force of russia is or is it. as it's one of the closest cities it's a popular day trip enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of tourists every year. people who've lived in this area of russia for over twenty five thousand years the city was founded in eleven o eight by order of law to be a match for the city gets its name out of a new research suggests the city is even older dating back to the tenth century regardless of which founding date is the most accurate the city's most historical significant events occurred around two hundred years later. another me had a little political influence throughout the region until it rose in significance off of the crown was transferred from soused to the town here does that involve the name change the entire principality from rostov su still to vladimir soused of. the golden gate was erected in eleven sixty four i was the outstanding symbol of the city its witness everything from celebrations to tragedies and right in the.

entrance its field so goes with it as you can see. today the city is full of modern life tourist buses zoom past the sights and snap happy tourists take photographs of new buildings that stand next to ancient and historical structures that are centuries old is happy harmony makes a fascinating city what it is today. it was a store in the back streets in the hillside areas behind the main assumption cathedral not only will you see impressive views here but the locals relax meet friends and family sing songs and paint. a million city attorney it's so nice to come and relax here with friends in the fresh air surrounded by impressive architecture. is roughly one hundred and eighty kilometers from moscow the best way to get here is by car if you don't have your own transport like teach the train. station three times a day. the magnificent gold in white some shifty jewel is the main highlight it was

built in eleven fifty seven and became the main model for cathedrals all over russia it was the principal place where the princes of ancient russia were crowned and as a sign of political and religious power it can be seen from kilometers away. as you examine the history of law to me you find that at every corner you encounter interesting facts figures legends and stories there are also dozens of monuments spread throughout the city this one here is a bloody mess with the slum a bitch also known as bloody mia the red sun. the best feel of the entire area is from the top of the belfry sadly it's close to the public but fortunately the church officials have invited me to take a look at the original belfry struck by lightning so it was replaced with what you see today the brickwork is over two hundred years old i do this with the staircase isn't arriving slightly out of breath at the top when met by

a selection of impressive bells and just look at these incredible views. and that's brings us to our guest straight in tourist jason months right is on his first visit to russia to skate the madness and mayhem of most here's a sample the delights of a golden ring a tour in time he wants the second he won't be disappointed. if it's. time in moscow which is just completely different to. different anything i expected i mean it's unbelievable i was expecting snow and rain and minus temperatures and then i come to. think the. beautiful golden gates as well as this place here it's completely out of this sort of traditional russian architecture or this really. sort of. and even

a. beautiful and surprising. so in this new russian village australian friend said softly explore what there is to say. a lot of. the people that. backpackers in new york. needed for your book was make sure you know what type of. renovation and conditioning is needed during the sticky rush and some of.

the big difference is just experiments as you can see here. and having inside the main mushroom here at the hotel let's say something so traditional. e.g. you didn't need. you didn't need any meat. please guest i'm sorry. if. your visit then there are several suggestions we have for you about the same. history architect and museum founded in one hundred fifty six it's one of the first such museums in russia more than fifty octet in the region including several. sites. the war and history display of the museum is located inside the golden gate

tower if you just love the armor and weapons from a twelfth of the nineteenth centuries also information about some of the region's most important military people can be found in the museum highlights of the display inside the gates is a dire rama recreating the events of the year twelve thirty eight when titles among those invaded russia and seized by the mia. another suggestion of where to stay cool is inside these sumption cathedral as it's one of the most important churches in the country the interiors are impressive and grand it's decorated with frescoes mosaics and icons the highlight being several valuable religious masterpieces one of the most worshiped holy relics of the russian church is on display here the vladimir icon of the mother of going to. the fifteenth century frescoes by famous russian i come painter and they rubinoff also attract many admiring this is the religious site.

and if you think you've seen all the sights and blood in me then the top worry as the town goes who soundly is also close by with its peaceful lake in quaint village it's a time travelling journey to the past there's also a holiday center in the town offering you the experience of being closer to the region's nature to enjoy outer activities like hiking in the woods cycling and canoeing at the camp just don't forget to have your mosquito repellents and sun cream with you. people for decades mistakenly translate to cusco stanley as crystal goose in english however new research suggests it comes from the word for the tree in old slavic language founded in seven hundred fifty six it only has a population of around sixty thousand but it's known throughout russia for its famous glass factory. the town was formed around the plant in the eighteenth century at that time classes most. it used just by the wealthy so the factory aimed

