Russian-Language Video Tour of Moscow

[Jack Kollmann]

Tony,

         I've had good service re: books, videos, & CD-ROMs from Esterum in
Moscow:  http://www.esterum.com/main/  Esterum also pops up at this
URL:  http://www.booksofrussia.com/   Mail service is fairly prompt (couple
of weeks).  One has to tweak its search engine in various ways.  E.g.,
clicking "video/documentary" doesn't yield much re: Moscow, nor does
clicking "moscow," but "moskva" in either Latin or Cyrillic letters gives
several VHS (PAL) tapes, among book titles, etc.

         There are several VHS tapes and CD-ROMs out on the Kremlin,
history of Moscow, Tret'iakov collections.  Note the CD, "Moskovskiia
progulki:  Arkhitektura, istoriia, byt' moskvich'i," Kirill i Mefodii, 1997
(although I don't see it in Esterum's current offerings).

         One of my more interesting documentary videotape discoveries came
from Esterum:  "Kanal imeni Stalina," Moskva:  KVART, 1992, re: the
slave-labor construction of the Volga/White Sea Canal in the early 1930s.

         I've picked up some interesting videos in Russia that I don't see
in the U.S. or on Esterum's site.  E.g., a historical documentary series
called "Rossiia. Zabytye gody," choice of tapes in either Russian or
English narration.  Sample titles:  "Chekisty," "Istoriia krasnoi armii,"
"Istoriia rossiiskikh zheleznykh dorog," "Istoriia grazhdanskoi voiny."

         Maybe this would be a good moment to encourage list members to
contribute URLs of book/video/CD sources which they have found useful, plus
sites that list and/or recommend such sources.

Best wishes,
Jack Kollmann




At 08:12 AM 7/27/01 -0500, you wrote:
>My colleagues and I are trying to track down a Russian-language video tour
>of Moscow and so far have not been having much luck.  Does anyone know of
>such a video and where it might be available?  Again, what we want is a
>video tour in Russian that shows the main sites of the city.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Tony Vanchu
>
>Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
>Director, JSC Language Education Center
>TechTrans International
>NASA Johnson Space Center
>Houston, TX
>(281) 483-0644
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