Peace Monument, Caucasus Mountains, Border of Russia and Georgia, Central Asia, Asia

The Russia-Georgia Friendship monument at the end of the winter, covered in snow, Georgia, Central Asia, Asia

The Russia-Georgia friendship monument in Georgia looks tiny when shot from distance to show scale, Georgia, Central Asia, Asia

Christ the Pantocrator, mosaic in the central dome designed by Nikolai Kharlamov, Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood (Church of Resurrection), UNESCO World Heritage Site, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

The Russia-Georgia Friendship Monument (Treaty of Georgievsk Monument), Georgia, Central Asia, Asia

The Central Naval Museum in a snowy winter landscape in St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Mosaic in the central dome of Christ the Pantocrator, designed by Nikolai Kharlamov, Church of Our Saviour on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Satellite view of Russia and Central Asia in winter, with partial snow cover. This image was compiled from data acquired by Landsat 7 & 8 satellites.

Soldiers climbing stairs in front of the Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow, Russia

Moscow VVTs or VDNKh, All Russian Exhibition Centre, central pavilion, and many people on a sunny week-end day, Moscow, Russia

Transfiguration Cathedral built in the 16th century in Suzdal. UNESCO World Heritage Site. A Golden Ring Travel Russia

SUZDAL, RUSSIA, 06.11.2015. The iconostasis in the Church of the Assumption. Golden ring

Transfiguration Cathedral built in the 16th century in Suzdal. UNESCO World Heritage Site. A Golden Ring Travel Russia

Suzdal, Russia, November 06, 2015. Museum of Wooden Architecture in the golden tourist ring, Europe

Aerial view, sunrise over the Central Siberian Highlands between Norilsk and Baykitskiy Rayon, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia, Europe

Statue of Soviet worker above the central pavilion of the VVTs or VDNKh, All Russian Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia

Aerial view, sunrise over the Central Siberian Highlands between Norilsk and Baykitskiy Rayon, Krasnoyarsk region, Russia, Europe

East Chapel, one of a pair flanking the central buildings of Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Statue of Lenin in front of the VVTs or VDNKh, All Russian Exhibition Centre, central pavilion, Moscow, Russia

Statue of Lenin in front of the VVTs or VDNKh, All Russian Exhibition Centre, central pavilion, Moscow, Russia

East Chapel, one of a pair flanking the central buildings of Peterhof Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia

Tower of the Tret'yakovskiy Proyezd, Tretyakov Drive, Central Moscow, Russia

The Kremlin and other buildings along the Moscow River in central Moscow, Russia.

Homemade products for sale at a Russian outdoor market in central Baikalsk, Siberia, Russia.

The view from a park during the winter in central Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia.