Do you wanna know how to make your winter holidays last longer? How to start celebrating in December and be merry and bright till the middle of January? Do you wanna celebrate Christmas again? Have an epic New Year and then another smaller one
What are oblast, krai and okrug? And why do we have republics inside Russia? (Spoiler: because they are just different names for parts of the country!)
The country not the state. It borders Russia, I've been there and it's amazing! So I can give you some info in its history, what it's like and what to see there
I've been to a silent meditation retreat just this month and I've a ton of things to say about it. Warning! My personal experience only! Don't pretend to know everything about it :)
Crush course on early Russian history! :) From the Slavs and their tribes to the Mongol invasion - all to understand the later role of Moscow and how it came to be what it is
This time I talk about Russian trains, what types of long distance trains are there, what do you need to take with you and some money-saving life-hacks
It's about my trip to the south of the European part of Russia to the Mineral waters of the Caucuses which is a complex of resort towns with mountains as a backdrop!
This episode is about bears in Russia. I talk about why they are associated with my country so much, famous Russian bears, what kinds of bears you can meet and how to stay safe if you meet one in the wilderness
My name is Gigi Green and this episode is about WWII in Russia because we celebrate Victory in that war on the 9th of May. I give a (super)quick overview of important battles and other events in Russia and also talk about how (and why) we celeb
My name is Gigi Green and this is my new travel podcast about Russia, my travels through it, its history, some traditions and important holidays, sports, nature, education, everyday life, culture, Russian films, tv, internet and basically whate