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St. Nikolay Russian Church
A small church in the center of Sofia, near to the cathedral. Unlike the other churches that are in this city, the church demonstrates the strong relacionship this town has had with Russian. It reminds us of typical images of churches we see in a picture in Moscow or other Russian city, architecturally speaking. Surrounded by a small garden in front of a large avenue, which is very busy, it is the only thing that spoils the place, on the other hand its like a fairy tale. Inside like the rest of the country's churches the walls are decorated with paintings, which currently are covered by a black layer caused by smoke from candles (sometthing entirely normal in this country, it is amazing to see the walls of churches are burned).
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