and for the victims of the conflict rushing to be able to protect prevent that it's pretty sad rest of it trying to regain control over its form because. of it norm that in our special report this hour on hold i vote on what south ascetics have to have a come to get that country back on track for the. self the setio lies in the heart of the caucasus between europe and asia. every day the sun rises over high in mountains and cities built many centuries ago still retain their unique history. and a stone drake also b.f. goes for a job every morning. most of the sun in my homelands might be easier than your streams gardens on your land. have always

made us so hungry. from the hilltop he can fit the south the sente and capital of involved in the palm of his hand moments like this philip with inspiration face next work. the republic of south a city alone is in the caucasus in borders russia to the north and georgia to the south west and east. mountains cover ninety percent of south the city is territory which is more than a thousand meters above sea level. skin involved is its capital the trams coke asian highway which connects russia to georgia and armenia runs through the city. after his morning run artist andre returns to his studio and he's crammed with his work he's never been short of creative ideas except for the time his native land

became the scene of an armed conflict back then was the last thing on his mind you know you don't have moments where i totally neglected my work what was wesley during the war because obviously i was preoccupied with other things my life follies also changed to be honest i thought it was never going to end. uneasy relations between georgia and a setia started in the late one nine hundred eighty s. they became aggravated after georgia withdrew from the u.s.s.r. the deputies of the south a century in parliament passed a resolution on state sovereignty in september nine hundred ninety which georgia refused to recognize since then georgia has been seeking unification with the self the center. on the ninth or from august the seventh to

almost the eighth two thousand and eight georgian troops began shelling. the military units were forced to leave the country as a result of the russian peacekeeping operation afterwards russia recognized as an independent state. in august two thousand and eight. a young daughters spent five days in this basement together with another five hundred people. the residents of skin and underground when the town came under attack just discussed now it seems to me that outside on the street the whole thing is going to. of course it's bad memory but in fact. because it helped us to stay. condor was only nine when the war broke out she was frightened but didn't show her

fear in order to not upset her mother the neighbor lauer was constantly by the family's side. is georgian her greatest concern was the georgian soldiers would shoot her first because of the fact that she was living in a set. there was no food or water in the basement the underground inhabitants spent several days totally unaware of what was happening above ground and in constant fear for their lives. the georgians they walked down the street you know they were shooting from their submachine guns and they thought there was an abandoned house here they were sure there was no one then but there were incidents when they threw grenades into the basement. with the i will never forget the noise the whole time. and it got closer and then we heard an explosion really

it never crossed our minds that it was from a missile launcher girl who was. took a pencil and a single sheet of paper with her into the basement down there she drew sketches of everything around. actually measuring the gloomy there in black pencil. and they only store adult life that join hands. show it was done. only shown in from that place so we also let some candles. is attending a master class in drawing at an art school in c. involved. and painted. who's well known here has invited you and other talented youngsters to attend the master class today he's showing the children his own painting it's filled with bullet damage from august two thousand and eight.

during the georgian invasion shells and shrapnel destroyed many paintings. several brilliant works were ruined. for four witnesses every day and with submachine guns and just riddled with paintings with bullet holes. well today the artist wants his pupils to choose the peaceful same for their drawings. that's a great idea with phil the picture with birds dulness at a rainbow used lots of bright colors.

will still vote i don't want to remember bad things after the war. some of the tools i hope that everything will be bright. and colorful. bright new rooms now doom houses in post-war involved. they have replaced the old homes that were damaged during the battle but a lot is still to be repaired almost every building carries a trace of the conflict. the parliament building downtown was almost completely destroyed.

three years is the middle close of the building the second floor it does the as well are gone they used to be an organ hole here. it was very badly damaged during the military hostilities and in two thousand eight. hundred almost nothing is left except for a cult. it was one of the. many residents who were left homeless in two thousand and eight have already moved into new apartments this neighborhood was constructed by moscow billed as. the family. lives in a new house in the village of to be yet fifteen kilometers from. i'm going to see my note house used to stand at this place it was completely destroyed

during the war you don't know some timber is. two bombs hit the house and tore its heart of this. family in a trailer for two years. lived in this wagon for two years before they built this house forest that's where we live now just here we do our household chores. a year ago moved into a new two story house then it's hard for me to imagine for when it would have lived if they hadn't built a new house for us. there is no peace in the village of to be lives once upon a time she wouldn't even let her daughter play in the. a little favorite place things. stood before

a child will forget all about that. coming to. a.

moment. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. it is easy. to. see. for many years people in skinfold were more concerned with some final at a time when they faced a blockade and shelling with peace returned scientists also came back to the city

they hope to make lots of discoveries in this ancient land historians call the capital of south ossetia a paradise foggy ologists. but the move to the. king gave us down its urban status seventeen hundred years ago that was in the year two hundred sixty five. needless to say there are very many underground passages beneath this town. this. place was in fact the end for. the tops of old fortresses and watch towers rise from behind the mountains in every direction from. the ancestors of modern necessity and settled in these parts in the eighteenth century. it was a must to build fortifications in every village there are about five hundred watchtowers in south the center. of

a watchtower was not considered to be a family in the seventeen to eighteen century believe that such a family would vanish sooner or later as a result of internal and external factors such as. this watchtower is located not far from the town. it was built in the gorge near by they extract the stones for construction from the local mountains the process the rocks laid them and mortar. towers were built and square and. every floor had eight. to provide a better view this way they could shoot. our had at least five floors.

