Azerbaijan to Georgia • 2017 • episode "S1E3" • From Russia to Iran: Crossing the Wild Frontier with Levison Wood

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Levison meets nomadic shepherds and dangerous dogs in the Gobustan desert, climbs to a castle halfway up a cliff, visits Stalin's birthplace and meets a hermit monk who lives atop a 45-metre monolith.

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From Russia to Iran: Crossing the Wild Frontier with Levison Wood • 2017 • 4 episodes •

Southern Russia
47:02
Southern Russia

Levison experiences breath-taking landscapes, bizarre ruins, and a sufi ceremony and crosses Chechnya - now ruled by a terrifying strongman - into Dagestan, where terrorists hide out in the mountains.

2017 • Travel

Dagestan to Azerbaijan
47:23
Dagestan to Azerbaijan

In Dagestan - which the Foreign Office warns against visiting - Levison experiences warrior clans' hospitality, stunning beauty and ancient cities. Then it's on to country-of-contrasts Azerbaijan.

2017 • Travel

Azerbaijan to Georgia
47:32
Azerbaijan to Georgia

Levison meets nomadic shepherds and dangerous dogs in the Gobustan desert, climbs to a castle halfway up a cliff, visits Stalin's birthplace and meets a hermit monk who lives atop a 45-metre monolith.

2017 • Travel

Armenia to Iran
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Armenia to Iran

Levison travels through Armenia and Europe's forgotten war zone Nagorno-Karabakh, before heading into Iran towards Tehran, the Caspian Sea and the journey's end.

2017 • Travel

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