home to more than a million people. oldest and most important cities. founded in seventeen sixteen ohms because been transformed from a frontier outpost to a bustling administrative center transport hub and. intrusions second largest city east of the urals and it's a picturesque regional capital and i was going to begin my trip with a visit to one of its oldest buildings. this is one sound that you hear in almost all russian sounds alongst is no exception that search for old welcome people to worship every day are going to see a very. significant church dates back to. and since the fall of the soviet union they've been beautifully collected. these are the last four years and i deem it has been.

everyone. this is a. team is also in charge of training the next generation of musical talents. these girls will be seriously forced learners so in syria asked me to join in for a joint i have to be able to keep time. this is the place for the bellringer. coming in like a small bells should be operated with the right hand of lymphoma here but i. have a little training from the maestro i was ready for a solo and. i just have everyone else is in his way to.

training and practice you get to make it sound good but suddenly you're off your legs always thought to work independently i don't know maybe i'm on my way to being a complete company but i think. you have a. big opening bell is that it gives you a great view of the sissy homes cars a real true mix there on your bow a classical building standing beside the latest soviet additions and you can while away a good few hours taking a limb. from limb to understand one's hand alienating too many of the churches parishioners forces i believe town for a while just to be on the safe side so i headed out to a place where a bit of a company is nothing new.

if you're trying to work out which came first the chicken or the egg this might not be a bad place to start. what did they. take away from the parents this is a quail egg they are very good for your health even. look at. the thirty or so here we have a guinea egg. and hence a. fool a goose egg. the biggest one that an ostrich egg boundary breeds and sells birds to farms all around the region and he took me to see the latest arrivals. these are new born guinea fowl chicks and their eggs are hatched in not a piece to be converted fridge looks however it works it's effective because of company. quails one of andre's be a cell is more than

a hundred in this. disk will spend most of their lives indoors because there's a pretty big in the fresh air to. well i'm counting. give me file keys. so far apparently there are more than twenty different species on this. from the very small to the very thing but i knew if i wanted to make the phone store attractions i better be bearing gifts. you might not expect by african office which is in the middle of siberia but. i'm his girls are surprisingly well adapted to the climate here and get down to minus twenty five celsius or minus thirteen far in height and they don't mind because as long as golf is good it's ladies to keep him company he's pretty happy. but well betide anyone else who gets close to them. is going to

get jealous. doesn't like me going there is a girlfriend. she quite like he's like thing they way from our woman. there were. no wanting to tangle with a two meter plus possessive boyfriend beat a hasty retreat but i've been told there was a place nearby where i could find one or two more exotic guests and on. a personal this place looks like a quiet typical russian village but just down the road they've got something for the whole area is proud of. the big rivers who is one of the region's most popular tourist attractions. of space filled with lawyers leopards and llamas. very there was a russian little could this place back in one thousand eight hundred three this was

just designed for the village school but it became so popular and people brought more and more animals that it just kept growing and then they've got llamas they've got one hundred fifty thousand visitors every year. and considering there's only twelve thousand people in the whole village tourists can see more than two thousand and a means including a polar bear and a family a mammal tiger is. the big rivers most famous resident is that very own little hole. core there's a hell of a smile to greet you isn't it you will believe that this is one of the most dangerous animals in africa but many here is the only here in siberia and a very hungry hippos he is he's twenty four. and he sets out to cold weather in siberia and he's only luxury swimming pool. is one of the screeching biggest attractions but i knew there was

a place back in town where small really is beautiful this was your look here we have an insect artwork or flies and mosquitoes come on many many insects. and it was a micro artist with an incredible collection of miniature masterpieces but it says micro money scripts that have really made an atoll his name this is the prayer our father in different languages russian english french and german he holds the guinness record for the world's smallest printed book and has a library of many classics. but when you're dealing with things this small that can be difficult to keep hold of. this is the problem of course. it's incredibly delicate nor can it totally is entirely self-taught it's not easy when you can lose an entire sculpture just point breathing to heart and miniature aunts requires miniature tools. i never thought i'd find myself calling on the to speak

but. the technique is so precise i can feel myself not breathing because i'm so worried about my hands shaking and destroying utterly and one false move. until he does this with such amazing decision i really don't. mean you learnt it all by myself no one taught me how to do with someone there is no such place in the world where you can learn it you have to devote a lifetime to creating such instruments and then it was time to practice some very tiny handwriting. this takes quite a lot of concentration but remote completely it appears. to be working and there's always room on the mantel piece for something this size so i think that's pretty well off the

lessons from the master i got my own personalized little micro souvenir and because it's always good to have something to read. probably the smallest version of the complete works of shakespeare ever created in this when you see you're made about two hundred different books and different languages of the russian english german and french a music are. it was time for. in the city's reserve bank some of its most popular spots. we might be a long way from the city here and all but it doesn't mean we don't have a beach and when the weather's hot everyone comes here to chill. but if you're not looking for some tunes there's plenty of. two.

boys oh oh oh. oh oh oh oh you guys how your concerts. here we've got a concert nearby here so what was going on at the beach there are so many people there's a lot of people today because today flame. here and there will be a lot of fire a little. drum music and we. are the main attraction. of course we have a. drum it's very loud. and. we made. some go go ok. he runs his friends normally play the jumbos at the local clubs but today the performing of the festival i'm giving listens to. his whole sets. oh well taken from.

those i've played full. house i'm going to do the. first strike. going on right and. open right. right and. left and don't. you know right this place. right. right and bottom left hand.

ok. ok first lesson ok let's play it. straight we go into the jungle ok west african rhythm ok. and it seems it expects the students to progress quickly. the boys were ready for a full session i was just trying to keep. very good it's fun and it really knew this stuff. is you know get into your blood. it was a spectacular way to finish the first holes of my visit to a school i don't receive in spoken with some incredibly talented people i knew i

still had to meet someone who was used to performing on a much bigger stage. but i. stuck with that idea. there's no way thank you see the film on screen yeah if you want to have sex go and have sex.

