go to the grand imperial truly torturously. you can a list which will. say don't need to go and. read this in the committee will search as used to retreat. it's five thirty pm in moscow here with our t.v. we have breaking news this hour a rally gets out of control here in moscow and in st petersburg as demonstrators take to the streets in honor of a killed football protesters clashed with riot police dozens have been detained this is all part of a commemoration march marking the death of people in three d. syria those who was beaten up and shot dead during a mass brawl on tuesday. practice what you preach human rights activists are challenging washington to own up to its violations before making any

promises. and ethnic tension looms over the first parliamentary elections of the south proclaimed republic of kosovo the serb minority says this vote is pointless as long as people live divided from each other. up next we warm up in the hospitality of the peoples of the people i should say of russia's north caucasus stay with us. i know great things about north setting you're alone in the people are supposed to be amazingly friendly the scenery breathtaking and the food never ending and it's only a short hop away from moscow just two hours by plane or frame by its towering mountains the region is home to more than seven hundred thousand people just on the software based on body count counts the area's administrative center and the city is capital city. in russian blood a kind of caste means ruler of the caucasus and the city is decorated with monuments to its proud military history and its culture past and present.

this is going to be my favorite sculpture and buddy kavkaz these two gentlemen to play a game of noddy which is the most popular board game in the caucuses so sort of like a cross between backgammon and draw. and it looks like the straps. bunny was going to have a busy trip and i wanted to make sure that i picked up a few souvenirs before i set off into the mountains all i needed was a couple of local girls to provide some gift inspiration i think excuse me could you tell me where you bought your shuttles in to shop. in the shop of the ladies' pointed me in the direction of zerlina as workshop she and her colleagues make handmade a setian shawls following a design that's been popular here for centuries. and first we examine the museum exhibits and tell me often that all our artists on the basis of what we've

got to make the kitchen an individual pattern is sketched out and then handed over to most a seamstress to begin and it's a painstaking process two months work. so who better to teach me to find something. useful in this place everything you know but that doesn't mean the needle was going to go where it was supposed to go yes she did it i'm getting the feeling that i probably should have paid more attention to my gran when she was. having a hard to. find good. it was becoming more. drop ten so i left told her to tidy up after me and moved on to the next stage. was now that you can see the groundwork has been prepared. but of late it's possible to

embroider this call. each unique can sell for up to one hundred fifty dollars but it seems that's not all that salinas company makes. well thought of these women here makes the dolls and she dresses them all by national costume. was like walking into a little girl's dream worlds these dolls are all individually decorated and have costumes from a set and other parts of the caucuses and if you don't have a doll's house to put them in some will be just as happy on the teapot. but this is much more than just through a new show each one of these could be a collector's item i'm just wondering if we might find a couple of life size of versions of these two anyway. with gift buying salted i was ready to head into the mountains and the region has plenty of dedicated volunteers to make sure you have a safe trip. you only have to see these amazing beers to understand how popular a sport rock climbing is in this area but of course it can also be extremely

dangerous which is why north a city is mountain rescue teams are always in business. so he's been working here for more than ten years and promised to show me what it takes to be in a city in ranger. we were meeting up with a group of one of the rangers taking their final practical exams in the winter rescuers have to deal with an accident every single day and that can often mean carrying a victim over treacherous terrain. so you can see it's really the of the makeshift here who got to mark some ski poles and then the ropes that you would take with you on a normal mountaineering expedition and this is what they're using to make this makeshift stretcher. and victim is secure he's going to be moved. through and then once we have touched him. the point man at the front here. and

i'll see you help us. to help get him across hopefully safely. but of course the rescuers have got to make it to the other side too. right. but getting a man across a canyon is one of the simpler of the rescue and there are plenty of other obstacles in their way with a room today visiting the mountains during the season it's essential that new ranges are prepared for everything you need to. get to smooth as possible and that was where i came in. kind of human.

