the city's most historical significant events occurred around two hundred years later. love me had a little political influence throughout the region until it rose in significance after the crown was transferred from soused to the town here does that involve the name change the entire principality from rostov through still to bloody near soused on. 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 our entrance it's huge 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 happy harmony makes a fascinating city what it is today. it's worth exploring the back streets on the hillside areas behind. the 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 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 love to me you find that at every corner you'll encounter interesting facts figures legends and stories there are also dozens. a

monument 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. but when i was struck by lightning so it was replaced with what you see today brick what is over two hundred years old. this with the staircase isn't arriving 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 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 sickly ones be disappointed. by being put through

a spent 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 to. think 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 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 friends say it's soft to explore what there is to say.

a lot of. thirty dollars a night but that is. comparable to a backpack is in new york. for you book always make sure you know what type of getting. renovation 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 message from here at the hotel let's you and say something so traditional russian cooking do you didn't.

need. a 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 architecture and odd museum founded in one nine hundred fifty six one of the first such museums in russia the united more than fifty architectural monuments in the region including several unesco heritage sites the war and history display of the museum is located inside the golden gates if you just love the bomber 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 a museum. of the display inside the gates is a dire obama recreating the events of the twelfth thirty eight. and seized. another suggestion of where to stay cool. it 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 this religious site. and if you think you've seen all the sights and blood in me and then to top worried as a town ghosts who soundly is also close by with his peaceful lake in quaint village it's a time traveling 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 no interaction 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 everyday lives. here are really ready feel they hear from this band that plays the life balance in people working here and now they say hello horace for just a hundred laborous that his various items from breaking glass as well as this process to come says. it. is amazing that inside such industrial and brush setting the. i some see 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 charge 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 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 all the soviet republics represented two million still some time later a similar land was given to the cosmonaut yuri gagarin visited the people of chile

presented him with a beautiful was made in the shape of a soaring bird no this was 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 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. 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. from yet another amazing. until then for me and the rest of the team by now.

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entering a stone as that nazi soldiers all commemorated in the baltic country. russian inferno twenty eight people have been killed and thousands left homeless as forest lawn in a record breaking heat wave. toxic fishing chinese authorities struggle to retrieve thousands of barrels of dangerous chemical waste from a river that supplies fresh water to self east in russia. time now for an update on all the latest sporting events with the town. you're watching the sports news an artsy thanks for joining us this hour they have lines. are unstoppable in the russian primarily the same pittsburgh siding crazing that overlaid with yet another victory of beaten gold has not been named one of saturday's highlights. rush hour in full control of the european us led example in

ships in barcelona securing twice as many medals as the nearest rivals with one day of competition to go. and exist reamed behavior here new gun yawn gets through skateboarding goals while jimmy bass really shines on these makes why having sixteenth annual it's games in los angeles. now is tough way through the russian premier league season and the pick of saudis actions sold tabletop was in need defeat champions are banned and extend the overall aid in the process sunny comfortably won the match after a brace of bills from strike that i did something good about this just before halftime i was first on the our way out shot. and gets a call from the second of the day to see over to me a final score after sixty five minutes almost made a cross that was in the head of at the far post by the national squad striker it

means a chance for those who are now temperance i had over been on the table. elsewhere terry great to live here with the same squad suniel and in the late games namo were held to a want to buy. here in moscow. meanwhile spanish football giants are real madrid began training ahead of a couple of pre-season friendlies in north america the club's record signing kirsten alda spoke to the press earlier this week and said he is excited about the upcoming season. they're all corruptors finish. off the focus now and in madrid i'm really focus i will account for this for this season. we come here to los angeles to carry on with the training months so we're ready we are ready for the decision not now of more a few days to training so when you start to silurian ready. this new coach mr

morning a very very good experience and a giver very good training is in days it is short but intensity training so well really will motivate. and is good is always good to travel to see different cultures so we are very happy to be here. now russia continuing the imminent sabu european athletics championships in barcelona a total of twenty medals now for the country twice as many as the nearest rivals frons russian made is have claimed all three medals in the women's four hundred metres final but you know my field of arts in your style of and i'm going in the three of us up there getting a good start and securing gold silver and bronze respectively a bit of a holding on for a fast of a period gold medal adding to a collection which includes two olympic silvers from athens and a world championship growlings lost him. well just to help me given that you some bible is noticeably absent from the pole

