raised well the oldest of soviet cars cruise history centuries old traditions that still followed ok with us for that. sharing of times and we will strain to get situated just a few kilometers from the chinese border post isn't exactly a short shot from moscow bunch of you don't mind a bit of gentle you're going to enjoy one of the most attractive cities in russia's far east. borders because the region's ministers have some sent home to more than half a million people in a place that really sparkles in the summer. tourists and locals come out in force to enjoy the city's wide and picturesque whereas and down by the river there are plenty of places to work on your tan.

now apparently this is one of two places in the whole of russia. in the wilds now tradition the opening of the lotus flower petals to signify the expansion of the soul so i'm hoping that my trip to hell is going to be as well and i was going. down on the riverbank. hundred fifty years ago. it links russia with china and. it's a great way to see the city. resident and to take. trains young. and we had a. so

. it wasn't long before we were doing it. and. i took the. great day just to be messing around. just enough to enjoy the. grace. for me. if you want to find out of. this place that you have to visit this is the museum. and it's the biggest and the most visited in the whole of the country. thousand

people step into this building every year and they get to enjoy a huge collection of exhibits from live local river residence to back in time. one of the things that sets this place apart from most russian museums is that you can interact with the exhibits and today we've got some guests who come from even further east to see what life used to be like here in the far east of russia these schoolchildren a visiting from japan and the museum store immediately have been taking some nineteenth century village chores and once they've checked out all the old tools it's time to really get into the swing of things you know this this is a way to learn about the process not to be a dusty museum displays just some right colorful guard say that's a problem for recent russian cities. the kids to carry on the party and headed down to meet nicolo ruben the museum's director who offered to give me a personal tour and he has his own theory on why the region's ecosystem is so

diverse with legend has it god was creating the world he planted the tiger and tropics but when he arrived here he only had a handful of seeds to toss around but he did have a bit of everything so we have a wide variety of plants in these parts from plain trees to grapes and the same can be said about our fauna. this collection of life is a very popular exhibits and includes one of the most famous and rare animals in russia. is one of the main reasons why the more tiger here is so terribly endangered but there is a place not too far from the bar which is doing its bit trying to make sure the species doesn't. is about an hour's drive from the city and it's a refuge for injured. from the local region. thank you

it's really. been taking in lost souls for the best part of twenty years and he took me to meet some of the pope's most recent arrivals. these are himalayan bears hopefully we'll be able to release them next spring but we need to feed them up first and. everyone has looked after more than two hundred beds over the years and despite a lot of fun most of us in survived being separated from their mothers these babies are only just a few months old they were rescued. because of the very popular for hunters for trophies for peace in china as well so it's very close. and of the unfortunate ones who are left behind but as you can see for just about five months old really pretty. well. but this is most famous resident is considerably bigger. as one of the rarest cats left on the

planet and i'm. twenty years old. and still. oh. quite. i'm so tempted to try and touch. my t. . here was a baby in the early ninety's and he's been here ever since he's the sanctuaries only permanent residence and despite being positively ancient for a tiger there's still plenty of life in him. beyond the biggest cats on the planet and can play more than three hundred kilos but the numbers are under serious threats and it's estimated there are only around four hundred fifty left in russia's wilderness. and one is doing his best to improve the chances he's raised

and released almost a dozen young cubs but before he does they need special training. unfortunately the lure of the. jungle being what it is these little guys are actually used when they have wild tigers here to train them how to hunt because this would be where the has in the forests around here would be the tigers natural prey and there are a few it's wandering around here too. i'm willing students of tiger school. as well. very useful when you know how to hunt. fortunately for bugs. is in residence at the moment. continues to. be running away from the a few curious tourists. but there are lots of making sure we continue.

back in the city i've been invited to see a different sort of conservation projects involving four wheels rather than four legs. and seeing cars like this is enough to bring back a few bad memories of frustrated instructors and the old mind of fault because this is where people in her come to take their driving tests but the ministry of transport here isn't just concerned with getting new drivers started they're also responsible for getting some of the city's vintage automobiles. back out of it. and it's not just the direct anatoly nazir of his passionate about he's got one of the largest collections of models in eastern russia. very true here i've got cars of all makes including those that were made in the one nine hundred thirty s.

here you see foreign makes and military vehicles and one of those military models was waiting for us in the garridge down. apparently this old truck delivered letters during the second world war and the mechanics have been trying to get it back on the road i think this one is almost almost repaired. see. magic touch. turned on. one of the most. a real russian classic. ok. down here. post truck drives again. but trucks are just the tip of the iceberg. restoring.

some of his success story. to ukrainian. most of these. special festivals but i was going to get a chance to take a listen to the specials the first. one of these things. because this is. you must have had to hit the gym to keep it under control. of these big powerful this was just a dream for most of us citizens back in the one nine hundred sixty s. . but it seems that all communist culp's weren't quite so. this may be the best police. be careful

for many people. of this tiny beach it was a lot easier to drive. even push and it would have made on the bad guys. you have the smallest. criminals i'm not sure if it would be a good thing. because either they. decided to do. a couple of sir. it's in my mid beach would have to suffice but that wasn't going to be my last even a bone adventure. this

is a cable from the us embassy in colombo to talk about here it apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military reported to the press that on that day to kill nine guerrillas in combat desecration by instructs young couldn't you know and there strongly suggest however that the nine were executed by the army and then dressed in military fatigues. explain how you know this kind of phenomenon where bodies are dressed up as guerrillas and presented as killed in action and this and this idea that you need to produce bodies actually encouraged paramilitary collaboration this is a cia document central intelligence agency they knew about these activities they knew they were happening they knew about links to paramilitary groups and yet. usaid continued to flow.

