From the first settlement of Russe Vikings to the brutal murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. This program encompasses nearly a thousand years of despair and rebellion, innovation and conflict. Explores the tumultuous lives of figures like Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great. Events include the December Revolution and Napoleon's ill-fated invasion and how they changed history.

Special features: timeline of Russian Tsars (on disc 2).

v. 1. : Land of the tsars, pt. 1 -- Land of the tsars, pt. 2. -- v. 2.: Ivan the Terrible : might and madness -- Peter the Great : the tyrant reformer -- Rasputin : the mad monk.