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THE GEOGRAPHY OF TASTE. TANGERINE PIE WITH VANILLA SAUCE AND HOMEMADE TEA
Drinking tea is a symbol of Russian hospitality and an important part of any gathering of people around a table, be it celebratory or routine. Hence, “What’s for tea?” is no paltry matter. RTG-TV and chef Vladimir Pavlov are confident that tangerine pie with vanilla sauce is a great option to go along with tea drinking on cozy winter evenings in the company of friends! By the way, it’s only in our current day and age that everyone knows that desserts are served at the end of a meal. But it was not always so. Right up until the 19th century, even in France, whose culinary traditions have conquered the world, the sequence of dishes was not very strictly defined. That all changed with one interesting gathering. In the early 18th century, the Russian ambassador, Prince Aleksandr Kurakin, hosted a dinner in his home near Paris. During this feast the dishes were not all set out at once, bu...
Dyatkovsky crystal
Crystal shines like a diamond and overwhelms people with its purity and elegant form. The technology used to make this fragile yet vulnerable product has remained unchanged for many centuries. Years of hard work, a trained eye and a steady hand are needed to master the art of processing crystal as it takes a long time to go from the smallest grains of quartz to the finished product. Follow the process of this mineral masterpiece from start to finish with RTG TV.
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Dyatkovsky crystal
The avalanche rescue service in Krasnaya Polyana
Rosa Khutor in southern Russia’s Krasnaya Polyana is one of the world’s newest ski resorts and the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Skiers and snowboarders from all over come here to carve up the slopes, but wherever there is snow and mountains, there is always the possibility of an avalanche. One of the main responsibilities of any ski resort is to prevent the chances of an uncontrolled avalanche. Nevertheless, there are some times when an avalanche is simply unavoidable, and that’s where Krasnaya Polyana’s avalanche control team comes in.
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