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well the soviet times are long gone they are certainly not forgotten and joint must come out as we look back to explore the culture of the u.s.s.r. in today's russia that's next. sure. your. turn on her. hello and welcome to the program on this week's sell be going back to the u.s.s.r. and even with its tumultuous history it wasn't all about politics and suppressive sevi it's how i was brought about amazing technological advances music and octets

sotto you mustn't under is as you take a look at culture and life as it was inside it. on top of the museum is the famous statue the look and collective farm women old and how much the sickle almost twenty five which is why the sculpture was made by vir most enough for the nine hundred thirty seven welsh in paris the sculpture is an example of the socialist realistic an optical style divisional position and passes almost twice as long as the feature length which ran into the shit buster along innovation the sculpture was returned to his place here at the old russian exhibition center in the summer two thousand and that is that it was culture was restored in absolute shambles go from finesse original some fragments however were made from scratch and they were more or less destroyed over time no way under the soviets this exhibition area used to be a display of achievements of socialism clearly stalinist on and off there was several exhibition holes in the museum that teaches he highlight the busines

progression to its current location is also impressive why collation of all that was created to help the soviet union from top again that's a soviet there are many holes inside the museum here a large pots on. and even though most aspects of culture was under government control. so we're all pieces of the highest amounts of various. around the world. i'm moving on let's take a look at this week's entertainment news. to become the place to shop for many of the capital's fashionistas. high street fast fashion as it. is also a fast food restaurant on top of views of. the complex. exhibitions of contemporary

art. world of richer kipling's jungle book inspired an exhibition which is currently under splay at the state and. it features hundreds of illustrations to famous books by the british writer providing a glimpse into the amazing animal world rare editions of kipling stories provided by the state library are also showcase the world a collection is highlights of pictures drawn by the author himself. with a menu comprising of a wide range of traditional russian dishes the city a catholic on to the square is this is the center of. the experience of life in the soviet union and sixty's seventy's. various of the pieces barons murals and statues decorate the cafes because help think it's all

a little sick and feels more like a museum. restaurant. with its traditional service sounds playing this group back eatery is the place for cheap for various serving it's. back to the us a song well i think we found out. that many. times they come here that bunch of bricks and remember the past we try to keep the soviet atmosphere the reality here. and there we have it's come to me a few hundred and fifty rubles that's around five dollars gold price but i am slightly worried about the quality and how it tastes well i'll find out syrian. this place is amazing this. is for the music well i can't say the least half of my soviet meal here you try this say it's all stand intrusively tradition

and i've got bored of the largest dollop of smell. like a cranberry juice drink and they. say it's history is try. this is. decency. actually it's not bad at her reminds me of a cornish pasty which we have. other soviet style experiences and you find in moscow today located next red square room number one is a rebuilt version of the prominent soviet food store founded in the one nine hundred fifty s. fascinating architecture and style to me the new shop opened at the same place and has the same glamorous soviet design however you may now buy food from almost any

post the world here and any time as the stores open around the clock. reopen crane is one of seven six inches high rise buildings traces during the staff . the hotel. is the. museum. and finally the place full of the spirit is the hotel. suite by gandy and margaret thatcher. this is his most traditional restaurant

located in the same building. from. this week's gets. me. thank you very much. and you. nine hundred fifty. i would say it wasn't very. very

. no signs of anything no advertisement in the streets or anything i can tell you for one example but there was a big billboard in the city where first lived in the eastern ukraine a huge billboard saying eat ice cream it's nutritious and tasty but no brand marks it with. the state on their research. there is only one brand of ice cream you could buy just as there is only one brand of beer you could buy it was a most of it was draft beer there wasn't any bottled beer at that time but as far as i can remember one final question george is that anything that you miss about the seventy i'll be honest with you martin i can never forget the taste of the ice cream that was sold in the new department store in red square. which

means department store and i understand that people from all over the country who would come in to visit moscow by all means go to this department store and taste the wonderful ice cream i can still taste. the faces as well joyce it was lovely to meet you thank you. thank you and we look forward to hearing you more on all three . final location it was mostly out to. friends been scouring the country to rescue these next machines. so far they've located dozens of them doing their best to bring them back to life in that cold war grapes. this next i tasted will bring out all of the museum of soviet occupation games and there are dozens of. space

invaders to ceasing galleys they range from nine hundred sixty five all the way to ninety ninety one and best of all is that they're all in working order you just need a fifteen piece from the same hero as the museum. provides. movie theaters train stations and recreation centers across the u.s. the south packs with these games sales to go after the first movie arcade machines appeared in the mid eighty's quickly becoming popular with kids soon growing up so like listening to people queued up and gaming clues and notes he ran out of cooling would stay and watch other people play in the car could get away with a supercomputer it was also a people had knew its a good time at least attractive millions of soviet people died here. based largely on the japanese or american designs factories produced some seventy different video game models however the productions of the game ceased but the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . and from set the arcade games to museums cafes and shops there are many soviet

themed experiences still to be found in modern day moscow and today many aspects of russian culture are still influenced by the shadows of soviet life fusing such a vibrant past with the capital this present delivers a unique historic culture social diversity and present a deep rooted russian song well unfortunately that's all the time we have in this space must go out to the isis so i'll see you again at the same time next week for more cultural events is around the russian capital to them from a crew inside the crazy well it's a spy vs are paid games that are. going to have to have another guy.