against the wall. i really have the easy job it. needed a bit of help getting him over the last. rites. get zero. zero. zero. because. these guys have to put in. who are feeling prepared for any of the ranges and headed to the mountains one of my favorite parts of any trip is checking out. the peaks here there are some

very famous residents. i'm going in search of the legendary. these. i don't expect joint never hurts. hello. to the tour especially cajun mountain gotos made their home here for thousands of years the highly prized by hunters for their meat and their huge horns but they're also smart enough to keep plenty of distance between them and us. a pretty coming these mountain goats it's hunting season and they haven't moved from the top of those mountains where women have been able to board. sadly it seems that that was as close to the torah as we were going to get but there was another skill i had to learn just in case i was ever out here on a very different sort of expedition. there's no getting away from it if you're

going hunting you need to be able to handle one of these as the closest i've ever got to following live rounds has been a game so it's going to show me how to do it. right. there right now. i have never really mixed so understandably i was eager to learn how to best not to accidentally kill myself. but. this is a most in frightful seven point six two caliber. can fire you must aim at first pressing the button to the shoulder and the distance between the eye and the scope should be some seven centimeters. into the sights. then pull the trigger slowly. and fire you probably wish to talk with you you if. so patiently explained the process apparently my rifle dates back to before the

second world war so it was about as tried and tested as a firearm could be and with that sniper scope surely my plastic didn't stand a chance. on this program this one i am recording. is going to get right into you shoulda so i don't dislike ac and then squeeze the trigger. there is plenty. enough to rule out build up. i completely miss who. are still alive but you know what they say if at first you don't succeed oh ah. ok. yeah second never saw straight down the middle. no late oh no

you actually did that. look it's moving that's not fake that's real you want to come down unfortunately that was pretty much as good as it got but i did manage to hit one other thing before we ran out of bullets. and concrete pillars stern dead. on the mountain goats live to fight another day ever. feeling confident that i would now survive any tourist sneak attacks i left saw and carried on hiking into the hills and when i reached an ancient watchtower i knew i was close to one of the region's most memorable sights . the views here and of the seventy are almost endlessly beautiful but if you come up to the mountains and search for a while you can find

a seemingly innocent looking place with all the since. this place is called dark gulfs all leaders grange and it's a somber as it sounds. is a local journalist and told me a little about its history. this so-called town of the dead is one of the largest nicopolis is in europe in russia. fifty different families are buried here in the east. three most four hundred years until the end of the eighteenth century living plague victims were brought here by their families and simply left to die each building belonged to a different family and the behavior to the rich if you were. to draw a windy climate has kept the bones here in excellent condition some even have tufts of hair still clinging to the scalp. but you just come forget how they got here.

i can understand that you have to separate the infected from the healthy but i can't think of anything more terrifying. being brought here sick placed among the bodies of your relatives alive and already in your own two. don't go says a fascinating insight into the region's hawse history but i can't say i was sorry to leave it behind and i was ready for some slightly less chilling the setian adventures.

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mills finds totty dot com. it's. you could easily spend days sightseeing in the acetylene wilderness but i needed to get back to the capsule body count counts and that meant i needed a taxi. amazingly even up here in the mountains in the coaxes it can still get

pretty good phone reception cos that doesn't help if like me you've forgotten the charge of the thing but it's even stuck out here in the middle of nowhere that might not be such a big problem. at least if you know when to find an enterprising local engineer to use it was definitely a. plug in the middle of the outfits. we have like. using metal salvaged from an old mine and a little help from mother nature action has built his own hydroelectric power station and supplies him in a few lucky neighbors with free electricity and he can crank up the voltage whenever he likes the sluice gates. you regulate how much water comes out anyone thought. the water flows down the channel and through a two and a half ton turbine which turns an axle and supplies power to the generator meaning

actual constantly has more than three hundred volts of electricity on tap. how's that for a one man engineering project produces enough electricity his. own work that crane and power another twenty one the house is as well for a bit of d.i.y. . unfortunately it turns out that a taxi will even pick you up out here for the right price. as i was ready to check out a different kind of power. there's always been a strong relationship in the caucasus between his horse and here in the set here it's no different but only the very best roy to get a chance to enjoy the trip. once again please don't bend your knees two legs tied. i like chargers are performed all of the rusher in europe there's no easy ride in this company. i feel

good. the ground. high speeds. are very useful to. the whole troop exuding glamour and danger i could see why people would flock to see them perform but what exactly does it take to become a stunt rider. each person has their own story that if you come to a theater above all else i love animals after all i was born in the year of the horse i like whole says this one is i like my work. is the biggest. she's my favorite student she came here after finishing high school school and now she's with us yes. now we'll try to show you the grip course of every horseman. but i mean straight legs sit down softly with your turn james.

