Starting in the far east of Russia in Vladivostok, I traveled across Siberia to meet friends in Sochi and Moscow for the World Cup. Not captured in the video during my journey across Siberia: self-mummified Buddhist monks, a Jewish autonomous state in the heart of Siberia, a pagan New Year festival on the summer solstice in the coldest city in the world, and daily encounters with Soviet-era monuments of Lenin and the exalted proletariat!
Location: Sochi, Russia; Moscow, Russia
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