military nineteen sixty six because of the things i saw the things i was doing and that's the reason we were given for doing it was a personal protest. during the vietnam war an antiwar movement emerged that altered the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in berets and on ships the penetrated elite military colleges like west point and it spread throughout the battlefields of vietnam. today few people know about the g.i. movement against the war in vietnam. ask the army we always said free the army or fun travel and adventure but it really meant the army.

they faced this is not a war. you should it's a pretty tree because they have no idea about the hardships to face. the army. is the most precious thing in the world. uses of self-sacrifice and heroism understands it fully but you have to live a. real life stories from world war. nineteen forty five.

very warm welcome this is artie here in moscow we have breaking news for you this hour a car bomb has exploded by a cafe in russia's republic of dagestan reports that two people have been killed and eight others critically injured in the city of course of unit they were inside the cafe at the time we'll be bringing you more on the story as soon as we get it other news this hour. the key nuclear arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is approved by the russian parliament in the second of three readings the start pact which was signed last year has already been given the go ahead by the u.s. senate. and poland acknowledges it's partly to blame for the last plane crash which killed president that could put water or says it will still launch its own investigation as it claims the official report leaves some questions unanswered.

well that will bring you more news and also an update on that developing story here in r.t. in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime we got sports with a tiny. hello and welcome this artie's sports news life begin with a brief look at the latest headlines we go live to dan kids out of the last woman tournament before the australian open going down to make it in the semi is. new kid on the block william safwan outfit on bail ricky pastor maldonado as one of their drivers for the twenty eight eleven season. and the ball ryall down sixty rivals i let you go in the first leg of that cold but the records final. will begin with tennis where preps continue for the first grand slam of the year of the god

damn close out of the queen classic in melbourne with lleyton hewitt to meet gelman face in the final on saturday former world number one period beating the russians straight sounds the aussie first stillman to a six three win in the dividend to control of the game in the second set and even forced to tie break but it was once again in the decisive game as we cruised to take it seventy three he would showing good form ahead of next week's australia and open where he will start his campaign against another former top five player. to pull that here it will take on galveston the two men final the frenchman defeating all strain you're going meltzer who made to the cool for the semifinal just a few hours after edging out joe will for it's own goal in the last eight fatigue was the key factor in this one with one face taking his exhausted opponent to three sets and eventually winning it two six six two and seven six.

turning to football now where real madrid's quest for a first copa del rey title in almost two decades looks on the up today the galapagos securing a three one first leg lead in the quarter final clash with cross-town rivals atlético. all going to plan early although for the visitors at the barn a bell player of the tournament at last has world cup diogo for the last saving his team from having to take a penalty six minutes into the match it was owsley one way ryall traffic after that though they got eyes a coming on fourteen minutes five ahead of superhero ramos. now in the alamar one became to a superb teasing ball into that lead to go six yard box bank home by cristiano ronaldo and drive to the death ray allen sure they were down to the second leg with a two goal advantage message also saying thanks very much to be allowed to go to france three one final score in the first leg. and over in england manchester united to dollar king to increase their lead in the premier league on saturday when

they travel to white hart lane to take on top in hand with spurs sitting four think the table alex ferguson sounds the upcoming game is a real tast for his side. so make satan play is i think historically to the game the fixtures always to just more goals the way i do in the old trafford for some reason. and the such a dish will feel good and. should do it that it's a big challenge for us to test was really so we'll look at it. so it's into boxing where a briton derek zora is in call for the mood after earning another title shot against world heavyweight champion what do you get a ph core british and commonwealth championships or was originally due to take all the ukrainian showed me before christmas for the final is called off. and the injury german basically will start as a big favorite and will enjoy the backing of the vast majority of the mannheim

