RUSSIAN ROCK - for National Geographic

On the next leg of his World Cup tour, Sergey Gordeev learns how advancing WWII troops led to the eventual rise of rock-and-roll in Russia and how the movement remains alive and well in Yekaterinburg.

ABOUT THE SERIES: In the summer of 2018, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC partnered with FOX Sports to cover the world’s most watched single-sport tournament: the FIFA World Cup. Go beyond the matches and see some of the country’s most unique people, places, history, and culture as NatGeo reporter and Moscow native Sergey Gordeev takes you on a daily journey through his home country.

Videos originally broadcast during Fox Sports coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.