ending date is the most accurate the city's most historical significant events occurred around two hundred years later. money had little political influence throughout the region until it rose in significance off to the crown was transferred from soused to the town here that involve the name change the entire principality from. to vladimir soused of. the golden gate was erected in eleven sixty four the outstanding symbol of the city its witness everything from celebrations to tragedies. over the entrance its huge oak goes with it as you can see. today the city is full of life tourist buses zoom past the sights the 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's what a story the back streets and the hillside areas behind the main assumption

cathedral. impressive views here the locals relax meet friends and family sing songs and paint. in 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 golden white some shifty jewel 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 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 last amir you find that at every corner you don't count 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 which 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. down it struck by lightning so it was replaced with what you see today the brick which is over two hundred years old i do this with the staircase isn't writing slightly out of breath at the top when met by selection of impressive bells and just look at these incredible views. and that's brings us to our guest straight into or is just 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 he simply won't be disappointed. by being put through

a 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 it's completely out of this world it's sort of a traditional russian architecture with this really sort of. a fantastic feel like i've never seen before 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.

a lot of. thirty dollars a night between three people that is. comparable to a backpack is in new york. for you book anyways make sure you know what type of room you'll get a. renovation and conditioning is needed during the hot and sticky rush and some of . the big differences just expect as you can see here. having inside the main mystery here at the hotel let's you and say something so traditional russian cooking do you need.

you need. a please guest i'd say. 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 one of the first such museums in russia the united more than fifty octane in the region including several unesco heritage sites the war and history display of the museum is located inside the golden gates. to the nineteenth centuries information about some of the region's most important military people can be found in a museum. of the display inside the gates is a dire obama recreating the events of the twelve thirty eight. and seized me or. another so. just you know 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 site. 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 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 edge 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 is mostly used just by the wealthy so the factory aimed at producing it for the masses to use in their everyday lives. here really already feeling here from this place the life palace and people working here but now they say hello horace the third way are the labor that is various items from breaking glass as well as this process to come says. it. is amazing that inside such an just. setting they can produce ice and sea 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 closed like thousands of others around the country the church here became government offices and the cinema it wasn't until ninety three 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 and wash your example these crystal table lamps decorated with emblems of all the soviet republics represented just two million still saved some time later a similar was given to a. cosmonaut yuri gagarin visited onesie and the people of chile presented him with

a beautiful was made in the shape of a soaring bird now this cause is on display at the space museum in star city and they have it's called be here. piecing together medieval and modern day russia but it's a spectrum of starting 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 russia's golden ring cities and towns is an experience you will never forget. what unfortunately my time is up that's all we have from this week's program areas of. i'll see you again at the same time next week for more. from yet another amazing. until then for me i'll address the to buy announce.

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a forest fire rages on. chinese authorities struggle to retrieve thousands of barrels of dangerous chemical waste from a river that supplies fresh water per se in russia. defense block protesters from entering a stone neo nazi soldiers are commemorated in the baltic countries. and more news to come your way at the top of the hour that's in about fifteen minutes time for the meantime though it's ok with the sporting news. 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 vessel leads a long as red bull left their rivals trailing during friday's practice sessions of the hungaroring grand prix. and the new tiger woods teenage prodigy bobby wyatt wins his fourth straight junior championship far in an amazing fourteen under par round a fifty seven. but we start with football and the russian premier league where sutton won one millet home to angie alexander said that's fine you break the deadlock in the sixty seventh minute 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 get a much changed reds team to know when that macedonian side proportionately 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. they were very satisfied i

think it was a. again which could have been very difficult force within the forward the photo speak for. all 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 to the fish to emerge is. really 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 be a little bit more comfortable there than how we lost or draw here the. and there was also a first for best of game in charge of the new manager ventas as we see down there these men trying to comfortable to know when the shamrock rovers in dublin brazilian strike ameri was movies here right just three minutes and after the one two with king patrick diego the ball pastoralists keeper and then he netted his second with a header in the seventy fifth minute second final score of tuna. i must

say i'm already had a good before him and he worked well i have always told him oh we 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 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 show stuff claims the top honors in the men's high jump the world's best like the season two meters thirty three centimeters the silver went to his. house and went world view the indoor champion robert martin to the bronze.

and yet to me 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 helensburgh or pseudo came in behind the frenchman force over metal the russian said they couldn't handle 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 for two countries amassing three golds each side fought 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 won more gold. motorsports now appeared to solberg leads the rally of finland after taking advantage of his main rivals misfortunes as the norwegian saw me go heaven and crash out which means salzburg is now the man to catch haven't builds up a four point nine second lead through the first three special stages lost control

of his health nine kilometers into stage four sahlberg meanwhile is looking to win this event for the first time it's moved into first place with a one point three second lead haven't. fallen as also no one in finland has sold its nearest rival at the moment followed by demi sordo it's about innovation. and staying home to sport that moving over to formula one where sebastian vettel mark webber dominated the morning session battling each other for the fastest 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 red bull drivers in the standings his teammate philippe mass that was not far behind in fourth rushing toward a trial posted a very solid run and finished fifth just ahead of lewis hamilton briefly 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 forty nanda when his parts on seventeen found 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 junior championship however the teenager says there's always room for improvement. and believe it or not as they always say you leave a couple matter what the score is you have to cope well. 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. i'll see him. every day 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 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. is an opportunity to bring people together those the developing ideals i think 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 younger 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 conferences around tables other businesses are attending events such as that involving the russian somebody and one cluster of possible. too 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 their live 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 love him or putin mention to simply add the two to both times sambo became an olympic event and we all agreed because it's old 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 if these were here to make the belts more competitive in the absence of georgia russia met with their other top competition in the final bell a ruse it's always 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 defeated ukraine in a day small final taking third place on the podium with one of the world made you do this it will be in the way it was. basically

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already struggle. dangerous chemical waste from a river that supplies fresh water rushing. defense. twenty four hours a day this is. well at least twenty eight people have been killed in forest fires that continue. sweltering since the middle of june the country is in the grip of its most severe heat wave one hundred thirty years the russian emergencies minister

says the situation is now under control but firefighters are still battling to contain the blazes in the last two days thousands have had to watch their homes burned to the ground and many others have been evacuated. reports from the region that's one of the worst hit areas. for a mistake made managing to get the situation under control of the last few days has seen a huge amount of destruction caused by these fires this being voted on by the heat wave the rush of the past couple of void now we know that around a hundred thousand to still burning across central russia that's a huge amount to be done and we still love the majesty services in the bus services have really struggled with this to put them out though the people that we've spoken to them for bonuses that those the witness their own claims being burnt they don't happen very very quickly it was a very aggressive five that spread rapidly through the houses and those nothing these people could really do.