Near the dock in Barnaul
Another one a block away
The temple in Barnaul near our apartment--only about 2 years old and very nice
The three crossbars represent the plaque (“King of the Jews"), the crossbeam, and the footrest. Someone told us once that the reflection of the sun like this is referred to as “she has her necklace on.”
One of the few domes that isn't gold. Our guess is that it's oxidized copper and at one time looked gold.
A close-up of the little statue above. No one seemed to know anything about it.
One of the most famous--St. Basil's in Moscow
Novokuznetsk
This one is in the middle of a divided street in Barnual. The center strip is very wide with a nice pedestrian walkway. This is in the middle of the sidewalk. There are no priests or services, just a caretaker lady and lots of burning candles.
We've been told that there is a small one similar to this in Novosibirsk on an island in the middle of the street, marking the exact center of Russia.This week in Russia:
The forecast: temperatures below are in Celsius where 0 is the equivalent of 32 Fahrenheit. Even though it isn't quite above freezing, it's close enough and the sun is melting a lot of the ice and snow.
| Sat 03 night | Sun 04 morn- ing | Sun 04 after- noon | Sun 04 night | Mon 05 morn- ing | Mon 05 after- noon | Mon 05 night | Tue 06 morn- ing | Tue 06 after- noon | |
| Wind (km/h) |  |  | | | | |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds |
| Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Snow (cm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Max. Temp (C) | -4 | -4 | -1 | -5 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 2 |
| Min. Temp (C) | -10 | -9 | -2 | -9 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 2 |
| Wind Chill (C) | -14 | -12 | -4 | -13 | 1 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Freezing Level (m) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 950 | 950 | 0 | 500 | 500 |
| Sunrise | - | 7:52 | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | 7:47 | - |
| Sunset | - | - | 18:53 | - | - | 18:55 | - | - | 18:58 |
Those are cool pictures. I wish I'd taken more pictures of the temples, but i was more concerned about getting pictures of the Lenin statues in all the cities I visited.
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I saw these pictures and thought, "Wow, the snow sure melted fast. I'm glad it has warmed up for them." Then when I read the weather forecast at the bottom I realized these pictures must have beent taken a while back. Darn! Oh well, hopefully my wishful thinking will rub off on Mother Nature and the spring warm-up continues!
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