at producing it for the masses to use in their everyday lives. that you're already feeling here from this amaze me life balance and people working here without need to feel the forest for just. that his various items from drinking glasses vases processing sculptures. it's amazing that inside such industrial and brush setting they can produce ice and sleet jackets and peaceful. process hasn't changed much over the past two hundred years items are so how made by skilled local workers. this delightful building in the town was constructed as a judge at the end of the nineteenth century during the soviet times it was close like thousands of others around the country this church here became government offices and a cinema it wasn't until nine hundred eighty three that it became a museum and. there are thousands of glass items here ranging from the eighteenth

century onwards representing the history and development of the factories craftsmanship that there was a tradition of giving crystal artworks is gifts to their guests town and also important and famous people in russia you can resemble these crystal table lamps decorated with emblems of all the soviet republics represented just two million sometime later a similar land was given to. cosmonaut yuri gagarin visited on museum people only presented him with a beautiful was made in the shape of a soaring bird now this moss is on display at the space museum in stores and. piecing together a modern day russia spectrum of stark and cultural wonders i'm witnessing true russian country life in the past and present i think also helps many westerners untangle the knots they have regarding life so enjoy the summer sun bright and the match the architecture and local. traditions

a visit to one of russia's golden ring cities and towns is an experience you will never forget. but unfortunately my time is up that's all we have from this week's program i love beautiful areas of bother me i am good i'll see you again at the same time next week for more cultural style again from yet another amazing golden ring destination until then for me i'll rest the team bye bye for now. wealthy british style it's not on the front. of the. market why not.

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top stories this hour an hour to at least twenty five people being killed in wildfires across russia as a record breaking heat wave grips the country homes are being destroyed and fells of florida is far far to struggle to stop the flames spreading. emergency crews are scouring a river in china for barrels of highly toxic chemicals which could reach russia in two weeks of the containers were swept away during severe flooding chinese authorities say the drums are tightly sealed and don't pose any threat. germany looks forced to scrap a system that keeps some convicts behind bars indefinitely preventive detention aims to stop violent prisoners re offending by keeping them locked up after the official sentence has ended but the european court of human rights says that's illegal. but with more of those stories and other news for less than fifteen

minutes from now in the meantime kate's here with a very late take is a rather good day for red bull ahead of sunday's. prix i go yes red bull looking very good again in practice this time ahead of sunday's grand prix we have the latest results plus trust in the sport that's coming up now. hello welcome to the sports news here from moscow and these are the headlines flying high alexander sure stuff claims russia's third gold at the european athletics championships with the best high jump of the season. while flying high vessel needs along as red bull left their rivals trailing during friday's practice sessions the hungaroring grand prix. and the new tiger woods teenage bobby why it wins his fourth straight junior championship an

amazing fourteen under par round a fifty seven. start with football and the russian premier league west. on one one l a times. alexander so fed up finally break the deadlock in the sixty seventh minute time side and hung on for victory. elsewhere on thursday night five time european champions liverpool have won forty in the europa league after and go scored in each half to get a much changed reds team to know when it macedonian side in the first leg of their qualifier and leave of course manager one hodgson was pleased with the result of his first competitive game in charge. they are very satisfied i think it was. a game which could have been very difficult force within the for the fantastic four . for the very place supported the team quite good and leave twelve again. it's a big crowd and some of the players played today or used to play for the prequel to

the fish too much is. very pleased with the way i want to build a business who plays the course that we can go back to who with. a margin of victory which would enable us to. be more comfortable with it have we lost or draw here. and there is also a first in best of game in charge of the new manager if you then test as we meant trying to comfortable to know when the shamrock rovers in dublin brazilian striker ameri was movies here right just three minutes in after the one two with compaction diego at the ball passed away this keeper and then he netted his second with a header in the seventy fifth minute to final score of tuna. i must say i'm already had a good performance he worked well i have always thought he was an important player for juventus he may have years when he's scoring fewer goals but his strength his movement is very useful to the way we play and today he played excellently he scored two goals hit the post but aside from this he helped the defense he work

like everyone else and i think the team today played well for the time in. in which it was brought to good use preliminaries for europa league athletics now in russia have won their third gold medal on day three of the european championships in barcelona and the team now tops the overall table with ten medals alexander sure stuff claims the top honors in the men's high jump at the world's best this season to meet his thirty three centimeters the silver went to this was. the great world view the indoor champion and martin to the bronze. and yet the man successfully defended his title in the men's fifty kilometer walk the thirty two year old went the distance in a time of three hours forty minutes and thirty seven seconds to his two thousand and six title poland's pseudo came in behind the frenchman for the silver medal the russian started back earlier than that of the podium securing bronze.