crowd when the opening bell rings on april thirtieth however cheese or assess the expected atmosphere will bring out the best in him i'm so excited you don't understand. it when our books in front of like. two hundred three hundred people are not really our haven't got. i don't get my stride but when i'm booked in front of thirty nine thousand people really for me to leave when i get my stride so i think the energy of the people in reno is going to boost me up of me be in disguise so i was excited right. when the sports now where avon chair is of has claimed is the brawls of the season and the mounds ten kilometers sprint of the fifth world cup stage in germany showing graphic skills of both rangers fans was a bit slow on the track then mark time for saw the frenchman outrunning cherice of by two seconds to take the silver while the gold went in the way his loss better get. motorsports now a new formula one drive

a pasta mold another was unveiled by the williams team on friday although not always the second venezuelan of the british team to drive in formula water after can patrick join me she called the twenty five year old replacing germany after winning last season's g.p. two title he had his first f one experience back in two thousand and four during offseason testing for the minardi team although not always clearly excited about the challenge i had. i feel ready to take this step to represent my country. and to represent the colors of the big team with responsibility and faith we're going to face a very pre-season which is the key to getting attempted to the team one system of working use different compared with g p two but i'm enthusiastic and with how to work goodwill i'm sure i will soon adapt and though go to the competitive turn to the season. and while it's all going to plan for russians out of the latest

edition of the the car really with just two days to go six time champion chagnon can boast a thirty minute laid over competitor at fair to those in the truck section jangan with title number seven within touching distance after winning stage that scene the forty one year old set to become so no no most titles in the truck category with victory now also meanwhile is seeking redemption in the car's event the guitar in finished second behind carla science last year two minutes and twelve seconds to mars that's the smallest gap in race history with former w.r.c. rally signs holding a fifty one minute lead this time around and in the bike section two times a car when a marco mobilize fifteen minutes ahead of cereal to prayer on the latest stage. at last had finally to cyprus the training venue of choice for russia's olympic team they decorated pound of long section of the schooled recently spent some time there

now they've won medals at every game since one thousand sixty four an incredible record and they will be hoping for more of in london next year and on course there are reports. cyprus has been one of the softer assists nations for many years but a couple of decades ago this mediterranean island has become a training base for many russian and the athletes and this story is about the national modern that's a haunting first off a bit of history for those unfamiliar with this highly competitive olympic discipline with roots that spread all the way to ancient greece just like in modern pentathlon back in the day the sport also consisted of five events at the ancient olympics the athletes competed in a stadium foot race discus and javelin throw a long jump and wrestling as the greeks modeled each event in accordance with the skills of the perfect soldier at the time the ward modern along with the new events was added to pentathlon by the founder of the present day and in the games bar on

pierre de coubertin on now back to the present day russia and its predecessor the soviet union have been winning podium places in men's events in every single employee and that it took gordon since the telco games in nine hundred sixty four that's a record the country would certainly like to uphold on the london games in twenty twelve however the ladies are hoping to make an impact as well all battle muscle competition for a place on the national team is very high especially for the men's team the dropout rate for women is quite high though as this sport is not for everyone how have i was seen as a healthier and able to get great results vary from state some of our gallus have even become european and world champions within just two years cyprus has over three hundred sunny days per year and that works perfectly with the national team's winter plans when it's impossible to train outside practically anywhere in russia pentathlete requires certain infrastructure for their preparation and this island

has been providing just that the cypriot hosts sometimes even go beyond traditional requests by their get. the states provided us with a shooting range despite the fact. it is almost impossible to get a permit to shoot in a residential area but still they managed to find a way to make shooting possible for us so they do everything they can to help us in our training they're very hospitable and very attentive to the cypriot economy depends largely on series and during the so-called off season most and surprising hotel owners welcome the athletes from russia and other european countries the hotel hosting the national modern pentathlon team has been doing just that for the last twenty years a successful business originally started by his father continues to thrive according to the current owner to get many athletes coming to visit us every year due to the good with it and. we start from swimming we get out of paralympic teams and to from triathlon

a lot of cyclists visit us because the weather is perfect for outdoor training and other than. financial that we see we get to meet a lot of athletes and movie come very good friends with them the cypriot government recognises the financial gains from visiting sports aims and continue to modernize their facilities but in the case with russian athletes or russians in general it's about more than making money and supporting the economy we have to go but when we would win the super utes love russians because they consider them our loyal friends not just in learning but all across cyprus the russians have stayed by our side we have to be republicans going through hard times plus your athletes show us a great example of russia has some of the strongest athletes in the world russians win a lot of medals in the olympic games and world championships but we set an example to superheat athletes and we take great pleasure in the fact that they choose to come here to train each winter before the summer olympics the island of cyprus turns into

a major sports training camp with athletes arriving not only from russia and other eastern european countries but western europe as well is a preeminent big tournaments in the courts for this mediterranean nation well it certainly has all the prerequisite ramana cost of artsy larnaca cyprus. distance but for now stay with us for the weather update coming up shortly after this. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.

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