[Elaborately painted exterior in need of repair at Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Restoration in progress on Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Restoration in progress on Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Restoration in progress on Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Restoration in progress on Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Restoration in progress on Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Man walking through a tunnel covered in elaborate paintings at Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[An old stone mason working on a carving outside Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[An old stone mason working on a carving outside Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[An old stone mason working on a carving outside Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergii, Zagorsk, Russia]

[Visitors passing the tomb of Joseph Stalin's second wife, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Moscow]

[A small group of people in a square in Moscow, Moscow]

[Street views of daily life, Russia]

[Soldier in uniform reading a public newspaper announcement posted on a billboard, Russia]

[Street view of the backs of people walking down the street, Tiflis, Georgia]

[People standing about on the street in front of an apartment building, Moscow]

[Traditional Ukrainian songs being performed at Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow]

[Traditional Ukrainian songs being performed at Tchaikovsky Hall, Moscow]

[View of diners in a restaurant from above, Moscow]

[Landscape with views of urban sprawl buildings in the distance, Russia]

[Crowds in Red Square for Moscow's Anniversary celebrations, Moscow]

[Children of an orphanage walking in a garden in Batumi's outskirts, Batumi, Soviet Republic of Georgia]

[Wrestlers combacting in front of spectators and a referee during a wrestling match, Tiflis, Soviet Republic of Georgia]

[Wrestlers combacting in front of spectators and a referee during a wrestling match, Tiflis, Soviet Republic of Georgia]