The word «Cossack» is derived from the Turkic term kazak. In the 14-15th centuries it was found in many languages and meant the same thing: Cossack is a warrior. Igor Maximenko got acquainted with the history and up-to-date life of the Kuban Cossacks.

The co-worker with Peter the Great, German scientist occupied with Russian service Gottlieb Messerschmidt carried out exploration of a kurgan* near Abakan city in the territory of modern Khakassia in January, 1722. These were the world's first archaeological excavations.

At a factory of a city of Ishim between a thread and a ready carpet there are 23 technological stages.

The great general Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov was one of those who made military service in Russia a kind of art. He is admired in Russia and respected in Europe. For his whole life he never lost a battle.

Together with the presenter Timofej Zudin you will make an excursion through the largest airport in Russia. You will see how airport security system is provided, and where registered baggage is sent to.

Buddhists trust, that exactly in mountains of Altai the transcendental country of gods the Shambhala is located.

The ancient city Tobolsk is situated in the Tyumen Oblast. According to the legend, the city stands at the cape, where the fight for the annexation of Siberia to Russia was held by the ataman Yermak.

The oldest chocolate factory in Saint-Petersburg and one of the most distinguished manufactories in Russia - confectionery factory named after Nadezhda Krupskaya.

RTG TV invites you on board of ice-breaker. The viewers are invited on a trip to North Pole.

Stud Farm «Georgenburg» is located 60 kilometers far from the most western city of Russia Kaliningrad. This is where the well-known Trakenen breed was cultivated.

In this program a story of how Matreshka, one of the main Russian symbols, was born.

Russian hunting with its centuries-old history may be regarded as an art. When did the hunting with hounds appear in Rus'? Why mustn't one run away from a bear and how to handle a falcon and at last what dishes can be prepared out of game ? The presenter Leonid Taranov learns how to prepare bear meat, hare and quail.

Salekhard. It's known as «City in the End of the World». In the language of its indigenous inhabitants the Yamal Peninsula means «End of the World». The city used to bear the name of Obdorsk, where Ob' is a river and Dor stands for a cape.

One of the most favourite places of resort in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg is the Valday Elevation. There are hundreds of lakes and rivers. No wonder that lots of fishermen come there in summer. But the catch isn't enough for everyone. Igor Vukolov also went fishing.

The program about the most famous St-Petersburg Hotel.

Everyone knows, that the French capital city of Paris is situated in the Western Europe. Our team of RTG TV headed for the opposite East. More precisely put, for the South Ural where there's it's own Paris in the Russian backwoods - the village of the same name.

RTG TV channel travels to one of the biggest oil deposits in Western Siberia.

Königsberg forts and Königsberg klopses, colony of Amolinau villas, the famous zoo and Amber Museum -don't miss a program with Eugenia Altfeld about Kaliningrad on RTG TV channel.

Beauty contest winner refused of a crown and devoted her life to opera singing. Irina Vashenko is a soloist of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre*.

Various religions have been there along in the territory of the orthodox Russia. One of them the Buddhism is the most ancient of the three world religions.

The Saint Petersburg Flood Prevention Facility Complex is one of the word's hugest hydro systems. It was created to prevent city from flood caused by land-locked Baltic wave. There were 300 floods in city history, 3 of them were recognized as disastrous.

The Krykty-Tau is a name of mountain range in the South Ural nor far from the metallurgical country's capital Magnitogorsk. The distance from Moscow makes up 2 000 kilometers. This is where the largest ski resort of the South Ural Abzakovo is located.

The capital city of Karelia Petrazovodsk was founded in the year 1703 at the behest of Peter I the Great. Firstly small arm factories were built there, then the city sprung up around them.

One can't imagine Russian cuisine without soups. There are various traditions of soup preparation in different regions. Igor Maximenko has travelled more than three hundred kilometers to reach Valday. This is where the secret of original grey Shchi.

One of the most majestic palaces of Russian emperors, the Catherine Palace, is located 25 km south-east of St. Petersburg in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (under Peter the First named as Sarskaya farm).

The RTG TV presenter Irina Pudova visited Stavropol Bread-Baking Plant and learnt secrets of local millers and recipe of Stavropol roand loaf known as a korovai*.

Every spring the season of rock-climbing is opened by sportsmen from the whole country's northwest in the the granitу rocks named Bolshye Skaly on the border of Leningrad Oblast and Karelia, which are situated near the lakes Yastrebinoye, Svetloe and Klukvennoe.

The word «Cossack» is derived from the Turkic term kazak. In the 14-15th centuries it was found in many languages and meant the same thing: Cossack is a warrior. Igor Maximenko got acquainted with the history and up-to-date life of the Kuban Cossacks.

The co-worker with Peter the Great, German scientist occupied with Russian service Gottlieb Messerschmidt carried out exploration of a kurgan* near Abakan city in the territory of modern Khakassia in January, 1722. These were the world's first archaeological excavations.

At a factory of a city of Ishim between a thread and a ready carpet there are 23 technological stages.

The great general Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov was one of those who made military service in Russia a kind of art. He is admired in Russia and respected in Europe. For his whole life he never lost a battle.

Together with the presenter Timofej Zudin you will make an excursion through the largest airport in Russia. You will see how airport security system is provided, and where registered baggage is sent to.

Buddhists trust, that exactly in mountains of Altai the transcendental country of gods the Shambhala is located.

The ancient city Tobolsk is situated in the Tyumen Oblast. According to the legend, the city stands at the cape, where the fight for the annexation of Siberia to Russia was held by the ataman Yermak.

The oldest chocolate factory in Saint-Petersburg and one of the most distinguished manufactories in Russia - confectionery factory named after Nadezhda Krupskaya.

RTG TV invites you on board of ice-breaker. The viewers are invited on a trip to North Pole.

Stud Farm «Georgenburg» is located 60 kilometers far from the most western city of Russia Kaliningrad. This is where the well-known Trakenen breed was cultivated.

In this program a story of how Matreshka, one of the main Russian symbols, was born.

Russian hunting with its centuries-old history may be regarded as an art. When did the hunting with hounds appear in Rus'? Why mustn't one run away from a bear and how to handle a falcon and at last what dishes can be prepared out of game ? The presenter Leonid Taranov learns how to prepare bear meat, hare and quail.

Salekhard. It's known as «City in the End of the World». In the language of its indigenous inhabitants the Yamal Peninsula means «End of the World». The city used to bear the name of Obdorsk, where Ob' is a river and Dor stands for a cape.

One of the most favourite places of resort in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg is the Valday Elevation. There are hundreds of lakes and rivers. No wonder that lots of fishermen come there in summer. But the catch isn't enough for everyone. Igor Vukolov also went fishing.

The program about the most famous St-Petersburg Hotel.

Everyone knows, that the French capital city of Paris is situated in the Western Europe. Our team of RTG TV headed for the opposite East. More precisely put, for the South Ural where there's it's own Paris in the Russian backwoods - the village of the same name.

RTG TV channel travels to one of the biggest oil deposits in Western Siberia.