Part One

Sun, May 25, 2003
Details the early history of Russia. Discusses the coming of the Viking Rus, the adoption of the Orthodox Christian faith as the state religion, Russia's fight to liberate itself from the Mongols and the rule of Ivan the Terrible.
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Part Two

Sun, May 25, 2003
Peter the Great led Russia out of the dark ages and assembled the country's first navy.
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Part Three

Mon, May 26, 2003
Catherine the Great encouraged the Russian people to challenge tradition, until her own power was threatened.
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Part Four

Mon, May 26, 2003
The last 80 years of the Russian empire were a struggle between reformers and autocrats.
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