next we invite you in a journey to discover russia this time we travel to the southern city of cross the dar. it's always a pleasure to visit the south of russia. to be one of its finest cities. founded on the river at the end of the eighteenth century. from a small outpost to a modern capital. and as soon as you write this one lady you really need to go and see. this. catherine and she is the patron saint of. if you come into. stand on this circle then you come under the same

protection for the time you are in this. is really to get sight see. if you. it's one of the constructions remaining by famous russian engineers. and it's still one of the best places to take it. is often referred to as russia's thomas edison because of the quality of his invention. like this fifty years of disuse it is starting to get a little rusty. building but for a panoramic view there are a few better places. who are climbing may be hungry but luckily just a place to go. great

sights smells and all these different colors but of course it does help if you have someone who can give you a profit soul. and i had a lunch date with an explicit. rules. well i'm looking forward to a little trip around the books a few things for me. yeah. this. came from china to study medicine and over the last six years she love with the place. and this one is becoming fluent in the language of the local food

some of the delicacies here just annoys me an acquired taste. i'm sure that you have never seen it. what. the cool watermelon. ok that's just me i'm doing yeah i. saw. do feel that there are some things that should be left as nature intended. this case but it's a definite it's. definitely an acquired taste. and should be just certainly get used to christmas in fact she's so fond of her new home she's thinking of staying off to she graduates seeing that people are very kind. and just say that i found myself. as a good story. you know james species yeah those are not good see oh yeah they

were. like cakes so let's go to buy so you're going to get these yeah right will thank you ever so much for showing me around. it's been a great pleasure. and i think. my list could be due to enjoying the chocolate fix when i headed back outside the weather had cleared up my mind that there was something special going on in the middle of town i just needed to get more. of a change to go it is around here somewhere but you know what they say they can doubt. policeman. because of the puzzles. and throw in the course of my uniform yes. i do yes. thank you very much police police. it appears close to those call to clean up the

streets and chant for the environment at the same time i've never seen cars like these for the police and rochelle they a new project sits in you. see. with police departments have. security. and even frame all things so. if you call as i like to call it for us. the streets and squares always seem to. be cool. well if you are going to wind up in the back of a police town this is definitely the way it's going to. be. all day.

thank you very much nice to meet you. and good luck good luck. you know that's what i call a public. i mean the city's central square. show was about to begin. these men. and without their ancestors wouldn't exist the land here was originally given to them by empress catherine the great in the late eighteenth century. hundred twenty the city was named. which means catherine's gift. fighters and brilliant swordsman and its reputation they still build on today. you don't have to have to be trained. but it certainly seems to help you coordination. once more.

very good. fencing skills. of course is absolutely part of the make up. somewhere else in the city. since he was a teenager. how

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cold. and unfortunately can lead to cracks it seemed this chunk of damascus steel was going to have to be recycled to fortunately had another developed specimen. just hammering the. hopes of getting the right.

and we just had. to go. get. it. is. painful. to get to the right temperature. barring the shouting. you have it. blades. for. most famous soldiers. may be consigned to the history books the people still show speed. the sun's out.

especially. for the victory one of the most important meet in the city's racing calendar. number seven. what do you think do you like it. breaking began an excellent suggestion on how to spend the time. this is rubik's cube an eight year old stallion who was going to be mine for the morning i had a few lessons on my trips around. the judge. could i get rubik up to a counter. for about thirty seconds and then he decided he'd much rather be doing his

own thing. now well it was a good boy. a bit of a puzzle to me. suspect. and headed back to the track but things didn't exactly. come on. come on over twelve. place a few races in the victory cup was turning into a bit of a personal defeat. yes . but i lost. and was. dumped.

with my bank balance i decided to quit while i was ahead. you're a bit of a speed freak and just down to the. well

when one deals with water it has to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy coming from the city whether it's a sonic boom say factory marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or it's destroyed. in the pacific for landing purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that there shall be taken in war to protect one by against widespread long

term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions protocol one has taken exception to that. is the river it's the longest in the northern caucasus so you tell really comes across a dollar and not paid a visit but you can just take a walk along the water side or. you can get snow it's something a little bit speedy. eagler is one of the instructors here powerboat school he's an eight time russian champion and in charge of getting the next generation to follow in his wake but you know we have got lots of young sportsmen here and

international class boats that can go up to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour. we try to stimulate the children's capacity for work and our members. take part in both european and world championships. it seemed like i was in good hands although i did need some more appropriate clothing. more racing season and then a wet suit sort of things to come. and once i got on my life vest it was time to take my seat. and trust to completely.

