In the village of Shatova (Gornestai), in the western outskirts of Vladivostok, Russia, old Czarist structures mark the former Canadian barracks of the Siberian Expeditionary Force in 1918-1919.
Fourteen Canadians are buried at Churkin Russian Naval Cemetary, on the outskirts of Vladivostok, Russia. These are the fallen of the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force, totaling 4198 troops, which left Canada for Russia in 1918-1919.
Vladmir Iilich Lenin is buried in a mausoleum in Red Square, along the Kremlin Walls in Moscow, Russia. Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt visited the site on the evening of April 6th, 2008.
In December 1918, a Bolshevik uprising in Omsk, Russia was suppressed by British troops and White Russian forces led by Admiral Alexandr Kolchak. Several hundred Red insurgents were arrested, summarily tried, and marched across the frozen Irtysh River to meet their death by firing squad on the far banks. In spring 2008, Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt travelled to Omsk to uncover this history.
This monument stands near the banks of the Angara River in Irkutsk, Russia, where Admiral Alexander Kolchak was executed by firing squad in February 1920. In spring 2008, Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt visited the site, retracing the history of Canada's Siberian Expeditionary Force of 1918-1919.
On April 3rd, 2008, Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt took a walking tour of the pretty city of Kemerovo, Russia. Here he is with colleague Sergey Zviagin in front of a monument to Alexei Leonov, who became the first human to walk in outer space on March 17th, 2008.
In April 2008, historian Benjamin Isitt visited the grave of Karl Marx in Highgate Cemetary, London, after travelling over land from Vladivostok, Russia.
This footage was taken by Canadiian historian Benjamin Isitt, early in the morning of March 29th, 2008 on the Trans-Siberian Railroad south of Khabarovsk, Russia.
This footage is taken from Kievska Station into the famous underground metro system of Moscow, Russia. Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt captured the footage on April 6th, 2008.
On 27 March 2008, historian Benjamin Isitt visited the town of Shkotovo, where Canadians soldiers were deployed in March 1919 to secure Vladivostok's coal supply against insurgent Bolshevik partisans.
On April 3rd, 2008, the local branch of the Green Party held a political canvass in Plosheet Lenina (Lenin Square), the main square in Novosibirsk, Russia's third largest city. The canvassers were opposed to logging for suburban sprawl into the woods around the city of 1.4 million people. Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt recorded this footage.
This footage is taken from the steeple of a church high above the Old Town of Tallinn, Estonia. It was captured by Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt on April 10th, 2008.
The Ural Mountains divide Asia from Europe, and marked the active front between the Bolshevik-led Red Army and the White Russian and Allied troops during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. On the morning of April 5th, 2008, Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt crossed the Urals aboard the Trans-Siberian Railroad, en route from Vladivostok to Moscow.
On March 28th, 2008, Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt boarded the Trans-Siberian Railroad at Vladivostok for the journey across Russia. This is the first installment of video footage, taken on the outskirts of Vladivostok on the shores of Amursky Bay.
In January 1919, Canadian soldiers sailed into Golden Horn Bay off the Sea of Japan, to land at Eggersheldt Wharves in the port city of Vladivostok. They belonged to the Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force, a military mission sent to Russia to help the White forces fighting the Bolshevik government in Moscow.
On April 2nd, 2008, Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt was treated to a tasty dinner in the home of Natasha, Aleksey and Sasha in Marinsk, Siberia, Russia.
This footage shows the Grand Place in Brussels, Belgium, visited by Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt on April 13, 2008, en route from Vladivostok, Russia to London, England.
On March 29th, 2008, Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt visited the city of Khabarovsk, in the Russian Far East, sister city of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
In January 1920, White dictator Admiral Alexandr Kolchak was surrendered by the rebellious Czecho-Slovak Legion to the pro-Bolshevik Irkutsk Political Centre. Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt visited the prison (still in operation) in spring 2008.
This footage was taken from aboard the Trans-Siberian Railroad, on the evening of April 5th, 2008, as Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt approached Moscow, Russia.
This footage is taken in the Baltic Sea, aboard the MS Victoria I ferry boat sailing from Tallinn, Estonia to Stockholm, Sweden. Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt made the journey on the night of April 10-11, 2008.
This footage was taken aboard the train as Canadian historian Benjamin Isitt left St Petersburg, Russia, on April 9th, 2008, bound for Helsinki, Finland.
![Lenin\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/u2ELkevt5t0/2.jpg "Lenin\")
![Karl Marx\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/xWjMFAGE_bQ/2.jpg "Karl Marx\")
