Sunday Feature

Coming out of the Cold - The New Siberia

Sunday 12 March 2006 21:30-22:15 (Radio 3)

Siberia evokes images of frozen tundra, Cossacks, Gulags and vast mineral reserves. But what is it really like to live there? What does Siberia mean to Russia and how important is it for the future? Who are the Siberians and what kind of cultural life exists in some of the coldest cities on earth?

Moscow journalist Arkady Ostrovsky braves Siberia's bleak winter weather to find out.

Duration:

45 minutes

Sunday Feature

Episode and Playlist Information

• 30 Apr 06 Sepharad 1/4
• 23 April 2006
• 16 Apr 06 A Ship of Voices
• 2 Apr 06 Royal Court Theatre
• 26 March 2006
• 19 Mar 06 Shusha Guppy
• 12 Mar 06 The New Siberia
• 5 Mar 06 Goodbye Confucius
• 26 February 2006
• 19 February 2006

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