Surkharbaan: How Siberia celebrates the main summer festival
It's a real Siberian heat; 30 degrees Celsius feels like 50. Steaming horses rush at full speed, with barely seconds left until the finish line. The tribunes fall silent. Suddenly, one of the leaders of the race, a stallion named 'Pogrom', throws his rider to the ground and runs off into the valley. Everyone's confused and an ambulance appears on the field. But, the rider's character is as fiery as his horse's;