appeared to go that's a recipe for more cold war and i think we've got it was right that we're headed to a new cold war it missile defense and nato expansion we're. going to leave you that from steven cohen contributing editor at the nation magazine and professor of russian studies at new york university and that is going to do it for now we do want to say thank you so much to all of our viewers on our you tube channel our subscriptions have surpassed fifty thousand we have now beat the new york times thanks everybody for watching tim back at five pm for more news and falling on twitter and more on the story of that are. twenty years ago largest country. suited to the. janitor. where did it take.

we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realm of russia. we've got the future covered. people living in this land seven thousand years ago who were already making wine and shoes this world's oldest shoe was filmed right here in this hole in the fourth century armenia adopted christianity

as its state religion is fair for such tunisians in the early twentieth century armenians went through the horrors of genocide we knew one point five million years we queued up to the army approved free from the soviet union in september one thousand nine hundred ninety one was hannah's independence brought to this ancient country. in two thousand and eight archeologist police custody and could have rivaled armenian politicians in terms of popularity news of his discovery had spread far and wide for out the world in caves in the mountains around the village of out they need the archaeologists had found the settlements dating back to the year five thousand b.c. . these vessels were among the first vines when we saw them it was immediately

clear to us that they dated from the copper and stone age that means that people were already living in these caves seven thousand years ago communities maintained very close contact inhabited an area similar twenty north caucasus and mr tamia they used to migrate from north to south east ender south to normal. excavation work at the site of the ancient settlement has been going on for three years now but archaeologists are still unable to say with certainty what kind of people lived in these caves seven thousand years ago what was wanted to just take a little contingency a very interesting ritual of babies under one year of age although garrity intact but women between the ages of eleven twenty five were simply chopped up before burials. the most interesting artifact was found in the caves in two thousand and

eight the world's oldest shoe was dug up from a depth of just half a meter is estimated to be about six thousand years old zeus wells all sure it was done right here in this hole it was a great deal of effort to get it to the discovery of the settlement is an event of crucial importance to the small transco cajun country armenians are proud of the long history of this land and the find reinforces their pride. in our media there are a few other handicrafts they can unite generations as much as the making of patch cards or tombstones. the art has undergone little change throughout its thousand year history i am a chisel and stone are all that's needed for the job a man and his grandson are working on this touch card. this year i've done this i like the job. it is handed down from generation to generation. the one who

taught me as my grandfather. over the course of his long life the elderly man has made scores of hatch cars nowadays in mentors his grandson in the ways of hatch car sculpting. there are millions of hijackers here each with a different is different just as people do all the carving patterns are different even on some project or tombstone there's a dish or that the world isn't perfect. each grave or monastery has its own tailor made to him stone normally it takes about a month to make one this symmetry in a village of nora jo's is one of the oldest in armenia the long history of this caucasian country a history packed with. drama can be traced by looking at the tombstones up until

the seventh century look quite simple that there is nothing but a cross atop the first crust of. the hatch god is in the cemetery don't feature carvings although the graveyard of the small town of spin is much larger. than before the quake it was a small symmetry but as you can see now it's quite big. which are some of it too soon for today's to very quickly tombs are thought such as seann comes to the symmetry quite often he always follows the same roots in a small in full place as he moves from one grave to another on the sim of the seventh one thousand nine hundred eighty eight he lost nearly all of his family.

it was ten forty am when the first tremor with a magnitude of seven on the ridge the sale shook spit out thirty seconds later the tiny town was no more just a pile of rubble. more than the one of the main street in the center of the town was c. and. when it quake struck there were people in every apartment of a five story houses over phillis's here and both sides of the road gives you practically all of them fell a bunch of food dish only roofs lying on the walls floors could be seen after the quake of one. there is a church where our tours house once was more than twenty years on there are a few reminders of that there is stating earthquake. but in the cold month of december in one thousand nine hundred eight people around the world came to know the name of this small town in armenia aid began pouring in. from across the soviet union at that time armenia was part of it. the powerful earthquake affected all of

armenia's northern areas as well as attack. the scale of the disaster only became apparent after several days just a handful of people had survived on of the rubble the earthquake had claimed twenty five thousand lives. such as the huge did or when the smoke cleared away three or four hours after the earthquake became clear that the town had been razed to the ground where they'd begin arriving towards leaving because there were no rumors about. some of the aid came from memories diasporas in foreign countries. this footage shows charles as an avoider a french singer of armenian origin after a visit to devastated spit tak events to do his best to help armenia. the damage that i was really shocked by what i saw and spit at. i couldn't imagine

their polling scale of that disaster. because so many people were killed here but. the french cinema set up a fund for the earthquake struck country the money was used to restore dozens of houses in streets hakon gordie's armenia's second largest town it too had been affected by the disaster the town's residents unveiled a monument to has no voice as a token of gratitude to him here for a memory on build a monument on the twenty second of september two thousand the truth was nobody who from all over our new came here we were also visitors from france. after the breakup of the soviet union in one nine hundred ninety one reconstruction work in armenian town slowed down the new houses built in the three years after the disaster made up only one fifth of those destroyed by. the earthquake. we came here on december second we were given

a room on the ground floor and we still live here and most of the tenants here are refugees. coronado petty and his family also lost their home in december one thousand nine hundred eighty eight they became refugees but not as a result of the earthquake it was a bloody interethnic conflict that forced them to flee. armenia is a republic situated in the trans caucuses and join the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred twenty two when the republic won independence in september one thousand nine hundred ninety one this was the most troubled region in the post soviet space the country was at war with neighboring azerbaijan over nagorno-karabakh.

