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Frame looking down a Russian city street with parked cars and multi-story buildings on both sides. Caption. The biggest advances economically.

American teenagers report on location about life in Russia 15 years after the fall of communism. News segments cover Russia's economy, dress, folk art, and religion. Also briefly examines its family life, buildings, educational system, and food. The teens' host families provide additional color and perspective.

Media Details

Runtime: 27 minutes 30 seconds

Closeup of bronze medal with words National Geographic Society, 1888, appearing around a world globe. Caption. 1945-1989, The Cold War.
25 minutes
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Man holding a microphone lays on his side on a stage looking towards camera. Behind him, a few men play musical instruments.
57 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white frame shows a man holding the shoulders of a young woman looking back up at him into his eyes. Caption. I was waiting for you.
1 hours 50 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 12 -
Silhouette of a large stone statue of a man wearing armor and a helmet on a rearing horse against a cloudy sky backdrop. Caption with male narrator, "St. Petersburg was the vision of one man."
Around the World
Episode 39
2 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Animation of an area near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Leafless trees, homes, and power lines beneath an overcast sky. Caption. Everything is polluted and highly radioactive.
Butterfly Effect
Season 1 / Ep 8
25 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Animation of World War 2 Soviet commanders speaking in front of a battlefield map to a crowded room of officers. Caption. To fortify the Kursk region and to wait.
Butterfly Effect
Season 3 / Ep 13
26 minutes
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Digital map titled "Battle of Stalingrad." Germany and its occupied territories are green with red swastikas. The U, S, S, R is yellow with 2 red stars with yellow arrows pointing towards Germany's eastern fronts.
Command Decisions
Episode 10
20 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Black and white family photo of Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and 4 daughters. Caption. Thus ends 300 years of czarist rule.
10 minutes 20 seconds
Grade Level: 5 - 12
Young man stands and looks down at a food scale resting on the counter of a grocery store. Caption. In Russia, we use the metric system.
Families Of The World
Episode 3
28 minutes 42 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 7
Woman holds an object and touches a paintbrush to its surface, with glue, pencils, and a craft board in front of her. Caption. And I'm going to paint the top white.
24 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6