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Inside the National State Hermitage Museum (2012)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £195.00

This programme visits the National State Hermitage in St. Petersburg, which is one of the world’s oldest museums, boasting three million artefacts of art and antiquity, including tattooed mummies, items...

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Fall of Eagles (2004)

Subject

Drama; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 690 minutes), £49.99

The classic1974 BBC dramatisation of the declining years and final collapse of three of the most powerful European dynasties - the Hapsburgs, Romanovs and Hohenzollerns - between the mid-19th century and the...

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Immaterial Bodies: A Cultural Analysis of Early Russian Films (2001)

Subject

Media studies; Russian studies

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version, 129 minutes), £27.99

A CD-ROM exploring Russian cinema before 1919 in the context of life and culture in pre-revolutionary Russia. There are over 100 film clips (55 mins), 74 minutes of analysis and commentary by film scholar...

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Peter the Great and Catherine the Great (1986)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £19.50

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...

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Andrei Rublev (1969 Video)

aka: Andrei Rublyov

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Producer

Tamara Ogorodnikova

Subject

History; Media studies

Distribution

DVD

Portrays the social and political upheavals of 15th century Russia through the life and experiences of icon painter Andrei Rublev. Shelved by the Soviet authorities and not seen until 1971.

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