vault events with law itself on a bill that was doing a great job in bringing russia and now the gold the arsenal player in four point seventy five meters while germans silkiest pinboard and these a rise of that silver and bronze respective me with four meters sixty five centimeters. now more success for the russian ladies and one is eight hundred meters might be a seven about living up to her status as favorite by winning in time of one minute fifty eight one twenty two seconds the twenty four year old adding a second gold of the yeah after winning in the same discipline add the world indoor championships in doha. as out of work and she made no breakthrough success in the middle distances winning the women's three thousand meter steeplechase well champion martyrdom in this was unable to overpower the russian towards the end meaning spain's first medal of the competition is a silver one it was not a lot of i want to side battle for the bruins to join compadre of the to give up on the podium. if i may not tidy and well without

some drama for me in the women's four hundred meter hurdles one gold in record setting fashion the veteran won a covering the distance of a time all fifty two point ninety two seconds bulgarian vanya some ball of a. picked up so well while breaking sperry shakes drayton setting personal best to grab a bronze medal. stateside now where some of the world's best daredevils have gathered once again to showcase their skills at the sixteenth annual igs games in los angeles here you're going to stealing the show in the skateboard events where jamie bass rig producing some magic on a bee and makes bike englishman bastard showing great form or a showing forty six points for his wife for the high school the finals best becoming the first the rider in history to win big be a mix of various bands four times elsewhere two time olympic medalist shaun white

was on hand to drive a move more domestically bob the twenty three year old who specializes in snowboarding as well as skateboarding was stopped by p.r. new got you on the degraded canadian and so forth on the first place and he also got his second gold overnight in the past three categories. now back in russia the country's streetball team reclaimed the trophy they lost to ukraine last. in the final of the fourth annual moscow open has this story bad weather is a common problem for street ball organizers in moscow cold hard women pouring rain came to show up at the least appropriate moment that certainly wasn't the case of the any master walking which attracted the biggest number of british bands and spectators in this four year history. the temperature dropped to just thirty two celsius from thirty seven the previous day making a nearly perfect playing conditions team russia had

a lot to prove after losing their title from two thousand and seven and two thousand and eight to korean last year and after hanging on to the he still being the best of three series on friday the host made the quarterfinals dawdles had an ace up their sleeve centered on it some of the most tending to throw our team tall and weighing one twenty kilograms but question is overall skill set along with a solid game plan and execution were too much for bill ayers to handle and the semifinal against italy was even an easier ride as point guard and was on fire from long range wherever the player who emerged at the fan favorite didn't represent the home crowd it was team or many as experienced leader with a beautiful latin name on feel calm tanika steel he's korean and combined with an unparalleled passion and killer instinct on the floor made him the star of the tournament despite one many as heartbreaking loss to italy in the third place game showing the grit always felt in the rhythm but the problem is that we didn't make

any threats we were trying we were trying to go where no injuries important part of the three three ball but they're going right into the finally was time for what usually is the most exciting part of it all the slam dunk contest which soon turned into a two man showdown between a local high flyer looks on the show again and but i look of the serbian team and even though the serb have the most spectacular donk of all the hometown boy was more consistent and left home with the title at fourteen russia their final against dystonia was a predictably tougher contest than the previous ones but once again smart play and taking advantages of the mismatches got the job done for the hosts eighteen thirteen wash of the final score with chaotic sound of name the tournament and v.p. the host keep the trophy home for the third time in four years the media was before . moscow. and there's been more sports most of it is at the luzhniki on saturday as part of the international sports forum taking place here in the capital and among

courses reports. russia is truly a country of sport especially in the summertime when the weather is just perfect and everyone wants to be outside so without any further ado sit back relax enjoy and let the counting russian style. thank you. thank you.

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as follows rage on the record breaking heat wave. toxic fishing chinese authorities struggle to retrieve thousands of barrels of dangerous chemical waste from a river that supplies fresh water to so eastern russia. nazi defense authorities block county fashion protesters from entering the stone you expect nazi soldiers a commemorative in the political. life from our studios here in central moscow this is r t with twenty four hours a day at least twenty eight people have been killed in forest fires that continue to ravage central russia sweltering since the middle of june the country's in the grip of its most severe heat wave for 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 of had to watch their homes burn and tens of thousands have been evacuated sort of for ports now from the region one of the worst hit areas. then for an estate maybe managing to get the situation under control of the last few days has seen a huge amount of destruction caused by these by this being voted on by the seat way of the rush of the past couple of weeks when a first thousand claims have been made by these guys that say they stepped up to the rescue stunt and future months of people have been turning up bringing claims they did not bring the house just to do anything really to help these people who have lost. the prime minister putin thinking about the help these fighters he pledged a hundred thousand dollars that every family has lost but we can hear more from. you in families affected.