Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and Its People
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dimbleby, Jonathan, PUBLISHER: BBC Books, ong>Russiaong> is a country ong>inong> transition. It is a long>andong> of exotic treasures with a culture rich ong>inong> world-famous artists, writers ong>andong> musicians. It is a swiftly modernizong>inong>g economy yet still a place of corruption, suppression, ong>andong> secrecy, shakong>inong>g off its recent, bloody past of Communist dictatorship. ong>Russiaong> may no longer be seen to rival America, but with control over a huge portion of the world's remaong>inong>ong>inong>g non-renewable energy resources, it is a rapidly risong>inong>g energy super-ong>powerong>. Yet, shrouded ong>inong> myth ong>andong> ice, it is little understood by the rest of world. Travellong>inong>g thousong>andong>s of miles, Jonathan journeys from Kalong>inong>ong>inong>grad ong>inong> the west to Provideniya ong>inong> the east to discover modern ong>Russiaong>. Passong>inong>g through some of the most extreme long>andong>scape on earth, several climates ong>andong> across seven time zones, he visits places "spectacular, ong>inong>famous, secret" that witnessed defong>inong>ong>inong>g moments ong>inong> ong>Russiaong>'s extraordong>inong>ary history. The people that ong>inong>habit this vast long>andong>mass are as fascong>inong>atong>inong>g ong>andong> diverse as the long>andong>scape. Caught between Asia ong>andong> Europe, they are a mix of ethnicities, a product of ong>Russiaong>n expansionism ong>andong> their turbulent past. ong>Inong> this book ong>andong> the groundbreakong>inong>g television ong>seriesong> it accompanies, Jonathan looks at how ong>Russiaong>'s past has shaped her current identity ong>andong> ong>inong>vestigates what modern ong>Russiaong> means to her people now.