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Don Cuisine
Once during the 300-year Romanov dynasty Tsar Nicholas II decided to take stock of his possessions. This decision brought him to the Cossack village of Elizavetinskaya, the largest fishing village on the Don River at the time. There residents invited the tsar to try a fish soup, called “ukha.” A week after the tsar had left, the man who had prepared the soup, Vasily Kedrov, received a parcel with a gold medal inside thanking him for his military service. At first he was surprised to have received such an award, but remembering the tsar’s visit and how much he had enjoyed his meal, he realized that the real reason for the gold medal was not his military service, but in fact his delicious soup. Nowadays there are still a great number of fish recipes in Rostov-on-Don. RTG TV host Stanislav Salnikov travelled there where he learned how to cook sturgeon in sparkling wine and, to his surpri...
The history recipes of the Metropole restaurant
The history of the restaurant business in St. Petersburg goes back to 1703 when the city was founded. The first eating establishment appeared close to Hare Island, where the Peter and Paul Fortress – the building with which the construction of the future capital of the Russian Empire began – was being built. During the first years of the founding of St. Petersburg most of the city’s life and attention was concentrated in this area. It was only after two decades that this life expanded to the other side of the Neva River and it was only then that Nevsky Prospekt became the city’s central street and the centre of business life. It also became a prime area in which to live and relax with a variety of restaurants, cafes, pastry shops and coffee shops popping up all over as a result. Now in St. Petersburg there are more than 3,000 such establishments around the city. Unfortunately, none of th...
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The history recipes of the Metropole restaurant
The View From On High: The Kola Peninsula - Life at the Edge of the world
The nature of the polar region is magnificent and beautiful. These sites are loved for their atmosphere. For the asceticism of the light, thanks to which you start to see evermore halftones. And among these mountains covered in snow, the intertwining rivers and the beautiful valleys, people live. They are attempting to master these expanses. To breathe life into them. But the territory is so broad that the bulk of it remains wild. That makes it all the more attractive. Here, you get the impression that the landscapes are from fantastical films where the planet is inhabited by wild marine creatures and the northern lights are immersing you in a fairytale. Learn about the Kola Peninsula, where you can travel to the Earth’s Edge, in an RTG film.
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