This picture I took recently on the way to Sergiev Posad, where is located the famous Holy Trinity St. Sergius Lavra which considered to be a Russian Vatican, center of Orthodox religion. It is not so much snow in Moscow city because of pretty warm weather, so if you have a chance to drive out of city - you can see real winter with a lot of snow all around. This shot was taken about 65 km from downtown of the city on morning time after a small night snowfall... The skies is grey here, even dark grey - very common at least for first half of a winter season, a sunshine is precious now here, in Moscow :-).
The "Moscow-by-Night" tour that we had with Arthur Lookyanov towards the end of September this year (2017) was an absolutely stunning, jaw-dropping introduction to this marvellous city. It was amazing how much we saw in the three hours with Arthur - from the classical Moscow sights to the evocative WW2 Memorial, the beautiful Cathedral of Christ the Saviour and the colourful, hyper-modern skyscrapers of the business district. Touring Moscow by night is an absolute "must" for first-time visitors, and if one can arrange to have the knowledgeable, friendly and enthusiastic Arthur Lookyanov as the tour leader, so much the better!