leech up the world for the winter. like. this one and this is our home. these are my grandchildren doing their homework. before us is our store over them we made it their selves because there's no other source of meaning in here this sort of your news with you and his house in azerbaijan capital of baquba was larger and more comfortable they had to leave their native city in a hurry already there was gunfire in the garden a kind of block as in by johnny's were fleeing that area meanwhile the situation for our minions living in. azerbaijan was becoming increasingly dangerous. when for

quite a good deal for instance my husband had an aunt with a dark complexion it was easy to see that she was their median she was attacked several times under natural. the conflicts root cause stems from the one nine hundred twenty s. when azerbaijan and armenia joined the soviet union the goalie care about a territory where armenians had been a predominant population from time immemorial was placed on the other by john's control they didn't matter much you controlled nagorno-karabakh back then the soviet republics were part of an integrated country by the time bomb eventually went off and violence erupted between the two in the late one nine hundred eighty s. . the soviet government showed signs of weakness with the start of perestroika when people were told they could speak up without running the risk of being imprisoned or it's a curator of people across the soviet union began talking about their concerns and i mean eons in a golden color buck started asking questions they wanted to know why the old part

of azerbaijan even though our menu was next door to a country populated by people of the same nationality and culture when you put your would of the of the good or. bad who flatly rejected yet advance demands the negaunee karabakh be handed over to armenians control. meanwhile the first major interethnic conflict was gathering pace in the soviet union south it had been fuelled by events in the small town of some guy eight the azerbaijan's capital good good will soon go massacre was the point of no return people were murdered mind you people were killed not in a going to care about itself but in some good town situated far from the going to care about. the there is no war now but there is no peace either there is no peace treaty control over the.

no honor and i'm certainly not targeted on those terms here is nearly there gil i was in the army then was memories of those days come to contrast and this is a book called. there is a map of the soviet union in go nine a pity ends workshop as a tailor in need something colorful to rest his eyes on the map also gives food for thought he recalls the days when everybody lived in the same country a country that later burst at the seams. this soap is their own hell which was founded in november two thousand and one day where this editor found the girl to call it in there and it was this and between and i am a. nobody at this distillery can say with any certainty when cognac from this barrel will be bottled but it has every chance

of becoming a vintage brand adding to the distilleries rich collection. at stella sent to a church of three hundred workers and branded me each here and now trying to call the ground. the british prime minister was not alone in appreciating this brandy in soviet times and me and cognac was the main symbol of the republic. many agreed that the strong beverage produced in a trans caucuses could easily compete with french cognac manufacturers. trained in sumi going to flavor is intense you can sense a whole bouquet of flavors vs pretty unique beverages and from stories here i can detect the flavor of our brands the sunshine of air and valley and the beauty of our landscapes and in. the production. process in armenia and france is totally identical the spirits of the stilled in the same way and the oak barrels looks very

much alike the armenians are just proud of their products as the french are of theirs but. i think that coney arc is one of the most important and most recognizable brands produced in armenia it wasn't that's why would you want to see that it's one of the army is symbols symbol of our domain it. can be seen from several spots over the entire history of the armenian people is links to it but it's off limits to armenians they can't reconcile themselves with the laws. they tell marvin here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture.

culture is the same i understand from the film or some of the interview look five years in the market one of the reasons the president must get approval from congress within sixty days to ordering u.s. forces into congress now the president broke. the same. the mountains height is five thousand one hundred thirty seven meters above sea

level according to the bible mount our ads was the first landmark the know a song after escaping the great flood. or you know in the bible testified and it is connected with noir arc so after the do more arc or stop to the peak of mind. however alamance is the main source of pain and suffering for armenians under the nine hundred twenty one agreements signed by soviet and turkish leaders the symbolic mountain was left on the other side of the border the mountain to the territory of turkey but still it continues to be armenian seem dull and when i mean people they are asked about their national identities they start with the mind that the fact that out of that is no longer in their territory also serves as a reminder of the greatest tragedy of the country's people the armenian genocide

genocide is the word used in armenia to describe the policy pursued by the ottoman empire towards ethnic armenians from the late nineteenth century through to the nineteenth twenties been told over in ninety eight ninety four nine hundred twenty two within thirty years nearly thirty years earlier one point five million armenians healed brutally at the same time turkey was the first country to officially recognize armenians independence in one nine hundred ninety one today turkish society is divided over the events that led to the deaths of one and a half million armenians in the early twentieth century and killer a fuse is to officially acknowledge the fact the what happened a century ago was genocide is one of the hardest and thorny problems between for nations the fundamental problem for them and the problem here is that. in order. instead of facing its own history let's try and keep trying to deny the very

