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| view from our cabin window - a nice morning for a spot of fishing |
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| there are guards watching the boat |
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| the space monument |
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| the planets |
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| a better view of the space monument - the rocket on top is 10 meters high |
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| some of the early sputniks |
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| the bottom section with a hole is where the dogs traveled |
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| another later development with one of the dogs that traveled |
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| Yuri Gagarin |
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| his suit - he was quite small |
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| this looks like a something you would see on Dr. Who |
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| another version of the suit - this time with their own oxygen supply |
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| some of the Russian Cosmonauts |
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| one of the experiments was growing orchids in space |
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| getting into the space suit |
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| a look inside a reproduction MIR |
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| how to go to the toilet in space |
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| fresh fruit and veggies are possible in space |
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| these pants are designed to help with blood circulation |
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| back home to earth safely |
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| two of the moon rovers |
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| some of the animals who were first in space |
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| a board showing all of the nationalities who have been on the MIR station |
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| Australia in the Russian Alphabet |
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| A chat with a real cosmonaut |
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| the mono rail station |
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| one of the sports arenas build for the Moscow Olympics |
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| waiting for the bus |
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| Something written in English |
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| this isn't but I'm sure you will recognize what restaurant it is.... |
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| KGB headquarters - no longer known as KGB - it is in the Guinness Book of Records for changing its name so many times - |
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| inside the War Museum |
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| medals found in a bombed out train - these medals were to be given to German soldiers to celebrate the victory over Russia Hitler even had the Hotel booked for the celebration - with invitations printed |
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| the story of a woman sniper |
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| this photo shows the same woman at one year intervals - no food - people even boiled books |
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| this woman was married to a member of the communist party. She got news he had been killed. She decided she wanted to buy a tank and so she did embroidery to sell until she had enough money to buy a tank - she then trained to drive the tank. Unfortunately she was killed just one week before the end of the war. |
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| the embroidery was beautful |
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| Russian army in Red Square with St. Basil's church in the background |
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| part of the outside exhibition |
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| a train that took troops to Moscow |
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| a cleaners broom |
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| two air force men |
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