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Russia in Five Babushka DollsEpisodes

    Pussy RiotSeries 1

    Vanora Bennett's final Babushka doll is a member of activist group Pussy Riot.

    Valentina TereshkovaSeries 1

    Vanora Bennett on Valentina Tereshkova, who in 1963 became the first woman in space.

    Ayn RandSeries 1

    The Russian-born writer whose influence is most evident in her adopted home of the USA.

    Nadezhda AlliluyevaSeries 1

    Vanora Bennett profiles Stalin's wife, born in 1901 in the Tsarist Russian south.

    Catherine the GreatSeries 1

    Vanora Bennett looks at one of the longest-lasting rulers of the European Enlightenment.