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The work of the Russian painter who has dedicated her life to chronicling the changing face of her country's capital.
Moscow’s bustling Alekseyevskaya subway station on a wet autumn day
The ornate entrance to a Soviet-era apartment near the Kremlin where theater director Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko lived until his death in 1943
Two pensioners pause to chat on Moscow's famous Arbat Street.
This is the work of Russian artist
Alena Dergileva, who has spent the past four decades capturing the streets of her native Moscow in exquisitely detailed watercolors.
Dergileva, 69, began capturing street scenes in Moscow in the 1980s. As the city began developing rapidly in the 2000s, her theme took on historical significance as she watched elegant, time-worn buildings transformed or replaced by generic corporate structures.