Russia, Land of the Tsars (2003– ) User Reviews

Entertaining

[mytwentiethcentury · 10/10 · 22 July 2004]

Very fast moving and entertaining. Easy to assimilate information. Music was fantastic. Music was actually my favourite part. as the story journey from the monguls to Peter the Great, so did the music. Very smart homages to Tchaichovsky & Prokofiev.

I also liked the reenactments, though they did start to get a little samey. Most importantly it taught me things about Russia I didn't know.

For an American TV show I thought this was rather exceptional.

The only down side was that I wish it was a longer show so there could be more time spent on each period. I would have also liked it to go to present day Russia

An Honest Review

[generationofswine · 10/10 · 7 July 2019]

OK, this does Tsarists Russia very well.

However, to be fair it plays it fast and loose, so you don't get the information that you really should to understand the history, it could have gone more in-depth.

But, despite that, it is a superb overview. And, it is an entertaining one. You can sit down and watch it and not be bored even if you aren't a history buff. The music is great, the imagery is great, and it focuses enough on the highlights to actually make the viewer a little dangerous.

It's fast, but it gives enough information for people to actually understand it, without knowing all the details, and it does so in a very entertaining way.