan

Railway crossing, Koltubanka

Koltubanka, Buzulukskiy rayon, Orenburg Oblast, Russia
Saturday, 19 August, 2006

Railway crossing, Koltubanka

The road north-west out of Buzuluk is similar to a roman road in England; perfectly straight for 10 kilometers then a sharp bend as it crosses the railway. On the Koltubanka side of the crossing the fruit and vegetable sellers from the local villages ply their trade.

National Hotel

Samara, Volzhskiy rayon, Samara Oblast, Russia
Wednesday, 30 August, 2006

National Hotel, Samara