Russia

DVD. Global Treasures. 10 Minutes. Located Outside St. Petersburg, Peterhof is the name of the majestic palace that was once the summer residence of the Russian Tsar's. Whether public galleries or private quarters, everywhere there is a superb array of many objets d'art and splendid interior architecture. The central point of the Peterhof's 21 hectare upper park is a replica of Nurnberg`s glorious Neptune Fountain,...

DVD. The World Atlas. 52 Minutes. DeAgostini Editore in cooperation with Rand McNally The Atlas steps into the digital age. A new one-of-a-kind World Atlas covering all parts of the globe with animated maps from Rand McNally and in-depth cultural and historical information. Each episode is dedicated to different countries, containing four distinct features - physical geography, political geography, popular locations, and thematic maps. The...

DVD. ABCD. 50 Minutes The "Golden Ring," that is what the Russian public calls the magical ring of towns stretching northeast from Moscow. Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Suzdal and Sergiyev Posad are places you'll see in this cultural- historical documentary offering encounters with art relics that were left by ancient artists and handy craftsmen behind the high ramparts and guard towers of orthodox churches and...

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places Our tour of Russia starts in St. Petersburg, including churches and palaces, and, above all, the River Neva, on the banks of which Peter the Great's city stands. We visit Tchaikovsky's house at Klin, near Moscow, and travel south to Ukraine to see Sebastopol in the Crimea and Odessa. Finally we return to St. Petersburg, seeing...

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places Starting in St Petersburg, once the capital of Russia under Peter the Great, our tour takes us to Ukraine and to Uzbekistan before returning first to Moscow and then to St Petersburg and the famous Marïinsky Theatre, where Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker were first performed. The Music The Russian composer Tchaikovsky had a mastery...

DVD. Vista Point. 26 Minutes. In 1703, Tsar Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg in the swampy delta mouth of the Newa. It became Russia's capital city and remained so until 1918 when Lenin and his revolutionary Bolshevik government moved to Moscow. Today it is a living monument to the lives and times of Russia's Imperial Tsars The Winter Palace contains Russia's largest museum, the...