🌿A modern Tarzan from France is captivating social networks with his parkour skills in the jungle. Inspired by the agility and speed of wild animals, Leo performs incredible tricks that leave viewers in awe. The jungle has become a second home for him.

Check out our video. Are you impressed by his skills?

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The beauty of nature knows no bounds.

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This is the world's first circumnavigation on an inflatable trimaran. Siberians Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Beryozkin set out on a dangerous voyage.

They struggled with strong winds and storms. The ship often broke down. There were no showers or toilets, and they cooked on a gas cooker. The only food was pasta, rice, tinned food and bread. They had to also endure night watches, during which one could not sleep a wink—even for a second.

What other difficulties did the adventurers face? Find out in the first episode of our new film ‘The Circumnavigation. A Trimaran for Two’.

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On 1 May 2003, the U.S. declared the end of the war in Iraq. The official goals of the invasion were to fight international terrorism and overthrow dictator Saddam Hussein. However, although American troops captured him in December 2003, the war in Iraq dragged on until 2011. An estimated half a million people died in Iraq during that time. More deaths followed after the emergence of the Islamic State in the country — a direct result of the U.S. occupation. Listen to some of the victims of the intervention in our video. Learn more in our documentaries: 'U.S. Invaders' and 'Fatal Dust: U-238.'

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📆May 1st is International Workers Day, also known as Labour Day and May Day. It is celebrated in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

However, May 1st is not a holiday everywhere. Millions of people work hard for pennies just to put some food on their table. Have a look at our selection of documentaries about people who suffer from harsh labour conditions. Watch them and love your job even more! Please take a screenshot of the one you've picked and share in the comments.

Stitched up in Cambodia
Brick Slaves
Men of Salt
Cobalt Hell
Golden Gamble
Zabbaleen: Trash Town
On the Golden Breadline
The Ugly Face of Beauty
Congo, My Precious
Deadly Waters
Togo: Tough to Survive
Scrapped
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There are many myths about Chechens – an ethnic group in the South of Russia. Being reserved and conservative, Chechens have always upheld their ancient traditions. We’d like to tell you about one of the most interesting — looking for a future spouse. Unmarried young men and women weren’t aloud to meet alone, so where could they get to know each other? Find out in our video! Learn more about the Chechen culture in our documentary ‘Chechen Flair.’

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Who benefited from the mass murder of people in Odessa?

Ten years ago, on May 2, Ukrainian nationalists set fire to the Odessa Trade Unions House, drowning pro-Russian protests in blood. ‘It was a punitive operation where people were burned alive,’ recalls a local resident. Those who tried to escape from the building, engulfed in flames, were beaten by Ukrainian extremists.

According to official figures, 48 people were killed and more than 200 wounded. Footage of this terrible tragedy and the memories of local residents appears in this excerpt from our film ‘Maidan: Road to War’ (2022).

In German and Turkish, the film is available via a single link on the artel.doc platform.

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📹Have you had a chance to watch the first part of ‘The Circumnavigation: A Trimaran for Two’ yet? These two Russian men attempted a three-year circumnavigation on a homemade trimaran. What’s it like spending such an extended period at sea together? What dangers did they face in the Baltic and North Seas? And how did they finish their trip? Stay tuned to find out in ‘The Circumnavigation: A Trimaran for Two. Part 2’. The premiere is tomorrow.

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🛎It's time to vote for Friday's film! Choose from one of the documentaries below. We'll post the winning film on Friday, so you can enjoy it.

🟢Me and my lions (2021). This Russian man sold his apartment to save a Lion pride. He relocated to South Africa and now owns several lions whilst rescuing other endangered Lions. You’ll see his amazing story in our film.

🟢Madman of the Cathedral (2016). Don Justo has spent 60 years building his own church. He’s doing it all on his own, despite having no knowledge of architecture. He passed away in 2021, aged 96. His whole life's work can be seen in our documentary.

🟢Dump (2022). Meet the people forced to work from morning till night in the harsh conditions of a landfill. They pay no attention to pain and can’t afford to take care of their health. What's it really like to work in the garbage collection business? And how much can they make?

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Part 2 of our film about the round-the-world expedition of two Siberians on a trimaran. Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Beryozkin spent more than a year at sea, having crossed the Atlantic.

The travelers note that among the numerous challenges, extreme winds pose the primary difficulty. ‘We’ve only cooked 3 times in 6 days. We couldn’t make headway against the 50-knot gusts. We couldn’t light the stove,’ shares Evgeny.

How did the travellers finish their daring trip? Discover in our premiere, ‘The Circumnavigation: A Trimaran for Two. Part 2’. Learn about how the journey began from the first episode.

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🟢'Me and my Lions' has won yesterday's poll. We promised to post it today, but, unfortunately, for technical reasons we will do it tomorrow. Don't miss this incredible documentary!

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This Soviet scientist decoded the Mayan noscript even before traveling to Mexico!

In a dusty cabinet of a Leningrad museum, a young Yuri Knorozov managed to do what scientists across the world had been struggling over for centuries. And he only visited Mexico a whopping 40 years after his epochal discovery.

