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Gatchina Palace
The town of Gatchina is home to one of the country residences of Russia’s emperors. The town’s picturesque lakes — surrounded by marble statues — and a magnificent palace reminiscent of a romantic castle from the Middle Ages all lend to the town’s unique and enchanting atmosphere. The residence’s dark secrets are kept out of sight in an underground passage — a source of shelter for the palace’s owner in case of danger. Who knows — perhaps the palace coup that put an end to Paul the First could have been avoided and history taken a different path if he had been in Gatchina instead of St. Petersburg’s Mikhailovsky Castle. RTG TV presenter Alexander Uvarov took a trip to Gatchina where he had the chance to explore the rich history of this impressive residence.
Tour of Staraya Russa
In the small town of Staraya Russa in Novgorod Oblast legends and stories have become intertwined with real history, helping to immerse inhabitants and visitors into an atmosphere of years past. There was a time when Staraya Russa received great attention from rulers such as Ivan the Terrible and Peter the First however nowadays much of the town’s fame is due to one author. It was in this town that Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote one of his famed classics and where tourists can visit a museum in his name. There the House on the Embankment has become known as the place where Dostoyevsky lived between 1872 and 1880 while working on his novel The Brothers Karmazov. Staraya Russa is also recognised for the Starorussky Resort with its natural salt-water mineral springs which shoot up to ten metres in height in some places. RTG TV’s Olga Degtyareva spent a few fantastic days in this diverse town and ...
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Tour of Staraya Russa
A dessert made with mushrooms
Button mushrooms are the most popular mushroom of the 21st century and make up 80 percent of mushrooms grown all over the world — a business that produces more than 1 million tonnes of this tasty fungus every year. The demand for button mushrooms is fairly easily explained: Mushrooms grown in an artificial environment are much less dangerous than those provided for us by Mother Nature and found in the forest. In Russia button mushrooms are grown in large agricultural complexes as well as on small, private mushroom farms all over the country. The Russian word for button mushrooms, “shampinyon,” comes from the French word for mushroom, “champignon.” The fact that the Russian word was taken from French is really quite remarkable and it is perhaps their French background that has made these mushrooms so popular among foodies. Button mushrooms play a leading role in many recipes a...
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