Russia: A Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby ( BBC, 2008) Ep. 1

Episode 1 Breaking the Ice Jonathan Dimbleby sets out to track the origins of the Russian nation, following the course of the very first Viking settlements along the River Volkhov until he comes to Velikii Novgorod. This was a great city when Moscow was no more than a trading post in the woods, and the cathedral is one of the very oldest in Russia, copied from the great churches of Constantinople when the Slavs converted to Christianity in the 10th century. Journey s end