part of take a shower shave or paint of it's own history i mean in genocide we're writing histories of one of the dangerous processes in every society uncle or supported as otherwise john at the height of the ethnic conflict over nagorno-karabakh it closed its borders to armenians the border between armenia and azerbaijan is likewise locked up. given airport is the main gateway to armenia travelers have little choice considering year of iran's difficult relations with neighboring countries these east way of getting to get a van is by air as. you have to go by here if you want to leave or amelia was the only way because this country has been blockaded throughout the post soviet period of. course there are many has land borders with georgian around but there is little cross for a traffic there therefore going by here is still of their stock. nearly

every plane is filled to capacity it's clearly demonstrated by flights going to russia which is now armenia's biggest economic partner one of the largest armenian diasporas is found in moscow and else that made these deviation is the only means of transport for amenia it's obvious that there is no other way out. that's why our planes are always full passengers. armenia was the world's first countries turn christianity into a state religion that was way back in the early fourth century a.d. for more than fifteen centuries armenians have regarded faces and church as a substitute for the state. higher than saving human souls

and preserving the nation are the two missions pursued by the a million church today as it has been doing throughout its existence we're doing our best to remedy the harm done by the genocide of armenians and eighty years of godlessness under the soviet regime. fortunately the soviet campaign to stamp out the church had little impact in armenia it didn't affect the scores of ancient monasteries many of them are over a thousand years old. it's now possible to reach the top of monastery one of armenians oldest by cable way. is the world's longest reversible roadway a fifteen minute journey offers a magnificent view of a deep picturesque pool. just numbers we're in the cabin of the toto cableway

the world's longest it links the village of avid sword to the total monastery but there's this five thousand seven hundred fifty metres long and its highest point above ground is three hundred twenty meters and. when the cableway was opened in october twenty ten the hope was that it would attract foreign tourists. its design is unique in many ways for instance a nearly six kilometer long cable way has only three supports european specialists help to build it. this is our main electric generator that produces five hundred thirty three kilowatts here you can see be emergency diesel generators if the electricity fails we will turn these on and of back you with the passengers we have a great safety system in place. most of the cable car passengers are people living

in nearby villages you get. free transport the influx of foreign tourists is small for the time being but the businessmen who have invested in the ambitious projects believe that in a couple of years armenia will become a popular tourist destination. hotels and campsites already being built around the monastery and the cable way. we need water of different temperatures to treat gastrointestinal diseases we're just trying to use in particular if the gratian is suffering from high city of detroit is the temperature of the mineral water we give him is between reaching fifty three degrees celsius in a low as it is the case is it's from thirty to thirty five degrees above. the town of jenin maclise in the mountains during the soviet years people here already knew how to attract tourists a spa similar to the celebrated karlovy valley resort has been in operation in general but decades that it must be the composition of our award are.

better than that of the water it's our love of gharyan the czech republic. our water contains more our kid our hands and minerals in them all that said the. local mineral water is yet another armenian brand it is true though that it's not as famous as cognac or ancient monasteries but residents of gentlemen cope with the water and spa resort will be another incentive for people to visit armenia. they germinal communal water springs from the ground in those gorge preachers' between forty five and sixty degrees or what was sold thirty minutes result from our mineral water of the. the time being only tourists from russia visit the german springs. this huge bucket contains most an island many and it will take several hours and a production process involving a dozen phases for the island medium to be turned into super fine for oil this

plant is one of amin is leading industrial enterprises like many others it was inherited from the soviet era but like most other industrial plants he said on all during the first years of independence that was a very difficult period for this nation that plan survival began in two thousand when he became part of a row. and holding them all this is not the punch was reopened after modernization . despite the crisis it has grown stronger with each passing year it is their actions in armenians work here together the assets are russian the. others turn step on young represents what might be called the local element in him in a state his father used to work at this plant life in my mother and father used to work here now it's time for my brother and me i'm not a unique case and everybody here has taken the job over from their old faves. the

plant is one of the most successful in the country it should come as no surprise they have russian investment and the whole of the coaxes as they market. goods for example the color of the more taro you see a little bit we get dies from herbs or go to mixture of many dyes meets the road loop door through it looks like terry if there were fewer dollars the root of the matter produces a very beautiful red dye no chemicals around it nothing but natural components making rugs is a family business to see the subtleties of this very old armenian handicraft handed down from generation to generation. because the little square means and not just a weave row after row of every color is here it is. like the element implants this factory has the soviets past behind it then automatic looms

are brought in to make rugs quickly and in large quantities none the less ancient technologies have become popular in armenia since independence. it takes a month for the weaver to complete one square metre severe a difficult job with taking a lot of effort for that reason their prices are higher than those of machine me. i mean such or a good home is seen as a sign of the world's. there is some ten million ethnic armenians around the world just over three million of them live in armenia the armenians at home believe that the worst of a country's history is a thing of the past and a van they like to say the nights are they don't just just before dawn people across all media believe that dawn has already broken over their country.

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