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Overview I am hunter - Whale catch is survival in Russia's Far East - 24 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2014, Director Vitaly Buzuev (The Chukchi are an indigenous people living in Russia's far northeast. As the climate is too inhospitable to grow crops, the sea has always been their main source of food. The population of 16,000 subsists primarily on a diet of marine mammals, the meat from which provides locals with enough fat-rich food to see them through the harsh winters. By and large, hunting species...

Overview Land of Lace, part 1 - 13 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, (Lace making as a craft has been known in Russia since time immemorial. Vologda lace has always been considered the best quality in Russia and preferred by overseas merchants. Here bobbins of threads dance in the hands of experienced lace makers and their melodious clinking sounds like music. Vologda is also a land of centuries-old monasteries and churches which are scattered across this ancient town, forming their own exclusive pattern).

Overview The Smelt Season - 11 min., RT ANO TV - Novosti, 2006 (The upcoming documentary is about the one of delicious dish of Russian cuisine – smelt. Smelt is the smallest species of the Salmon family. Only three weeks in May smelt swim up the Neva river from the Gulf of Finland. Every morning professional fishermen set up their nets to supply prestigious restaurants with one of the delicious menu. They say that this dish prolongs life and enriches the body if its lacking something)