Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and Its PeopleTravelling thousands of miles, Jonathan Dimbleby journeys from Murumansk in the west to Vladivostoc in the east to discover modern Russia. Passing through some of the most extreme landscape on earth, several climates and across seven time zones, he visits places that witnessed defining moments in Russia's extraordinary history. |
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From Murmansk to Novgorod | 11 |
From Moscow to the Caspian | 103 |
From Astrakhan to the Urals | 221 |
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