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Peter the Great and Catherine the Great

Synopsis
Depicts the struggle of Peter the Great to open up Russia - a landlocked nation - to the sea; and Catherine the Great’s desire to bring the values of Western civilisation into Russian daily life. The programme also features an architectural tour of St Petersburg. The second part of a six part series.
Series
Peter Ustinov’s Russia, Series
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
1986
Subjects
History
Keywords
history of Russia; architecture; Peter the Great; Catherine the Great

Credits

Contributor
Peter Ustinov

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£19.50
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
60 minutes
Year
2012

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email
sales@concordmedia.org.uk
Web
http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01473 726 012
Address
Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
Notes
A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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