Faces of Russia

Faces of Russia in everyday life and on special occasions.

Different Places of Russia in Photographs

These photos were sent to us by Alexei Dmitriev. They were all taken in different time periods. On the first photo is depicted a visit of bloggers to the Academ...

These photos were sent to usby Jury Nazarov. All of them were named by Juri himself. All photos were taken in Moscow. “The last one” A war veteran, ...

Several Photos from Moscow

These photos we sent to us by Olga Iori. They depict Olga herself. All photos were taken in the beginning of 2014 – at Olga’s place and in the park R...

Several Photos from Different Spots in Moscow

These photos were sent to us by Natalya Solntseva. They were all taken in Moscow in 2013. All photos depict Natalya. Styled as Audrey Hepburn: In the fall on th...

These photos were sent to us by Oksana Lyutova. They depict herself and her family; the photoswere taken last year. On the first photo there’s Oksana with her...

These photos were sent to usby Yulia Nova. They were taken in 2002. In these places there is a special feeling of flying. No wonder that later, in 2008, it was ...

Faces of Bashkortostan, Russia

The photos were sent to us by Dina Habibullina. The first photo was taken in the beginning of this year: three girls are saying goodbye to winter: On the second...

Faces of St. Petersburg

These photos, sent to us by Lusi Rimon, were taken in 2008 while walking around St. Petersburg. The photos were captioned by Lusi. That music is cool: Thi...

These photos were sent to us by Yury Burmakov. These photos were made in the early 2014 in Ryazan while the bride was getting ready: See also: Fact...

With a Baby on a Walk in the Park of Orenburg

This photo was sent to us by Yury Badernyi. The photo was taken during a walk with his daughter in the park named 50 years of the USSR in Orenburg. The daughter...

These photos were sent by Elena Shakhova. All of them are about the school time and cover the period of 2012-2013. All photos were taken in Moscow. On the first...

These photos were sent by Sergey Doktarvrach. They were taken at the market of the town of Ufa in the fall of 2013, when Sergey oh his trip on the route Sakhali...

These photos were sent by Olga Skachko. All photos were taken in 2013. On the first photo there is Olga’s son, Valery, and her nephew Egor at a Nationwide Gra...

These photos were sent by Svetlana Sarycheva. On the first photo – Peterhof in St. Petersburg.Concert. 2007: The second photo shows the real Voland with B...

A Woman in the Yard of the Novodevichy Convent

This photo was sent by Roman Yudkin. The photo depicts a woman reading a book in the courtyard of the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow:...

These photos were sent by Kirill Mozgovoi. The first photograph was taken in 2010 in Vorkuta in a meeting with Galina Ivanovna Dal, the last of the repressed an...

This photo was sent by Anna, Sofia and Zlata Melings. The photo was taken on a rainy morning in August of 2013 at the summer community of “Chardym” ...

Graduation Party in Rostov-on-Don

This photo was sent by Marina Kurganskaya. It was taken during a Graduation party of the Customs Academy in 2013:...

These photos were sent by Svetlana Maleeva. They were all taken in 2013. The first photo was taken on the Moscow subway, on the go. The boy immediately attracte...

Faces of Saratov

Photos of Ekaterina Tikhonova were made in Saratov (a major city on the banks of the largest river in Europe – Volga) in 2010-2011. In the first photos Al...

Faces of Orenburg

Photographer from Orenburg, home of the famous Orenburg down shawls, Zhanna Valieva, sent these photos taken in 2013-2014. On the first photo – a girl sitting...

Faces of Russia

Photographer Ilya Stepanov sent some pictures taken in 2010. On the first photos – Kalyazinsky boys (Kalyazin – a small provincial town in the Tver ...

Faces of Russia

This photo was sent by Irina Petrovskaya. Irina: “I remember I was going out with my girlfriends and my grandma used to tell : “Going out to look at the...

Gregory sent the photo, which depicts his wife, Karina. The photo was taken in the summer of 2010:...

And Again, Faces of Moscow

These photos were sent by Vladimir Tselishchev. The first photo was taken in the historical manor of Kolomenskoye, which is not far from Moscow (2013). This is ...

Faces of Moscow

These photos were sent by Victor Varzakov. They were taken in Moscow in 2010-2012. Old Arbat (the most famous tourist pedestrian street in Russia), a street mus...

Russian Faces, Faces, Faces

These photos were sent by Andrei Gerasimov. The first two pictures were taken in Moscow. Izmailovo Park, 2012, a friend of the photographer: Art photo of the sa...

Smoking Petersbuger Woman

This photo was sent by Alexander Grinvald. It was taken during a walk around St. Petersburg in 2014. A woman is holding a large bag on her shoulder from a home ...

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