historians take an interest in the walls of the ancient towers in the monasteries. is a contributor to south the seti is red book of red and endangered animals it will soon be published here on the rocks lizards can be spotted they creep out of the cracks to warm up in the some. of the we're not very many people are so scared of lizards that they panic when they see one popular belief is that lizards will bite you ok watch my fingers there's no blood on it not even one drop it was one of the lizards can bite through my skin. studies the regions for. the buzz and hovering over the river is a predatory bird normally it feeds on gophers and mice but now it has

a different vision mind. when obviously it's a plain freshwater crab but there aren't many of them out here in few know that we have them. female crabs sometimes have caviar here but these are young ones they most certainly don't have any you know. the setian freshwater crabs are on the verge of extinction because of both predators and people some eat them mate others breed them at home in aquariums. believes crabs should definitely be entered into the red book. this is the asian scorpion which is also facing extinction it inhabits a small area near south santee has capital. population has drastically dropped in recent years because of them ascap jeff a terrariums. i found

a pregnant female. we're going to be in their live bearers when she gives birth to her young ones they climb on her back to feed their for a while and then they start fending for themselves. during the spring mating period the scorpions poison is especially dangerous mostly pets fall victim to their stings but sometimes even people are attacked. by a suggest establishing a small nature reserve in the school paeans habitat it will help protect skin vols residents and help secure the future of an entire species of rest. of the seventy minute video they lived alongside done a source many years ago most species from that era have since perished about scorpions have survived to the day that you were.

told manager of a team p.f. is traveling to the west of south to set here he's been invited by even addressed to want to participate in ecological tourism. when visitors arrive host ss of one of the homes per past pies in south of santiago no mail can go without them. as if you skip it are you sure deliver transitionally or i sit on pies not from potatoes or the meat and cabbage was. grossly their field of the cheese and greens see it more than my fender crown does with cabbage but i like that she's a mom to them for their no good. for a settee and surprise a mole than just food it is a special dish for celebrations they make a countless number for funerals only to today the hostess is prepared with cheese potatoes and greens.

its. cover. oh. let's put them in. there young lady. while the women make pies the homeowner meets the guests. i go to i haven't seen you for quite a while. i want to know. in the heart of the pollies quickly turn brown then they take them out and bow to them. i need to talk to you. come in come in. how are you doing to some is almost here it's getting warm will be making hay soon the family is getting ready to make. me bring some one would. have had

a line and freshly baked pies a pair at the table. you never turn up high over when you cut it. and you don't turn it around either. otherwise they say grace will turn away from you at the. thirty kilometers north of. is one of the most beautiful places in the area that i have never seen any industrial facilities here there are no paved roads. lists often come here to wander through the alpine tundra looking for rare flowers to use in infusions. and we gather well known plonks like time or gone a. ladies' man told me with sage and even bilberries. berries

and leaves we have a big selection of levels. great great grandfather used to live here family legend has it that he too was a list he collected plants treated people with infusions and reportedly lived to be one hundred forty years old that has never been any war in the gorge where people collect. the village of a goot on the contrary is right on the border between georgia and south of setia. in the past it used to take the local residents an entire day to cover the fifteen kilometers between. village. the village was in the occupation zone from. two thousand and three. always being in a city an enclave surrounded on all saw inspired georgian villages of. the georgian

government police and special forces here. people living in. nowadays and now to be love can have a family business he and his son keep bees. gathering honey. is the young vacation he sells here then. they collect the honey. that's right. and the lady of the house looks after chickens.

country in a village life. they feed the chickens and help their father around the house. so the logistical denia biafra succumb to the song called a natural reserve known as the largest reserve in the south caucasus the park's flora includes beech. trees as well as various species of conifer the reserve southern front here borders on an artificial lake. recently a reserve attendant came across an abandoned row cough the starving to death. of the cow foam and successfully nursed it back to health. where fit in a. kind of milk is it its natural. i see it is letting your fingers

oh yes she has really gotten used to me. says the cough will probably have to stay with humans now reared in a pan next to the house it has already become domesticated if it were returned to the wild it might easily fall prey to count of holes. if. there is a row deer in the smallest species of deer that live in oregon of course. we also have the caspian red one of the larger species of the deer family. skin volved. the downtown area is commonly referred to as the jewish quarter and still features some houses that date back several centuries. old at that would go well this house here is from the nineteenth century it was built by jewish merchant in soviet times this was a shop and just before the war this house accommodated

a jewish community center though it was very beautiful. but the streets of the involved archaeologists have discovered numerous times holes which sprawl the length of the city where those underground passages lead is still a mystery. but it still poses one of those tunnels which practically ran all over the city in olden days there used to be a tunnel beneath their rehabs but the maze underground passageways probably stretched as far as a edge of the city and then had examined why even across the river on this one here we haven't fully on earth yet have dug almost ten meters deep and there's still no end in sight and you need to. cut the skin vaults the children are painting these young artists were born during the height of the georgian ascent in turmoil only in the past three years have they

finally begun living in peace. destroying features a park with children hanging out implying. the sun is shining. and i've painted fairly it's just it's cheerful. so nobody is troubled there. everything is bright and colorful. i'm drawing my brother and myself we are all out in our courtyard and skill involved playing together but i wanted to help write a callous because i do. to c.c. invalid you can fast just so i don a by painting as you like a safety to be like paris. you come the spend days trading the basement's german two thousand and eight attack on skin bob now she pants i'm city which she would like to see as the most beautiful and peaceful

place in the world.

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