my life in this very small and snug contraption. with just a gas pedal and no brakes to worry about it did seem pretty easy to draw it and there was at least one quick way to slow down. this little safety line is going to be quite helpful because if i pull it. it cuts the engine out things cross though it it made. this because i saw. it. come with a quick push from the bank was all. these things you want to come. for you let me be i said or we were to tell you said the ball about because that is incredible who who. joined us have to go through

a rather unusual club ritual. but heck. to finish off the russian tradition of them all. i was about to attend cross of the most to still strong laden event yeah. it's pretty sad to say that the jim and i have never been close bus they're all people who can eat their own body weight in a day and lift the equivalent of around five big men and if you can do that maybe you two can compete in the us in some some competition. and i think. it here. is one of the guys in charge of it all. are

people. with you. james believe that you of the founders of some sort of. you not me. is the founder of this concious and you're at the right place because these are the strongest doesn't present. you get a seat ok. so again has been training in some since gym and taking calls in their events for almost twenty years and the toughest guys in the south of russia are here to show what they can do. one of the things i love about since they get some

fairly crazy stuff like that i think that's true that's true this let's just way this gentleman is going. to have much so. that's one hundred feet below one hundred fifty how much do you weigh. you see these big guys this fall that just. see here go for had a fee of forty kilos just me. and healthy. for next and if the competitors have a little trouble with the point they could still make up for it in the top of. some beautiful places for. just over half

a century ago this area was nothing. and maybe the old potato allotment until this came along. turned it into. a beautiful botanical gardens right. and i'm off to meet an old friend of his. son and has been a professor at the local university for more than. forty years and it's literally see in the gardens grow from nothing to what they are today. it's done in a regular old it pattern like the english style. that they're all of different heights as you can see and you can find every conceivable form of plant life. in fact there are more than seventy different rare breeds in the gardens and susana was happy to show me some of her favorites. can you feel it's.

smell. there around twenty full time staff here but they can always do with one hand and that meant i got to put my own tiny sapling in the ground. this this little maple tree is one of more than forty thousand trees so that by hand and hopefully in a few decades to come it will still be here giving us a. president. unfortunately my time in the city was coming to an end but there was one group of local heroes i really wanted to meet. the people here love the river which runs right through it can also be a dangerous place there are up to five accidents

a day on the water during the summer season but that's what the rescue service is here for. and i was here to see what sort of challenges they face. once i changed into my official rescue ranger gear we were ready to head on to the river. and now this is a typical day you know when we are on patrol. they want to do is go down the cuban river all the way to places where bathing is allowed and most importantly where it's not allowed to. the problem is that there is a very strong current in the kugan river and swimming can be very dangerous. some people trying to do it when they're under the influence of alcohol. teenagers over there for instance but as the. they seem to change their minds pretty quickly. too guys are they're just hard to put. between his colleagues normally

patrol a faulty to stretch but today the public will obtain the news of the result. of course it never hurts to issue a gentle reminder to. everyone having a nice time don't go swimming don't go. see and nobody is going swimming to see how impressed they are with our authority. mind you there were two people who did look like they were getting ready to sit. future victims. been very quiet but things were about to get interesting. well everyone's been doing very well behaved down the river today but to go as he still needs train which means they need a victim. class monkey and. it's

a little difficult to do a good impression of a drowning man in a highly suit but i do try my best and that river was no. no no. but fortunately i was only splashing around for a minute or two before i was free to safety. another soul saved by the crows nidal river. rescue service. i definitely recommend the drysuit.

i was happy to be out of the ocean but i was genuinely sad to be leaving. outside of moscow and st petersburg it's the most well maintained city i've seen in russia i'm one i think i could genuinely live. with you looking at the beautiful parks some top class schools in action and just genuine cosigned culture and hospitality . sybil.

would be soo much brighter than if you move from phones to perdition it's. nice friends don't on t.v.

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