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. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms of russia. we've got the future covered. in most big cities people love the sports but it isn't football that brings the fans out in. the weather may be great now but this is so i beria and this is ice hockey country the local heroes i haven't. their captain is one of the greatest players who have a ripped off a helmet and started repeatedly punching another in the face.

ice hockey game between two of russia's biggest teams had to be abandoned after a fight broke out between the players only three and a half minutes into the game between. six hundred and thirty seven minutes in penalties but it wouldn't be enough to cool the hot tempers so the game was called off before. in two thousand and eight. he just completed an eighteen year career in the n.h.l. and broken plenty of restaurants along the way. the legend is a movie used but i'm watching now. stanley cup winning the world champion the olympic champion in the small matter of being the highest point school in n.h.l. history for. now he's a captain and if anyone has the pedigree to help him recapture the glory days of

two thousand and four when they won the championship it's this much. now i'm going to throw into. sports. apparently. the speed and go for you ability of christiane. with the strength of the presence of former england rugby captain and. he was a good. ten million dollars a year so his time literally israel the precious so if i was going to find out about it. but i have to do it fast. but he signed with two thousand and eleven and he's got no plan b. skates so in terms of motivation for someone like you. everything there is to achieve. i mean there must be a temptation. ok well i'm thirty eight years old maybe totaling up what i would i would miss it so much you know i love the game of you know. going to love the game

i want to play it's such a fine if you can i am not going to find it anywhere and i. you know. how do you. still be a member of the family for a few seasons to come. and the arrival of the trans-siberian railway. train is in business. and new buildings across the city expanded so rapidly that.

visitors began described as the chicago area. have been joined by. and people here. they've been ferrying people and goods across the world. but here and you don't just have to look at them. this is the only noncommercial civilian helicopter training school in russia and some of the country's most experienced pilots teach. yuri has been flying for over thirty years. successful candidate. one of the world's most famous brands. and there's a lot to take. that's

just the beginning. so this old technology is still a great training tool but i think it's time that we took a look at the twenty first set. this is a state of the odds of me one seven one flight simulator capable of recreating almost any potential weather condition or emergency situation. even real the sound of the world is about this. one of the pilots who go to rack up one hundred hours of flight time eighty in the real thing and twenty in here. in fact it's so much like the real thing you get a bit carried away. with nice safe. in the middle of your

flight. this is really. the hour it seemed like we were going to have a smooth flight and then my instructor victor asked me to take the controls. five minutes of training. already on the. lazy. monday thousands of a ninety nine point nine hours. of winning. eventually we go down in one piece although that was very little to do with me. so the whole on the simulator reckon i should be ready for the real thing no. speed helicopter training early in arms. it was almost time for me to leave school but i still wanted see more of the region so i headed on for a bit of a trick. well i do like

a good stroll in the countryside but when you do it in siberia you can go for a very long time without seeing anybody at all and i've finally come to a road i'm hoping that maybe someone is going to let me ride. think. it's best to be in something that can handle the terrain. ok. so. let's go. ahead. and his friends were. to the very center. he was happy for me to hitch.

if you want you can. see. the wheels although it was still a bit of a bumpy ride. if

your fingers crossed and your eyes peeled. for the a couple of little houses in a way postal one will just go around them. some of the guys. this could end badly ok it's only the beginning of a guy like elevated c.e.o. jack. going to the rescue attempt ok i mean that's a risky rope it's very useful so this is what happened when wrong. but hopefully we should be able to save up or trapped comrades. and if you're not going to wait for all that. we had a slight technical speech with the rescue to. yuri had a special american made two belts which he reckoned would be a little bit more successful. on the third attempt.

to see that this risk is very special. at the risk of you i mean stretches and never tears apart you can drive a car with no problem with us technology saves the day. and as the sun begins to set we'll closer to one just a nation. according to the g.p.s. we will reach your destination very soon. as well going for a while. in the villages with thinking it's all convoy pulled up next to the houses but we were almost there and it was time to get the facts out. very important moment you're right. my whole visit to have been a hell of a journey i've met some incredibly gifted and friendly people and had some real fun

. stick it somewhere here it's not a fairy nondescript but we're right in the front of the on the screen and we're claiming it in the name of a four by four club. never ceases to amaze me and if you come to school you guarantee to have an attention.

breaking news for you this hour here on. critical condition. egypt's former leader hosni mubarak is fighting for his life following the reported seeing images of. as many libyans celebrate the country's declared liberation and questions remain

over whether the price they paid in the form of. ruin infrastructure has been too high. and the search for a solution. a summit in brussels brings no breakthrough all in the u.k. there are growing calls to leave the block altogether as the parliament prepares to vote on whether to hold a referendum. just after two pm on monday here in moscow this is with me. and a straight to our breaking news for you this hour sources say that egypt's former leader hosni mubarak is fighting for his life and is in a critical condition in hospital now it's believed that mubarak's health took a turn for the worse after we saw reports of the death of former libyan leader kind .