The simple employee of the Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of the USSR began learning about Maya writing from a scientific article.
It was first presented as an unsolvable riddle of mankind. “What was invented by a human mind can be unraveled by another human mind,” Knorozov said later in an interview. No one in the USSR before him had ever taken on the challenge, so he decided to give it a try.

Having studied all available documents, he realized that each Mayan sign should be read as a syllable, not a single letter or word. So, he proposed a system for reading the entire language. In 1952, Knorozov wrote a paper on his method and received a PhD degree.

Soon, the whole world learned about Knorozov's discovery and he was even allowed to travel to several foreign conferences from the otherwise closed USSR. However, he only saw the monuments of the Mayan civilization for the first time in the 1990s, already as an elderly man.
Although few people in Russia have heard of his name, he is still a real star in Latin America.

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🦁Driven by an irresistible love for lions, Alexey left Moscow and relocated to South Africa. The biologist went as far as selling his apartment to rescue eight lions from captivity. These majestic creatures now reside on his expansive area within a local farm dedicated to wild animals.

Delve deeper into Alexey's remarkable journey and his life alongside these predators on the African continent in our award-winning film, 'Me and My Lions' (2021), chosen in Thursday's poll.

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🎮Millions of children in China refuse to go to school only to play video games. The problem is so widespread, that special camps--'prisons'--have been set up to fight it. The gaming addiction is treated as a clinical disorder. As a cure, young people live in spartan conditions, march, study and have no access to gadgets at all. Does it help to defeat their 'disease'? Find out in our documentary, 'China's Digital Detox.'

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❓Do you know the most famous hermit in Russia? 80-year-old Agafia Lykova has been living in the woods since birth. Despite her age, Agafia provides everything needed by herself. She grows food, goes fishing, and chops wood for heating the stove. What does she think of moving to the city? Discover in our video and the documentary ‘Agafia’ (2014).

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On May 4, 1738, Empress Anna Ioannovna decreed the establishment of the Dance School of Her Imperial Majesty in St. Petersburg (known today as the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet).

The school was founded by Jean-Baptiste Landé, the dance master of the St. Petersburg Noble Cadet Corps. He began teaching dance to girls and boys from the families of palace servants in specially equipped rooms of the Winter Palace. Over time, the school was transformed into the Imperial Theatrical School.

After the October Revolution of 1917, the school was on the verge of closure, but it was saved by the People's Commissar of Education Anatoly Lunacharsky.

In 1951, the school was given the name of Agrippina Vaganova, a renowned Russian ballet teacher, and ten years later it was granted the noscript "Academic".

Since 1991, the institution has borne its modern name — the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. The Academy, one of the oldest and most prestigious ballet schools in the world. Over the years, famous ballet artists such as Mathilde Kschessinska, Anna Pavlova*, Vaslav Nijinsky, Galina Ulanova, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nureyev, Ulyana Lopatkina, Diana Vishneva, and Svetlana Zakharova have studied here. All of them contributed to the fame and glory of Russian ballet.

*Above is a video clip showcasing the illustrious Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova (1881-1931) delighting audiences in the ballet "Dragonfly" in 1911. Pavlova's ethereal mastery of dance was cultivated at the Academy of Russian Ballet. Her delicate and enchanting performances not only captivated hearts but also lent inspiration to the creation of the internationally renowned dessert “Pavlova.”

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Ito voluntarily isolated himself from the outer world. He hardly goes out of his room. He doesn’t work or study, but plays video games and listens to music. Ito says he isn’t lazy—he just doesn’t have enough strength to go out. More young people in Japan suffer from the same problem. The phenomenon was even named ‘hikikomori’. What’s wrong with the youngsters? Find out more in our video and the documentary ‘Hikikomori Loveless’.

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It's the main holiday of all the Orthodox Christians. How do Russian people celebrate Easter? Discover in our video.

Even today not all the Orthodox Christians can now celebrate the holiday. In Ukraine, many people have to hide their faith, otherwise they risk being hurt. Attacks on the Orthodox Church in the country have been going on for centuries. After Maidan, they broke out with renewed vigor. Now the process of separating the Ukrainian church from the canonical Russian Orthodox Church is accompanied by mass seizures of churches, the burning of monasteries, and priests being attacked by nationalists. Learn more on the issue in our film ‘Ukraine: The Road to Schism.’

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In a heartwarming reunion, a Chinese pensioner marries his first love after 60 years. Zhou and Yang initially met during their university days, where a relationship blossomed. However, after graduation, they went their separate ways and started their own families. Following the passing of their spouses, 86YO Zhou and 81YO Yang decided to rekindle their connection. This touching decision led to the formation of their family six decades later. Share your reaction.

❤️ - how romantic
🌚- isn't it too late to get married?

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🇲🇷A shocking tradition in Mauritania: young girls are force-fed in order to make them overweight. Why? Watch our video. Find out more in our documentary 'Fed to Wed'.

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