This is State Historical Museum at the North end of Red Square. Just around the corner is a big metal disc on the ground – about 3m diameter – marking the zero point of Russia i.e. all measurements are from there... A place of such national significance that at any given time, there must be at least a million Russian tourists competing for their shot on that disc and half as many Stalin/Lenin/Hitler look-a-likes and monkey/eagle handlers etc trying to be in the photos so they can demand money. I didn't have the patience, intellect or bank balance to develop a technique of bending light in such a way that would allow me to get the shot I wanted which is why there's no photo here.
A variety of architectural styles were in evidence around the city, but onion domes and monumentalism seemed to be fairly common.
Words cannot add to the glory of this image!
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