so with just two days worth of competition remaining team russia leads the table from nearest rivals france by three medals the two countries amassing three golds each so far in barcelona great britain and northern ireland have five medals germany and valorous round off the top five with three medals each but the germans have won more gold. motorsports now a pet a solberg leads the rally of finland after taking advantage of his main rivals misfortunes as the norwegian song because herb and crash out which means salzburg is now the man to catch haven't built up a four point nine second lead through the first three special stages lost control of his whole rowing kilometers into stage four sahlberg meanwhile is looking to win this event for the first time soon moved into first place with a one point three secondly haven't. fallen it's also no one in finland he sold words nearest rival at the moment followed by dinosaur though it's about the notion . now staying home just work at moving over to formula one where sebastian vettel

mark webber dominated the morning session battling each other for the. lost his time with the nearest rivals about a second behind but ferrari finally hit their stride in the afternoon run the two time champion fernando alonso able to squeeze between two drivers in the standings his teammate philippe mass that was not far behind in fourth rushing to top patrols posted a very solid run and finished fifth just ahead of lewis hamilton before spinning out to moon session. on the goal from the alabama boys state junior championship where seventeen year old bobby wyatt carded a fourteen under par fifty seven thought to be a new world record while lost in the first round of last week's us junior amateur championship but this time the alabama native shot and nine on the cot twenty six on the front nine and then reached a remarkable fourteen number when he spots on seventeenth on the bottom of the cup what also went on to win the event with a final round one under par seventy on friday to secure his fourth straight for

state championship however the teenager says there's always room for improvement. believe it or not as they always say you leave a couple no matter what this your score is you have to couple out there at fifty seven yes. i can always get better i guess there's always room for improvement so i began with the zone as they say i guess you said i was seeing. everything i was there was good but went in for a lot of a lot of twenty six on the front yes. it's like a video game not quite and saying these youngsters there's just over a fortnight to go before singapore hosts the first ever use and pics from the four teams to the twenty sixth of august more than five thousand young athletes from all over the globe will be competing in twenty six disciplines in the shadow defense following the one that will run in one hundred twenty twelve this will also be the first sporting events to include both cultural and educational programs. it. is

an opportunity to bring people together those the developing ideals by having the purpose of the first youth games used to do this at a much younger age for various athletes around the world so that we can incorporate into them these strong values at the olympic games want to promote at a young age and we hope they will carry these values forward as they grow up and spread it. and finally the international sport forum continues in moscow and while the russian foreign dignitaries obviously with conferences around tables other businesses are attending events such as that involving the russian martial arts that's number one cause for a possible. to many russians sambo is a national treasure the word sambo means self defense without a weapon and many involved in this noble sport have dreams of one day competing in

the olympic games those be recognized by the only big movements since nine hundred eighty one sambo's still lacks a place on the olympic program out of eighty one the world associations it seems it's the russian sample federation which has the biggest desire to join the olympic family dinner putin mentioned to simply that it's about time sambo became an olympic event and we all agreed because it's hold right popular to use huge russia will start actively pursuing doing pick membership soon because old olympic requirements can already be met today well no matter what happens on the international circuit the russians can rest assured that their peril has a long life ahead events like this presidents cup happen regularly across the country and involved for in the athletes as well that's in addition to annual world and european championships taking place across the globe. of course world and european venues are important but for us in the athletes any competition is vital we do our best regardless of whether it's

a national or international event the only thing is that i wish georgian athletes were here to make the belts more competitive in the absence of georgia russia met with their other top competition in the final bella ruse that's all as all of nine ballots took place with the holes proving no match for eventually winning the russian president's cup for the fourth year in a row while kazakhstan's if you to ukraine in a day small final taking third place on the podium. one of the worst of it when you do this it will be in the way it was. i don't know. exactly now but i'm still. threatening my word think my new was going to be one. and that's all the support for this promise and i think.

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a day for as far as have killed at least twenty five people and left thousands homeless in central russia has heat wave much of the country the situation has escalated following weeks of record breaking temperatures. reports now from a village ravaged by forty kilometers from moscow just take a look at the damage around me here these charge remains show what can happen when record heat meets drought like conditions and this was somebody is home and look nothing here is as it once was everything has been demolished now this family made it out ok but they're heartbroken you know they worked hard to accumulate things to keep the family comfortable and together and now look at it it's all demolished and that's been the story throughout central russia where forest fires have ripped through the central area killing twenty five people and leaving two thousand homeless so now people are trying to figure out what's the next.