i guess some of that get off put in writing a few times in my travels around russia so obviously i was moved and ready to take the next step. apparently a full year is the troops most compliant horse perfect for some how much acrobatics . the question is if. it's like my two best. times everything's fine it's impossible to fall from that it turns out the doing a press up on a horse is not quite as effortless as alex riders make it seem so i settle for a quick trial to ride the paddock much more my style. is in this fall most. then you have this rushing around and leaping out of your saddle a column of people paying to watch it but it suits me just but i think now go go go for your fourth straight legs us line don't bend your name. let's define your

and i like to prepare for that make spectacular i'm back in town i have another appointment time needed to keep. so that should give you an idea of how friendly the people are here in a setting i've only been there a few days and i've already been invited to a wedding unfortunately my best suit is languishing in a wardrobe back in moscow which means that if i want to look at fault i'm going to need some help. this is the house of his old traditional tailors that's been supplying drawing screens guests for the best part of twenty eight. courses have their distinct. costume is made to order and no detail ispat. legatee just in these days and ask them graphic national goes to the let them all a grandmother's is used to sweep such golden embroidered loose and wave these costumes and when. ever they like these was the end of

a question was one of the integral part of the cost you know women used to make centuries is mad. it doesn't yes to make wondrous good. and there's one other accessory that's always included there's a gym at the fall open in the wedding the groom should lead a plank around brights head with three times is in five to five and bottom of the first. but those that. give the bears to seven healthy boys and one healthy girl but those same length and then she takes it up but this isn't too. he doesn't come cheap an oligarch story so once walked down the aisle in a hundred thousand dollars old the creation. of new shit comes the final stroke isn't it beautiful very beautiful but i was in the market for a slightly cheaper option but i was still getting the royal treatment would you not

only as a measures. name. but i'll warn. this is the way you quickly find out the horrible tree about how much weight you've put on how many inches said to me to put on your dentures around russia. for business is concerned but that's because the good of me that it's fifty one. and the slave is six to so. much as to become my wife also what bonus. with all my measurements recorded is old ladies got to work on a few days later i was ready to try on my new outfits but is going to finish adjusting my bullets belt. and the finishing touch to this amazing outfit. and i think i'm ready for some don't.

finally the big day has arrived john allen's wedding we still had a while before we would see to go and pick up shawna. people arrived it became increasingly obvious that i was the only person wearing traditional dress and they were expecting over a thousand guests. so you might think the reception is already begun but you'd be wrong because the point doesn't even made her appearance yet this is just a three party and that's my kind of wedding. to. the six years monte means a lot of food close of toasts. the first ones to go to. the sessions to some. number three through ten are a bit of a blur. and it's only then that the guests are invited to meet the lady of the day . she might have already said hello to a few hundred people but joan is days only just beginning. because this is one of

the most for the whole city entire ceremony of the bride is introduced to be oldest much respect to the members of the christmas family sees officially welcome to call a friend. but that doesn't mean that their old relatives are just going to let her leave. this is one way of keeping the bride from being married apparently all these guys have to hold her back in order to get them to leave the broader needs to pay for the privilege. to some good old fashioned broidery because we're ready. so the ransom has been paid. and the girl said get out of the way. that is the equivalent of a bull session. giveaway of the brides. another round of crazy drawing and horn honking later we were back at the groom's party and it was time for john to be formally

unveiled. the whole day have been a constant mix of food don'ts and solemn ceremony but amazingly a line in joan a happy man once but then i noticed that they both slipped out of the main hall. so it goes against all. but brides on our group are actually in the same reason on the same day of their wedding that is pretty unusual as they call the way from each other. i list the happy couple to it but by then my outfit of the trying to do little attention and i can say i was surprised when i was told to prove my innocence on the docks right.

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