Moscow also has some pretty exciting cultural elements, which of course I should have expected before dismissing this city of 12 million people in my earlier posting... (take this as an editorial revision). This is part of Moscow's underground music scene: a whole band set up in a pedestrian underpass one evening.
Russia also doesn't suck because St Petersburg is one of the most beautiful and elegant cities in the world. It resembles an old European city, but everything is just bigger. This is one of the magnificent and gargantuan historical buildings on Nevsky Prospect, the main drag of Petersburg.
Finally, Russia doesn't suck because it was home to some of the world's greatest cultural icons. Many of these are buried at a cemetery in Petersburg, and memorialised with graceful statues amongst the trees.
This woman brought tears to my eyes. Her posture is so serene and accepting of her fate.
The lines of this statue, elongated and pointing skyward, give him a refined and graceful air, especially given the dappled sunlight playing on his features.
These are the resting places and memorials for two of Russia's greats: Tchaikovsky and Dostoevsky.
This is just a very old and cool grave. It made me think of how in some ways memorialisation is futile in light of the inevitable advance of time and degradation. These thoughts have been encouraged by my continuing battle to comprehend Steven Hawking's 'A Brief History of Time'.
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Mmmm...you'll never know until you've drowned yourself in it,am I right??
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