Discover Russian
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Discover Russian (DR) was the first Russian television program on the Pacific coast of North America. It was produced by under the direction of producer and presenter . In 38 episodes, this cultural variety show featured interviews with prominent people from various disciplines, including:
- artists
- dancers
- musicians
- hockey players; and
- figure skaters
Some of the guests on Discover Russian included:
- maestro Mstislav Rostropovich
- ballerina Evelyn Hart
- pianist
- violinist Vadim Gluzman
- legendary figure skater Alexei Yagudin
- conductor Bramwell Tovey
- Alexander Pushkin
- Sergey Rachmaninoff ; and
- Nicolas Rimsky-Korsakov
The program also featured a series dedicated to great Russian writers and intelligentsia, Anton Chekhov, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Mikhail Bulgakov. The program also hosted a number of interviews with local and international political and religious leaders.
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- American variety television series
- United States non-fiction television series stubs