First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
As the natural border between Russia and China, the Amur River is of huge significance but is little known. Along this stretch, it is the most densely fortified frontier on earth. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
As they journey to Siberia along the river, the author stays with the local Buryat Mongols who were brutally oppressed by a Stalinist regime in the 1930s. Show more