Taken from St. Basil's, looking north into Red Square.  Lenin Mausoleum is the structure adjoining the Kremlin wall.  The Kremlin is inside the wall on the left.  During the three hours a day that Lenin's tomb is open, all visitors to Red Square must pass through airport-type security, with no cameras allowed anywhere in the square.  The large gold stars atop the Kremlin towers actually serve as weathervanes!

One of Moscow's busiest streets-Tverskaya-looking north, with the Kremlin immediately behind you to the left.   Note the exchange office on the right, indicating 6.2 Rubles to the dollar on August 9.  A month later it was almost 20 Rubles to the dollar.  My first week there Russia's economy was normal.  My second, the Ruble began to crash, and during my final days it began to get bad, but I had left before the serious crisis would hit.

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