RT Documentaries

A Russian couple creates a bird sanctuary in the Kaluga region that is now home to more than two hundred breeds, including many rare species.

A bear refuge in Russia's Tver region trains orphaned cubs to survive and head back into the wild.

The Abazin community in Russia's Northern Caucasus region is known for its unique traditional dances, which for them are even more expressive than ...

Volunteers from the search group Liza Alert investigate the disappearance of missing people and save many lives in the Moscow Region.

The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg hosts many of the world's top dancers and continues to attract students from Russia and ab...

For people of rural Siberia, rivers are the only links with the outside world, but the most eagerly awaited ship is the one that brings doctors.

Tubalars and Chelkans -- minority ethnic groups in Russia's Altay Mountain area -- still honor their forefathers' customs.

Heroic deeds of General Mikhail Snegov and his garrison, who were responsible for the Soviet Union's first victory over Nazism in the Second World ...

The young who went to war returned home scarred and wounded after putting their lives on the line for their motherland, but the memories of victory...

The Mari El pagans are so loyal to their gods that their belief survived both the Christian expansion and the ban on all religions during Soviet ti...

Talented actor and fencing teacher Vladimir Pivovarov shares his knowledge and skills with his pupils at the Russian Academy of Theater Art.

RT explores the story behind Russia's largest beekeeping station in Krasnaya Polyana, home to 100 million bees.

Painting eggs, baking "kulich" bread, drinking church wine and blessing willow twigs are among the favorite traditions celebrated by Russians durin...

Locals help piece together the history of the city of Sovetsk in the Kaliningrad Region and highlight its importance.

Russia's illustrious horse breeding and racing traditions are seeing a revival, and becoming a favourite hobby of the country's rich elite

The Altay Region lies 3,500 kilometers from Moscow, in the very heart of Russia, and is known for its stag farming and the use of antlers for heali...

Russian clown and performing artist Slava Polunin shares his own path to finding a unique artistic image during the times of the Soviet Union.

The tiny village of Shoina in Russia's Arctic faces a daily battle against advancing sands, which appeared over 50 years ago and have been covering...

Indigenous peoples of the Amur Region, called the Nanay and the Ulchis, preserve their traditions, including shamanism.

The Moscow Rescue Service deals with every kind of emergency that comes their way, to keep the city's residents safe and sound

St. Petersburg fishermen reveal how they catch and sell smelt during a three-week period that provides the majority of their income.

Mikhail Nesterov, the chief artist at the Moscow Wax Figures Museum, unveils the secrets of his craft.

The Tulikunkikos tell a sad story of their life and broken dreams -- how they became Russian farmers and why they cannot return home to Rwanda.

Russian scientists reconstruct the faces of ancient leaders by studying their skulls, using techniques pioneered by the great physical anthropologi...

Vera Makarova set up her own farm in Russia with the aim of giving complete freedom to the livestock believing it makes the animals happier, health...

The severe northern winter leaves the Neva River in St. Petersburg frozen, with icebreaker captains on duty to make it navigable again and to preve...

The ancient Izhorian tribes of northwest Russia were dispersed across the country after the end of the Second World War.

However, over the past 1...

RT's Aleksey Yaroshevsky travels to North Korea, the world's most secretive state.

Russia's Nenets communities live beyond the Artic Circle, where nature is truly wild.

To this day, their main livelihood comes from hunting and r...

Peter and Paul Fortress towers above Russia's northern capital, St. Petersburg -- the golden steeple very recognizable above the city.

The melody...

Around 600 kilometers from Moscow, Russia's Pskov region has traditionally been a land of striking natural beauty and ancient monuments. It is also...

To this day, Russians have differing opinions on the country's last tsar, Nicholas II, who was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918.

Some call him ...

The Altay is one of Russia's highest-lying regions and a place where many cultures mix.

The Telengits are one of the most ancient peoples inhabit...

Twenty-five years have gone by since the Chernobyl disaster, which killed thousands of people in its immediate aftermath and in the years that foll...

The expedition's destination is a point in the Arctic Circle 66 degrees, 33 minutes and 39 seconds north of the Equator. It is situated in the thic...

For hundreds of years, the Chukchi and the Eskimos have lived on the shores of Uelen by the Bering Strait, and preserved their traditions of huntin...

The landscape of the Kamchatka peninsula in the far east of Russia is constantly in turmoil because of continuous underground activity.

It is one...

Take a trip to the Astrakhan Nature Reserve in the south of Russia. It's known as the Floating Venice of Russia and the number of plant, animals, b...

The Stavropol region is situated in the Southern part of Russia on the northern range of the North Caucasus Federal District.

It is home to the C...

The Caucasus Nature Reserve is situated in southern Russia. This beautiful place can only be reached by helicopter, but once you have been there yo...

Badly damaged, covered with dust, the South Ossetian capital Tskhinval became the city of families split apart and driven to despair by severe Geor...

On June 22, 1941, the Brest Fortress in modern-day Belarus became the front line of the Great Patriotic War, when the Wehrmacht began its onslaught...

The siege of school No. 1 in North Ossetia, at the beginning of the new study year, lasted for three days.

People in the small town of Beslan and...

It may seem there is little to do during the long, cold and snowy Russian winter.

But in the city of Kostroma, which is on Russia's Golden ring, ...

The CIA's vast network of secret activities spreads everywhere, especially in the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe.

CIA secret prisons...

Rostov-on-Don is one of the main economic and cultural hubs of southern Russia, and the country's gateway to Caucasus.

The fertile soil of the reg...

In the early 20th century, a train carrying gold reserves of the Russian Empire went on a journey across the country -- but never reached its desti...