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Tatyana Ivanova — tobogganing
Captain of the Russian luge team, Tatiana Ivanova took part in the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, is a three-time European champion and one of Russia’s most talented athletes. Her determination, discipline and ambition have convinced both her coach and fans that high standing on the global luge podium are surely yet to come.
St. Petersburg Glass museum
These flame-born masterpieces are the work of talented glassmakers who create their art using a fragile material born from the widest variety of elements. Glass can be bent, blown and cut in many different ways — using methods practiced centuries ago as well as with the help of cutting-edge tools and technology. On St. Petersburg’s Yelagin Island the Museum of Decorative Glass shares its collection and secrets of the age-old craft with visitors. The museum’s impressive collection includes a huge vase — a monument to Leningrad, glass sculptures and puzzles. These are just a few of the museum’s more than 7,000 pieces, originally from the Leningrad Decorative Glass Factory. The museum was founded following the initiative of famed Soviet sculptor Vera Mukhina and it is thanks to her that the factory became the trend-setter when it came to glass in the Soviet Union. Join RTG TV ho...
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St. Petersburg Glass museum
Commercial Fishing for Chir Broad Whitefish on the Ob
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug is located in the heart of Northern Russia. It stretches from the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean to the eastern cliffs of the Ural Ridge. The Yamal Peninsula and the adjacent territory are rich in Russian oil and gas, but that’s not all. The area’s many bodies of water are full of highly-valued species of fish. Russian Travel Guide host Igor Maximenko set out in a fishing boat on the Ob River to try his hand at catching whitefish, a species in the salmon family. What does the phrase free floating mean? What is a dan buoy? Learn the answers to these questions as well as how various fishing boats differ from each other in RTG TV’s new programme.
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