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Russia's History Revealed

Russia's History Revealed

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The narratives each begin with a major event that shaped both the city and the history of Russia as a whole, and then travel forward through time to the present day. Majestic scenery, lavish dramatizations and a wealth of rare archive make up the series" visuals.

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Season 01, Episode 1 - "St. Petersburg"
Begins over 300 years ago. With newly seized Swedish territory near the Baltic, Peter the Great sets out to create a city in the marshes of the River Neva. Peter fosters strategic ties to Europe - but is also keen to explore the Russian East. He sends Danish-born Vitus Bering on the expedition that discovers what is now known as the Bering Strait.

Peter's city grows to become a Venice of the North. A flamboyant high society entertains itself with lavish balls in the city's fabled palaces during Russia's Belle Epoque. When an assault on the Winter Palace launches the Bolshevik revolution in 1917, the city's elite, along with two million inhabitants, flee to the West. The film follows Lenin's voyage from Zurich to Petrograd, which is sponsored by German military. Generous financial German support also helps to keep the Bolsheviks in power. A mere 24 years later, the Wehrmacht tries to topple that same regime in order to conquer the Soviet Union. The newly named Leningrad endures one of the most brutal operations of WWII: a two-and-a-half-year siege.