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The View From Up On High. The Mystery Of The Baikal Rift
Baikal – the most ancient, deepest lake on Earth. And the most perplexing. Scientists continue to attempt to resolve its mysteries to this day. One of them, is how it was formed. The leading theory is that it’s the result of a rift – the lake formed as the result of a deep fissure in the Earth’s crust. Is that the case? And is it true that Baikal may one day become an ocean? Answers in this RTG TV film.
Cossack Lunch in Medvedovskaya Village
Two-hundred years ago Tsarina Catherine II granted the land in southern Russia to the Cossacks. In day to day life, these people were faced with one difficult task – defending the State’s Azov-Black Sea borders. To this very day, the traditions of the Kuban Cossacks are kept in these Krasnodar villages. During his journey around the south of Russia, RTG TV host Stanislav Salnikov learned how to prepare Cossack-style carp, got the recipe for makovnik (a sweet poppy seed cake) and found out what zavivanets is. He then tried all of these dishes in a traditional Cossack house, a structure that helps illustrate perfectly how Cossacks lived on these lands 200 years ago.
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Cossack Lunch in Medvedovskaya Village
Journey to the Historic Sites of Astrakhan Oblast
Astrakhan Oblast is a great crossroads of civilizations. It was once a great road for nomads, and during its century-old history many peoples and tribes have resettled in the city - once a village – located on the delta of the Volga River. RTG TV host Rumiya Niyazova familiarized herself with the area’s rich cultural and historical heritage and walked along the same path as the inhabitants of the steppes once did.
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