St Petersburg; northern European Russia; Moscow; Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov-Velikiy; Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Vladimir; Suzdal; along the mighty Volga - the land of the Russian peasant. "I love Russia, but this love is strange"; a land of many faces; the Russian village; between tradition and the modern age; from Kievan Rus to the Soviet Union; two contrasting capitals - St Petersburg and Moscow; the diversity of Russia; land of lakes and rivers; Russia and her writers; land of churches and monasteries; transformation and new beginnings. Religious art forms as an expression of early Russian art: between east and west; religious art forms; Novgorod - the "cradle of the Russian Empire"; Vladimir - "City of Princes"; Moscow - the third Rome. Geography, history, culture - a glossary: central Russia - a brief topography; climate; population and language; the golden ring; northern European Russia; dates in history; major cities from A to Z. A brief glossary of Russian art.
