17 - 26 Cheburashka and Gena the crocodile ...

16 - 21 Slavic Gods,

... Stribog, from Zoya :)

15 - 32 Alice ...

... from Alena in Russia :)

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.
'I don't much care where -' said Alice.
'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
'- so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.
'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.”

14-197 Volcanoes of Kamchatka ...

... from Katerina in Russia :)

14-33 Hogland ....

... Stuve Geodedic Arc, from Elene in Russia :)

14-32 Lena Pillars ...

...from Elena in Rusia :)

14-27 Sochi/Causasus ...

... from Leonid in Russia :)

14-25 Murmansk ...

... from Masha in Russia :)

Iosif Vissarionovich ...

... from Svetlana in Russia :)

Northern lights ...

... from Masha in Murmansk :)

Panoramic Altai ...

... from Leonid in Russia :)

Panoramic Vladivostok ...

... from Lida in Khabarovsk :)

Matua/Kuril Islands ...

... Sarychev Peak on June 12, 2009 from Vasiliy in Russia :)

Panoramas ...

... from Kelly in Canada :)

and St. Petersburg from Leonid in Russia :)

Kizhi ...

... from Julia in Russia :)

Viktoria´s angels 2 ...

... from Imber in Russia :)

Viktoria´s angels ...

... from Tania in Moscow :)

Крылья-свобода, только когда раскрыты в полёте, за спиной они тяжесть (Марина Цветаева)

С сайтаhttp://www.inpearls.ru/

Ах, Арбат, мой Арбат ...

RAS from Julia in Moscow :) Arbat - a monument to Okudzhava

Ты течешь, как река. Странное название!
И прозрачен асфальт, как в реке вода
Ах, Арбат, мой Арбат, ты -- мое призвание,
ты -- и радость моя, и моя беда. 

Пешеходы твои -- люди невеликие,
каблуками стучат -- по делам спешат.
Ах, Арбат, мой Арбат, ты -- моя религия,
мостовые твои подо мной лежат. 

От любови твоей вовсе не излечишься,
сорок тысяч других мостовых любя,
ах, Арбат, мой Арбат, ты -- мое отечество,
никогда до конца не пройти тебя.

Créole Goddess ...

... Josephine Baker, sent by Tatiana from Russia :)

Ахматова, Анна Андреевна

Anna Akhmatova (portrait by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin), a very special delivery from Lucy in Russia :)