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Sergey Gordeev is a New York-based Emmy Award-winning journalist and TV show host. This reel features some of Sergey's work as a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC / FOX SPORTS culture reporter during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia - taking you on a journey to some of the country’s most unique people, places, history, and culture.

In Kazan, Russia, a small courtyard separates the local Russian Orthodox church from a neighboring mosque. Since Tsar Ivan the Terrible conquered the city in 1552, relations between the two religions-Christianity and Islam-have been anything but easy. But, as National Geographic reporter Sergey Gordeev found, the two faiths recently have found more than just a physical common ground. ABOUT THE ...

On his World Cup tour of Russia, explorer Sergey Gordeev visits Siberia to learn about the world's oldest, largest, and deepest lake - Lake Baikal. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world’s most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the matches and see some of the country’s most unique people, places, his...

On his World Cup tour of Russia, explorer Sergey Gordeev visits with Football Club Zvezda, a youth soccer team for players with cerebral palsy, as they practice with leading Russian goal scorer Aleksandr Kerzhakov. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world's most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the ma...

During his World Cup tour of Russia, National Geographic reporter Sergey Gordeev joins Russian cultural experts for a tour of several vodka rooms in St. Petersburg, Russia, and learns the right way to drink vodka. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world's most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the mat...

During his World Cup tour of Russia, explorer Sergey Gordeev pans for gold at the Berezovsky gold deposit and learns how the search for this natural resource has evolved over time. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world’s most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the matches and see some of the country’...

The vacation home of Joseph Stalin gives visitors a curious look inside the mind of one Russia’s most notorious leaders. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2017, as the world turned its attention to Russia for the FIFA Confederations Cup, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with Fox Sports to go beyond the matches and showcase some of the country’s most unique people, places, history, and culture. Fo...

On his World Cup tour of Russia, explorer Sergey Gordeev visits the Samara Space Museum and discusses the value of space exploration with cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world’s most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the matches and see some of the country’s most unique peo...

From Black Sea beaches to mountain spring mineral baths, explorer Sergey Gordeev enjoys a vacation from his World Cup tour of Russia in true Sochi fashion. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world’s most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the matches and see some of the country’s most unique people, pla...

On his World Cup tour of Russia, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC explorer Sergey Gordeev visits Sochi's Center for Reintroduction of the Leopard in the Caucasus to learn about efforts to grow the dwindling Persian leopard population in Russia. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world’s most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup....

During his World Cup tour of Russia, National Geographic reporter Sergey Gordeev visits a traditional Tatar festival, known as Sabantuy, to learn about these ancient customs and compete in various physical contests. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world’s most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the m...

On the next leg of his World Cup tour, Sergey Gordeev learns how advancing WWII troops led to the eventual rise of rock-and-roll in Russia and how the movement remains alive and well in Yekaterinburg. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world’s most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the matches and see ...

During his World Cup tour of Russia, explorer Sergey Gordeev visits Ivolginsky Datsan to learn about the Ulan-Ude region and Buddhism in Russia. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world's most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the matches and see some of the country's most unique people, places, histor...

For 300 years the Romanovs ruled Russia as tsars. But as World War I brought Russia to revolution, Tsar Nicholas II and his family were overthrown. During his World Cup tour of Russia, National Geographic reporter Sergey Gordeev visits the Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg that memorializes the location of their demise. ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered w...

MORDOVIANS - for National Geographic

KALININGRAD - for National Geographic

HERMITAGE - for National Geographic

GEORGIAN CUISINE - for National Geographic

FOLK ART - for National Geographic

DON COSSACKS PHOTO ESSAY - for National Geographic

THE MYSTERY OF TCHAIKOVSKY'S GENIUS - for National Geographic

AUTOVAZ - for National Geographic

AMBER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD - for National Geographic

WHITE NIGHTS - for National Geographic

MOTHERLAND CALLS - for National Geographic

THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD - for National Geographic

BOLSHOI BALLET - for National Geographic

CATHEDRAL TURNED INTO A SWIMMING POOL - in Moscow for National Geographic

FLAVORS OF TATARSTAN - LIVE from Kazan for National Geographic