home to more than a million people. and most important cities. founded in seventeen sixteen has 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 how they read the. signals church dates back to. and since the fall of the soviet union they've been due to. them for the last five years and i deem it has been.

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

training privacy beats 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 over this but i think a lot. of us are. big open about his that it gives you a great view of the secy almost cause a relook at a true mix there on your vo and neoclassical building standing beside the latest soviet editions and you can while away a good few hours taking it all. going to the same ones have alienated too many of the church's parishioners voices 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. with did. we take away from the parents this is a quail egg they are very good for your health you can. look at the help with the thirty you so here we have a guinea. hen's egg with humor for a goose egg. and 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 what appears to be converted fridge looks however it works it's effective because they're not short of company. quails one of andre's be

a cell is more than a hundred in the spawn of. these quail spend most of their lives indoors but there's a pretty big minority in the fresh air to. well i'm counting. guinea fowl turkeys. so far apparently there are more than twenty different species on this. from the very small. to the very think that i knew if i wanted to make the phone store attractions i'd better be bearing gifts. you might not expect for an african office which is in the middle of siberia but. at his girls are surprisingly well adapted to the climate here you can 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 he. doesn't like the girlfriend. she quite like he's like thing their way from a woman. but there were. no wanting to tangle with a two meter plus possessive boyfriend would be to hasty retreat but i've been told there was a place nearby where i could find one or two more exotic guests and. a personal this place looks like a quiet typical russian village but just down the road they've got something that the whole area is proud of. the big rivers who is one of the region's most popular tourist attractions. space filled with lawyers. and llamas. very there was a russian little zoo that could if this place back in one thousand nine 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 from there they've got llamas they've got one hundred fifty thousand visitors every year. but 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 their very own result. core there's a hell of a smile to greet you isn't it it will believe that this is one of the most dangerous animals in africa but many here is the only hippo in siberia and a very hungry hippos he is he's twenty four. and he sets out to cold weather in siberia and his own luxury swimming pool. is one of the oem screeches biggest attractions but i knew there was a place back in town where small really is beautiful. which i'm look here we have

an insect artwork or flies and mosquitoes come i many many insects. was a micro artist with an incredible collection of miniature masterpieces but it's just micro money you scripts that have really made an atoll his name this is the prayer our father in different languages russian english french and german he owns 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 only is entirely self-taught it's not easy when you can lose an entire sculpture just by breathing too hard a 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. how until he does this was such an amazing decision i really don't. mean you have learnt it all by myself no one told me how to do with them and there is no such place in the world where you can learn it you have to devote a life time 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. has 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 of what cursive in their hands because it's always good to have something to read. probably the smallest version of the complete works of shakespeare ever created in this world you see you have made about two hundred different books and different languages of the english german and french commuter car. concentration he was time for. in the city's rhythm 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 caught everyone comes here to chill. but if you're looking for some tunes there's plenty of. to. give voice. to. hello you're going to 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. you know. and there will be a lot of fire a little music a lot of drama music and we. are the main attraction. of course we have a. drum it's very loud drum. corps yeah we made. that would be awesome so we go we go ok. he runs his friends normally play the jumbos at the local clubs but today they're performing at the festival i'm giving lessons to. this whole set. of taken from.

the boat that i've played oh all. right. going to do this first strike. going on right. on. gloom and doom. open right. right and. left don't. you know right. right left. right and bottom left hand.

ok. ok first lesson ok let's play it. straight we're going into the jungle ok. ok. and it seems it expects students to briskly. the boys were ready for a full session i was just trying to keep. their good. fun i didn't really need this stuff to be that after a while well you know get into your blood stream about. it was a spectacular way to finish the first time for the my visit to him 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. was struck with an idea australia do room to tell ya know. 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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the libs. big cities people love the sports but it isn't football that brings the fans out. the weather may be great now but this is siberia and this is ice hockey country the

local heroes. and 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 it even begun 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. it's a legend is a movie used but i'm watching now. stanley cup win the world champion

olympic champion from the small matter of being the highest point school in n.h.l. history for. movies. and if anyone has the pedigree to help him recapture the glory days of two thousand and four when they won the cage shell championship it's this man. now i'm going to throw into. sports. apparently in his prime the speed and gold scoring ability of christiane. with the strength and the presence of former england rugby captain. he was back. to do so apparently on ten million dollars a year so his time literally is are all the precious so if i was going to find out about it. but have to do it fast. jaeger is thirty eight but he signed with haven't gotten till two thousand and eleven and he's got no plans to hang up the skates so in terms of motivation for someone like you he's a cheat everything there is to achieve you know he won't keep striving you want i

mean there must be a temptation perhaps to say ok well i'm thirty eight years old maybe toeing up. i wouldn't miss it for much you know i love the game no longer going to love the game i want to play to find you can i am not going to find it and you know i. you know. how do you. teach.

traders in business. and new buildings across the city. so rapidly that. visitors begin describing. have been joined by. and people here. they've been ferrying people and goods across the world. but here in aunts 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. chief instructor.

successful kind of. one of the world's most famous brands. and. 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. this is a state of the arts me one seven one flight simulator capable of recreating almost any potential weather condition or emergency situation. even real the sound of the road as opposed to. 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 can get a bit carried away. with nice tape. in the middle of your flight. to do this is really in the house 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. money thousand 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 i 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 to see more of the region so i headed off 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's going to be able 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 as an example. if you want you can. see. the wheels although it was still a bit of a bumpy road. heading in the right direction.

if your fingers crossed and your eyes peeled. for the a couple of little houses in a way. why not just go around them. some of the guys because. this could end badly ok it's only the beginning of a guy like i would be he'd say oh jackass he needs to rescue attempt ok i mean that's a risk a rope. it's very useful so this is what happened when stunts go wrong. but hopefully we should be able to save up or trapped comrades. and if you're not going to wade through all that. we had

a slight technical hitch 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 rescue rope isn't very special. at the risk of him 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 run this nation very soon. as we're going for a lot. of villages with thinking it's all pulled up next to the houses but we were almost there and it was time to get the facts out. very important moment and you're

right. my whole visit to arms could been a hell of a journey i've met some incredibly gifted and friendly people and had some real fun and. still get somewhere here every nondescript but we're right in the fence 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 an attention.

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the health. ministry. has left him in a critical condition but his lawyer. refusing to accept donations. with me. it's good to have your company today now the british parliament is preparing to vote on whether to hold a referendum on its continued membership of the european.