Heavy machinery passes a Soviet emblem welcoming people to one of Russia’s largest iron ore mines.
A Russian jogger literally cooling down after a park run in Kursk.
The setting sun casts a glow on The Church of the Resurrection of Christ.
A Soviet-era swing rusting in a Kursk park.
A tree stands in the middle of an empty field in Kursk region.
Monument reads ‘all power to the Soviet’s as a Soviet-era building crumbles in the background.
A bus picking up children in front of a school in Kursk.
A village house in Kursk region.
A train runs along the edge of one of Russia’s largest iron ore mines.
An abandoned Russian lady on the side of a village road in kursk region
The Home of Officers facade is very elaborate and one of the most beautiful buildings in Kursk.
A Soviet-era plant releases steam in cold air near amusement area.
New housing in Kursk in the background, old housing in the foreground.
A bird’s eye view of Kursk town as seen from near the center.
The sign on left reads ‘The friendship of brotherly Slavic nations Russia, Belarus and Ukraine will strengthen from year to year. Kursk borders Ukraine.
Another bird’s eye view of Kursk.
A Russian Lada car sitting in the courtyard next to a church.
Cars approaching Lenin Street, the main throughway in Kursk.
Lenin stands tall in front of Kursk regional government building as a power plant stands even taller behind it.
Photos of Kursk’s notable citizens lines Lenin Street.
A plant releasing steam into the cold, sunny skies as a pink-colored church stands in the foreground.
Signs next to a school in Kursk.
A new housing complex going up on the edge of Kursk.
The Kursk housing complex consists of panel and reinforced concrete homes.
Victory Park in Kursk, the location of one of WWII’s key battles.
This couple got engaged this year and will marry next year.
This is a mystery to me, but says something about Soviet industrial design.
An agriculture complex off the Kursk-Moscow highway.
An ambulance parked outside a village house.
A Russian lada drives down a kursk highway, passing a bus stop with Jerry the cartoon character painted on it.
A cross on the side of an icy road in Kursk region.
”Play sports. Say no to alcohol and cigarettes.”
A memorial to the people of Bolshoi Dub, a village consisting of about 43 people, all of whom were burnt to death by the Nazis in 1942.
A man ice fishing on a lake off the Moscow-Kursk highway.
