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. i had a little political influence throughout the region until it rose in significance after the crown was transferred from cecil to the town here that involve the name change the entire principality from rostov through still to vladimir soused of. the golden gate was erected in eleven sixty four and is the outstanding symbol of the city its witness everything from celebrations to tragedies and. over the entrance its field so goes with it as you can see. today the city is full of 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 a happy harmony that makes the fascinating city what it is today. it's worth

exploring the back streets in the hillside areas behind the main assumption cathedral not only will you see impressive use 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 to train. station three times a day. the magnificent golden white some shit is the main highlight it was built in eleven fifty seven and became the 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 could be seen from kilometers away. as you examine the history of law to me to find that every. cornelian county

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 of it's 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. but down it struck by lightning so it was replaced with what you see today the brick which is over two hundred years old i did 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 straining towards just two months right is on his first visit to russia to skate the madness and mayhem of most here's a sample the delights of the golden range between time he wants the second one to

be disappointed. if it's my time in moscow which is just completely different to a different anything i expected i mean it's unbelievable i was expecting snow and rain and minus temperatures and then i come through. the drools the beautiful golden gates as well as this place here i mean it's completely out of this world it's sort of a traditional russian architecture with this really sort of. a fantastic. and even a well i think it's absolutely beautiful and surprising. so in this new russian village australian friend said softly explore what there is to say.

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media. please guest i'm sorry. if the sun is too hot during your visit then there are several suggestions we have for you about the same. history architect and odd museum founded in one nine hundred fifty six is one of the first such museums in russia the united more than fifty octet in the region including several unesco heritage sites the war and history display of the museum is located inside the golden gates if you choose lots of honor and weapons from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries also information about some of the region's most important military people can be found in the museum. of the display inside the gates is a dire omma recreating the events of the twelve thirty eight when. they did russia and seized. another suggestion of where to

stay cool is a side deception 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 is going to. the fifteenth century frescoes by famous russian i come painter and they rubinoff also attract many admiring businesses to the religious sites. and if you think you've seen all the sights and blood in me and then to top wary as the town goes who soundly is also close by with its peaceful aching 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. and thomas formed around the plant in the eighteenth century at that time glass was mostly used just by the wealthy so the factory aimed at producing it for the masses to use in the every day lives. here are really already feeling here probably by this amazing life balance and people working here without a helmet or a third just a hundred laborers his various items from breaking glass as well as this process thick skulled says. it. is amazing that inside such

industrial setting they can produce ice and sleet jackets and beautiful. 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 church at the end of the nineteenth century during the soviet times it was close like thousands of others around the country the church here became government offices and the cinema it wasn't until ninety three that it became a museum. there are thousands of glass items here ranging from the eighteenth century onwards representing the history and development of the factories craftsmanship. there was a tradition of giving crystal artworks is gifts to their guests town and also important and famous people in russia for example these crystal table lamps decorated with emblems of the soviet republics were presented just two million see some time later

a similar one was given to. cosmonaut yuri gagarin presented onesie in the people of chile presented him with a beautiful was made in the shape of a soaring bird now this mars is on display at the space museum in star city and the candidates will be here. piecing together mediæval and modern day russia a spectrum of stark and cultural wonders and witnessing true russian country life in the past and present i think also helps many westerners untangle the knots they have regarding life here so enjoy the summer sun bright and enjoy the magical architecture and local traditions a visit to one of the cities and towns is an experience you will never forget. well unfortunately my time is up that's all we have from this week's program areas. i'll see you again at the same time next week for more culture from yet another amazing relation until then for me i'll rest the team by an hour.

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whole villages burned inside a russian a record breaking heat wave killing dozens and thousands homeless the army has been sent to help firefighters control the raging inferno. chinese emergency workers struggle to true ferals holding dangerous chemicals and they were swept in so river and are now heading for russia. and stony and veterans who fought on the side of the nazis during the second one more are meeting in the country's capital the fans are outraged inside and outside the stone yet over the sorties decision to sympathizers. doesn't add lines next bring in the sports news with kate partridge. hello welcome to the sports news here from r.t. in moscow and these are the headlines flying high alexander should stop claims

