The short documentary Made in Berdsk explores regional elections in Russia and tracks the unexpected 2011 mayoral race in the Siberian town of Berdsk.

The March 2009 mayoral elections in Kachkanar, a one factory town in the Ural Mountains, demonstrated the strength and power of civil society in Russia's regional towns.

The mayoral elections in Krasnoturinsk demonstrate the power of Russian civil society, given the right conditions, to overcome the administrative political regime.