История, которая посвящена Екатерине Фурцевой, прошедшей путь от сельской «золушки»-ткачихи до «хозяйки Москвы», члена правительства, министра культуры.
В основе сериала - события восемнадцатого века, малоизвестные подробности из истории дипломатии периода той войны, которая впоследствии получила название Семилетней; о славе и подвигах российских войск, дошедших в битвах до Берлина.
A guide to the Russian capital, looking at its unique history, architecture, climate and culture.
Под Петербургом, в окрестностях Царского Села, происходит цепь загадочных убийств. От рук неизвестного маньяка погибают молодые женщины. Эти смерти объединяет один и тот же почерк - звериная жестокость и странное орудие, которым наносятся увечья жертвам...
Russian historical drama based on the life and times of 16th-century Ukrainian Cossack leader Taras Bulba. Bogdan Stupka stars as Bulba, who sends his son Andriy (Igor Petrenko) to study in Poland in order to teach him the ways of the oppressor, only to hear to his consternation that the boy has fallen in love with a Polish noblewoman.
Presenter Jonathan Dimbleby travels the length and breadth of Russia, by boat, plane, truck and train, covering every area of this vast land along the way. From the Arctic Circle, where the sun never sets, to the frozen wastes of Siberia, Dimbleby meets the people who go to make up this diverse landscape, so much of which is relatively unknown to western eyes.
Lavish romantic drama set against the backdrop of the Russian civil war. Konstantin Khabenskiy stars as Admiral Kolchak, a decorated war hero and family man who falls uncontrollably in love his friend's wife, poet Anna Timiryova (Elizaveta Boyarskaya).
Epic love story. In 1885, entrepreneur Douglas McCracken (Richard Harris) travels to Russia with his young assistant Jane Callahan (Julia Ormond) with the intention of selling a new, steam-driven timber harvester. Once there, Jane embarks on an affair with young Russian officer Andrei Tolstoy (Oleg Menshikov), but their romance is curtailed when Andrei finds himself exiled to Siberia.
Russian drama. The town of Koktebel is in the Crimea and is where an alcoholic father (Igor Csernyevics) is trying to get after being widowed. He takes his 11-year-old son (Gleb Puskepalis) and sets off on foot, intending to stay with his sister when he gets there.
A recreation of Russian history and culture and the first ever feature to be shot in a single, unedited take. Magically transported to St. Petersburg's Hermitage museum in the early 1700s, a contemporary filmmaker and a cynical 19th century French diplomat become accomplices in an extraordinary voyage through Russia's turbulent past to the present day.