russia's third gold of the european athletics championships with the best high jump of the season. while flying high vettel leads a long as red bull left their rivals trailing during friday's practice sessions the hungaroring grand prix. and the new tiger woods teenage prodigy bobby wyatt wins his fourth straight junior championship far and an amazing fourteen under par round a fifty seven. but we start with football and the russian premier league with saturn one one military two one g. alexander sets up fine you break the deadlock in the sixty seven minutes and home side and hung on for victory. elsewhere on thursday night five time european champions liverpool have won forty in the europa league after diving and go scored in each half to give a much changed reds to a two no winner macedonian side in the first leg of their qualifier and live of

course manager roy hodgson was pleased with the result of his first competitive game in charge. are very satisfied i think it was a. again which could have been very difficult force within the for the crew of the fantastic four. for the support of the team quite brilliantly throughout the game. it's a big order and so well it was played today or used to play for the prequel deal with crucial workers. are very pleased with the way we all want to build their business and who plays the course but we can go back to our crew with. a margin of victory with truly very close to really be more comfortable we're going to have we lost or draw good or. and there was also a first for best of game in charge of the new manager ventas as the region down there these men trying to comfortable to know when the shamrock rovers in dublin brazilian striker ameri was new base here right just three minutes in after the one two with compaction diego the ball pastoralists 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 over it had a good performance he worked well i have always thought only was an important player for juventus he may have years when his scoring if you were 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 timing in which it was brought to do these 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 the world's best by the season two meters thirty three centimeters the silver went to his. right world view the indoor champion robert martin to the bronze.

and yet to me successfully defended his tie for 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 helensburgh pseudo came in behind the frenchman force over medal rush and set a record in rounded off 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 to countries amassing three golds each side in barcelona great britain and northern ireland have five medals germany and valorous run. off the top five with three medals each but the germans have one more gold. motorsports now a pet to solberg leads the rally of finland after taking advantage of his main rivals misfortunes as the norwegian song heaven 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 and lost control of his health nine 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 second lead haven't. fallen as also no one in finland he sold works nearest rival at the moment followed by dinosaur though it's about you know she. found staying home just for that moving over to formula one where sebastian vettel and mark webber dominated the morning session after the each other for the fastest time with the nearest rivals about a second behind but ferrari finally hit their stride in the afternoon run with two time champion fernando alonso able to squeeze between two red drivers in the standings his teammate philippe mass that was not far behind him for the russian time patrol posted a very solid run and finished fifth just ahead of lewis hamilton to be spinning out to moon session. on the gulf and 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 championship but this time the alabama native shot and nine on the cot twenty six on the front nine and then reached a remarkable forty nanda when he spots on seventeen from 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 during a 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. 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 impacts from the forty's to the twenty sixth of august more than five thousand young athletes from all over the globe will be competing in twenty six disciplines with 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 ideas i think the purpose of the first youth games 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 that 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 are busy with conferences around tables other businesses are attending events such as that involving the russian russia last summer and 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 all those be recognized by the olympic movement 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 love him or putin mention to simply that it's about time somebody 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 in addition to annual world and european championships taking place across the globe of course world and european venues are important but for us of the athletes any competition is vital we do our best regardless of whether it's a national or international event don't we 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 belarus as well as all of nine ballots took place with a hose proving no match for eventually winning the russian president's cup for the fourth year in a row while kazakhstan defeated ukraine in a day small final taking third place on the podium. made it obvious.

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eight people have died and thousands more have been left homeless as devastating fires continue across the. fishing for toxic drums chinese emergency workers strong goal to retrieve barrels holding dangerous chemicals which were swept into a river and are now heading for russia. plus now russia close of series we explore the artistic charm of the town which has been turned into a giant canvas by a retired engineer. this is our t. live from moscow i'm marina josh and welcome to the program twenty eight people have been killed by the fierce forest fires raging across central russia as the

weeks long hate wave refuses to loosen its grip about three thousand people have watched their homes burn at a similar number have been evacuated as firefighters struggle to prevent the flames spreading are to sarah ferguson the herat of the region for us and we're going to talk to her and get the latest so sara what has a way to solve a situation where you are at the moment. well we've come here just about fifteen minutes outside the city center of an issue which has been badly hit by the fire as she in the village of must love and most of the homes here have been destroyed by the fires they seen in the past few days the smoke really being very very thick and yet you can smell it even in the city center and this is what has left a huge number of people hey melissa we've been speaking to the locals here and they were saying that all happened very quickly it was about fifteen minutes outside with the wind whipped up this fire and it was jumping from house to house they were describing it like.