2013 Moscow
Revised Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Day 10, 6/10/2013
The Moscow Canal
This thing, a Ground Effect Vehicle, was across from our mooring position.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-90_Orlyonok
The GUM (pronounced "goom" and meaning "main universal store")
is a huge shopping center taking up the eastern side of Red Square.
Beautiful but pricey.
Yep!
And their police cars are Fords.
Moscow traffic is horrid.
The Kremlin walls and towers are to the left
The Kremlin is nothing like I expected.
It is a triangular, walled area containing many buildings and churches.
Although the Kremlin is the seat of government, much of it is open to the public.
Russian summer snow. Seeds from the poplar tree!
The Moscow Metro Train
Sculptures in the Metro.
Entrance to Red Square.
Red Square was closed since they were preparing for "Independence Day of Russia".
On June 12, 1990 Russian parliament formally declared Russian sovereignty from the USSR.
Day 11, 6/11/2013
A tour of the Kremlin
Waiting to enter the Kremlin
Although the Kremlin Armory did not allow photography, this is better than I could have done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhXFb3c2V-E
The Armory building itself.
This area was off limits, but a KGB looking car was able to enter.
One of the Cathedrals within the Kremlin walls.
Don Standing in front of The Tsar Bell
A 202 ton monster with 11 tons missing. Very interesting history, click below.
http://www.moscow.info/kremlin/palaces/tsar-bell.aspx
Last full day. 6/12/2013
Cosmonaut Museum
Model of Sputnik 1,
They used street dogs to test theories of space travel.
They admitted they couldn't train cats either!
The first dog to return landed in Siberia as planned,
but when they opened the capsule he ran away, never to be seen again.
The Russian version of our Space Shuttle.
Who drew up the first plans?
A spy satellite.
Early manned flights re-entered opposite from our Gemini capsules, l
landed in remote areas and required survival gear.
One crew as not found for 3 days.
The Mir space station
The End!