those of the soviet era mix with traditions that are centuries old that's our special report next. times. to just a few from the chinese. exactly a. bunch of you. get to enjoy one of. the region's ministers of. million people and a place that really sparkles in the summer. locals come to enjoy the city's. picturesque. and. there are plenty of places to work.

and for the nature. close to a baton. now apparently this is one of two places in the whole of russia. in the wild now in eastern tradition the opening of the lotus flower petals a spokes to signify the expansion of the soul so i'm hoping that my trip is going to be as well and i was going to start my journey down on the riverbank just over one hundred fifty years ago. alongside. it links russia with china and. it's a great way to see the city and. constantine is a lifelong sailor and resident and he offered to take me out on his yacht pulled my weight of course. trains young sailors and we had a couple of the shipmates along for the riots. so

. it wasn't long before we were doing it. and as the. fixed up the rigging i took the rudder. this is pretty perfect weather beautiful. great day just be messing around in boats this is the eleventh longest river in the world but we were heading out to fall just enough to enjoy the water and get some great views. of the best way to get snow this river i can't think of one that said. it was trying to head back to dry land and for me to really start discovering the bars. if you want to find out about history there's one place that you have to visit this is the museum of regional law and it's the biggest and the most visited museum in the whole of the country's far east. one hundred eighty thousand people step into

this building every year and they get to enjoy a huge collection of exhibits from live local river residents 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 a day with 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. to use it's time to really get into the swing of things you know this this is a way to learn about the prospect of the dusty museum displays just the right. to carry on the party and headed down to meet me 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. legend has it that when god was creating the world he planted the tiger and. 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 plane trees to grapes and the same can be said about our fauna. this collection of local wildlife is a very popular exhibits and it includes one of the most famous and rare animals in russia. is one of the main reasons why the target here is so terribly endangered but there is a place not too far from which is doing its bit trying 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.

it roland. has been taking in lost souls for the best part of twenty years and he took me to meet some of the park's most recent arrivals. these are himalayan bears hopefully we'll be able to release them next spring but we need to feed them first and. everyone is looked after more than two hundred beds over the years and despite a lack of funds most of us and survive being separated from their mothers these babies are just a few moments old. trophies for china as well as a very close. fortunate behind. but you can see just about five months old already pretty. well. but this is most famous resident is considerably bigger. as one of the rarest

cats left on the planet and i'm more tiger. twenty years old. and still. coming to say. hello here quite. i'm so tempted to try and. he's got my teeth. i was born here was a baby in the early nineties and he's been here ever since he's the sanctuary's only permanent resident and despite being positively ancient for a tiger there's still plenty of life in him. the animal tiger is the biggest cats on the planet and can weigh more than three hundred kilos but their numbers are under serious threat 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. this well 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 launch a top it's wandering around here to here also some rather unwilling students of tiger school these two little there as well. very useful when you know how to hunt. fortunately for bugs. there are. in residence at the moment so it continues to hold the running away from will be a few curious. but there are lots of making sure.

back in the city has been invited to see a different sort of conservation projects involving four wheels rather than fold legs. 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 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. 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 four makes and military vehicles and one of those military models was waiting for us in the carriage downstairs. 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 most repair. c. runs good magic touch. one of the most. for real russian classic buttoned. down here. let's get this work. truck drives again. but trucks are just the tip of the iceberg. restoring.

some of the success stories. from vintage folders to ukrainian. most of these. special festivals but i was going to get a chance take a listen to the specials. or any one of these things. this is. you must have had to hit the gym to keep it under control but only one of these big 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 one point. this may be the best police car ever invented. careful

for many people. the gearbox of this tiny beach it was a lot easier to drive. even pushing that would have made all the bad guys. have the smallest. criminals i'm not sure if it would be a good thing. because either they disappear. but decided that it. would have to suffice. going to be. tension.

you want to talk to. this street still keeps secrets but now it's time to reveal the shooting of the soviet files. this is a cable from the us embassy in colombo to talk about here an apparent june seventh incident of extrajudicial executions the military according to the press that on that day the film knowing your religion from that investigation by instructs your own couldn't you know and then 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 the 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 u.s. aid continued to flow.

sometimes you just feel a need for speed. your aim is to drive carefully. your primary concerns you. pavel has 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 who offered to show me the ropes assuming i could fit in the car. more birds too big for the. james. but. it turns out there's a knack to getting into a go carts. some young students but this is a sport that takes dedication and money. because of italian chefs seasoned japanese engines they call simple. they can appreciate. races regular more than two hundred. serious adrenaline rush. are you

ok. i'll tell you what is awesome fun but is a little bit difficult when you're eating. it was time to take things a little easier and i went off to find a. date. 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. but the muses reclaimed pieces to repair and refurbish musical instruments and we were going to give an old gets a new lease of life. and my siberian stone pine window sill was going to become a brand new sounding. fit together perfectly. from. the planks have been playing down. to be removed.

sorting through. q.c. destroying but looking about diem's other instruments the results would be well worth. and also we've cut out the old bullets when i went to work on one of his handmade centerpieces. unfortunately putting everything together can take up two weeks of the team wanted to show me exactly one of his creations how to offer. never thought that an old couple with no friends. i don't even to see one conservation sense and me a bar of scotch but it's not just land mammals that are getting a helping hand here. around fifteen years ago there were hundreds of tonnes of

sturgeon and kalugin in the animal river but the fish is now critically endangered they can be or is a valuable delicacy and poaching and overfishing have seen their numbers decline to such an extent that only two adults specimens were documented to have been cool in this area in two thousand and nine it's a situation that have led to misty fish mom is trying to change the team in his work as a breeding young animal sturgeon and colluder in captivity and then returning them to the wilds 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 to a town. is easy fishing boy about two thousand of these babies fish in

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 them the real schulze it's available 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 this is what is transporting our kaluga at all sturgeon into the fact that we can then release it into the river lake that. would like a quick did it leave a months we've reached all quota it was time to drop into the water so i'm writing style here as 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 at once can be a bit tricky and we have to do a little riverside rescue work. so this is these so slow to bring to. 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 sturgeon 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 if they saw it hopefully he'll survive or amazing good luck. it really did feel that we were helping to regenerate the river that's been supporting the people of this region since time immemorial. before i left a bar of school i was going to meet some people whose ancestors had lived this way for millennia. but.

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. there are 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 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 what's your name you know. i'm not. certain that.

we're very friendly which is nice. this kind of event gets everyone excited and they don't hold back. today we're going to feed the spirit to find. this spirit is the master of finance his name is pajama but. after that. we'll have a torch perception where we're going to feed the spirit of water. today there will also be a dragon and the dragons are sent to have been borrowed from the chinese but it's not true they're an ancient culture to. this. is going to be one of the big sins of pieces of. syria. everything really see. how.

soon as we've finished people still to. watch a game of chess which looks like a particularly dangerous blend of the cross. and then it was time for don't sing. this is what the festival is really all about charts for the next generation to get together and practice those traditions of their ancestors have been carrying on for centuries it's a village celebration and i knew everyone in the community to get together and really celebrate their culture. burbs may be a long way from but it's worth the effort to get here the post of russia's far east has a rich history and a community that cares about their city and the future of its environment.

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