In the previews for it, they had the title "Wild Russia" switch from Russian to English, sort of like train station signs change letter-by-letter. In their opening theme, they've got the following phrases:
"6 DIFFEЯЕNT ЯEGIONS"
"11 TIME ZOИES"
"3 YEAЯS IN THE MAKING"
"WILD ЯUSSIA"
I was quite amused that they mixed in Cyrillic letters for the R's and one of the N's. Yes, those are really letters..."Я" is pronounced "ya," and standing alone, it means "I". "И" is pronounced "ee", like the Spanish "y" or "i", and by itself means "and."
A couple notes from the beginning of the first episode:
Russia* = largest country on earth, more than 2x size of US, 6 1/2 million square miles
each region is a world of its own
Kamchatka:
300 volcanoes
far east of asian continent
peninsula, size of California, but only 4,000 people
hidden behind Soviet iron curtain until only recently
Following this episode was one on the forested region of Primorye, also in the east but more to the south. There are amazing views of the land, whether forests, volcanoes, plains, valleys...and yes, the animals are interesting too.
"Chipmunks bury food all the time, but their memory span is only 3 days, so they forget where previous hoards are." Ha ha.
*Ukraine is NOT part of Russia. I am NOT going to Russia (unless there is a CIS field retreat in Moscow). I am on the other side of the continent from these regions.
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