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from stupid. totty dot com. i had a chance to drive a couple of real russian classic cars in a bonus that to me was ready to return to mind as a pedestrian just it was time to let the reps of it. measure on me along all the rules is all well and good but sometimes you just feel a need for speed and there's a place in a bars where you really can come and but some. aim is to drive carefully first to serve. your primary concerns you. have always been involved with racing for twenty

five years and now runs the stream. which takes part in competitions all over the russian far east he's already trained several local champions including his son misha who offered to show me the ropes assuming i could fit in the car. more birds too big for the distance. james. but. it turns out there's a knack to getting into a go carts push. some young students but this is a sport that takes dedication and money mostly because of italian chefs seasoned japanese engines because simple. they can really shift. races regularly more than two hundred kilometers an hour and it's a serious adrenaline rush. are you ok.

i'll tell you what that is all some fun but is a little bit difficult when you're eating. dust. it was time to take things a little easier and i went off to find with a rather more sedate. looks like these guys over here have gone in for some double glazing in one of the old buildings but. i know someone is going to be able to make good use of it when it's alive. but the muses reclaimed pieces to repair and refurbish musical instruments and we were going to give an old good song a new lease of life. and my siberian stone pine window sill was going to become a brand new sounding board. to fit together perfectly can make the front of. the planks have been playing down the old sounding board has to be removed.

sorting through your kit so. it's. a bit cutesy and you destroying a guitar but looking at deems other instruments the results would be well worth it and also would cut out the old boards so i went to work on one of his handmade centerpieces. unfortunately putting everything together can take up to the team wanted to show me exactly what one of his creations had to offer. never thought that an old dog and a couple of friends. i don't even to see one conservation sent to me but it's not just land mammals that are getting a helping hand here. around fifteen years ago there were hundreds of tons of sturgeon and kalugin in the river but the fish is now critically endangered cameo

is a valuable delicacy and poaching and overfishing have seen their numbers decline to such an extent that only two i don't specimens were documented to have been cool in this area in two thousand and nine it's a situation that the demas the fish mom is trying to change. in his work as a breeding young animal sturgeon and kaluga are in captivity and then returning them to the walls so this is where they keep the food for the fish loose like particularly lovely stuff. combination of insects alone. and some tiny crustaceans are very delicious. but. the fish in these tanks are only a few months old but a full grown kaluga can live as long as a human way up to a time. as easy fishing boy about two thousand of these babies been

in here and you can see the pretty lively. now there anyway about thirty to forty grams but that's the perfect science to give him a real shot at survival in the river i think i can probably safely say that this may be the only thought in my life i'm ever going to see a fish vacuum cleaner and this is what is transporting our kaluga at all sturgeon into the fact that we can then release it into the river lake that. was like a quick did it leave a months we've reached our quota it was time to drive them to the water so i'm riding in style here because we're just about to head off to the river and hopefully give these fish new lease of life releasing hundreds of liters of water it can be a bit tricky and we have to do a little riverside rescue work. so this is these sorts lloyd to think of. very soon we'll be taking them out on to the boats. and hope they will

find the right spot in the river so they can begin. the phones only been operating since two thousand and eight but they plan to breed up to three million fish a year which should give the kaluga and the edge and a good chance of swimming in these waters in the decades to come. it's amazing to think that just a few years this little guy could be a few metres wide it's a few hundred kilos in weight and hopefully we've given him the best chance of making it because what they saw is hopefully he'll survive or amazing good luck. it really did feel that we were helping to regenerate a river that's been supporting the people of this region since time immemorial. before i left the bar of school i was going to meet some people whose ancestors had lived this way for millennia. area has been home to the indigenous nano which in their language means people for

thousands of years and by the sounds of it. i think they're preparing for some kind of festival. they're around twelve thousand living in russia and they're the largest of the indigenous tribes it's a widespread community but every year people come back for a summer party of music. but it does take quite a bit of organizing. hopefully we will really need this but just in case it doesn't rain. they should be able to keep everything nice and dry so the festival goes off without a hitch. everyone pitches in to help from the more mature to the very. top of the what's your name you know. i'm not. so it's not. over friendly which is nice. this kind of gets everyone excited

a little. today we're going to feed the spirit of fine. this spirit is the master of finance his name is put down but. after that. we'll have a touch perception where we're going to feed the spirit of. today there will also be a dragon and the dragons as to have been borrowed from the chinese but it's not true they're an ancient culture too. this. is going to be one of the big centerpieces of. syria. where we can really see. how the nominee celebrate the culture.

as soon as we've finished people started to arrive. to watch a game of chess which looks like a particularly dangerous splendor volleyball in the crops. and then it was time for don't sing. so this is what the festival is really all about so it's for the next generation oh no need to get together and practice those traditions of their ancestors have been carrying on for centuries it's a village celebration and i knew all the everyone in the community to get together and really celebrate their culture. may be a long way from us but it's worth the effort to get here this outpost of russia's far east has a rich history and a community that cares about the city and the future of its environment.

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