beautiful welcome to florence and the famous propulsive bridge on this week's program we'll be continuing our exploration of russian culture and influence of broad from famous people who live here to curb russians who live and work in italy and who wouldn't be happy here with glorious winter sun some say slow food and often culture over. the beginning of the nineteenth century saw a number of russian wealthy families to skinny italy has always held a special attraction for russians many tools of each of these the cultural center of the world and with its breathtaking architecture food and style it gets you thinking there may be some truth in that today dozens of talk companies offer excursions by plane and bus loads of russians arrive every week. with famous landmarks such that one murder conservation bridge in a fancy museum because you're not saying that everyone will be impressed on the first visit here. it's amazing here we're especially

impressed that despite so many tourists the city is still clean quiet safe and relaxed oh yes. without the linen in florence for nine years and in my experience russians like not only the architectural and cultural beauty of the city that also enjoys shopping in iraq a lot especially for not a good receiver ideas that. would make is the hometown of michelangelo and to the venture they spent a lot of time living and working in this region of italy the art and culture that have created and contribute it influenced many outstanding russians who came to florence for inspiration and stayed here for a while for bush there are many ways talented and skilled italians in which to pursue cultural life and vice versa over the centuries tell you expect a huge influence in the design of moscow and st petersburg. well the other great things about florence is the shopping. pastime of many russian tourists prices are

lower here for designer goods than back home although this next looks us pretty well it might be better not to look at the price tags. here in the main shopping street of florence you can find a design a boutique a brand that was founded at the beginning of the twentieth century by a russian noble family. in two thousand and eight it's now an international company based in france with several stores in italy. owned by the russian what. are these three of the russian fashion they go reads like an exciting novel the story of the brand you could say is part of russia's heritage and history. founded in paris one nine hundred twenty four by prince felix you suppose and his wife marina the niece of the last russian saw me collide the second and says she clothing range tasseled

european and american customers but the prince has a little business sense and two years after the nine hundred twenty nine a street crash ruins his most prosperous clients do you suppose he's forced to shut up shop. almost eight decades after the original house of his face close stores all the struggle has restored the branches for glory. to our next location now and in a city known as the cradle of the renaissance surrounded by terra cotta roofs a cluster of onion domes each topped with a tall cross is certainly not what you would expect to see in the florence skyline less than a mile from florence is dromo these brightly colored domes of a different kind marked the surviving history of russian immigration to italy and florence the russian orthodox church of the nativity of christ's.

there's been a russian orthodox church on the site since my team three built by the russian community in foreign time this is something to consider will damage over the years but was restored several times elegant and exotic and matches the city's cultural heritage perfectly reflecting in the true architectural style of seventeenth century moscow today the church is popular with orthodox worship as from all over tuscany. the church in florence houses many historic relics of the russian orthodox church including works by both russian and it's how you artists it's on the market you can't miss in florence and it's a place that brings the local russian community closer together and welcome addition to prison life in tuscany. because i knew most of the congregation of our

church consisted of people of many nationalities including russians ukrainians georgians greeks italians serbs and book ariens this church is the first big orthodox cathedral that was built initially then more cathedrals and sign removed and barry appeared and only five years ago a big church in rome was bill that. tchaikovsky the demi the family to c.s.t. a real russians with a strong connection to italy. twenty minutes outside the city well meant to be beautiful scenery vibrant colors. but what has this pod got to do with russian culture. to answer that question let's meet this week's guest. great to meet you thank you very much for your time nice to meet you while we here in this beautiful and i guess of bad given the question this place is called part delight. and there

are many beautiful ella's here one of them in fact where we're standing right now is named after dusty of ski he spent a year in the city and it was said to be one of the happiest times and as life. came to florence with his young wife and they found out here that they were going to have a baby and the couple stayed in the city while she was pregnant. also finished the eaters' here so she left a remarkable trace in the history of this city. and it's not just. her costs but on this life there are many russian influences in florence. tchaikovsky spend seventy years in florence and composed quit of space here she enjoyed florence a lot of the weather architecture art and the many museums the famous director tom ski also lived here in the ninety's seventy's and eighty's then there was joseph brought ski turner who has not been to florence to go up to the model it seems that many russians love it so but one particular florence there's nor about this place

the city is not too big and not too small and its historical centrist packed with everything one might fancy museum goers admirers of their in a sense an art lovers is perfect for everyone also those who are into fashion are excited to come here not to mention those seeking good food and wine. well thank you very much for your time and enjoy your time here florence. moving on and what other locations in florence are connected to russia one of the most beautiful palaces is still officially named. after a noble russian family who owned it the nineteenth century it was pulled by count to me to be truly a senator and the director of the hermitage harsh into the god son of empress catherine the great the palace also contains impressive library which you started to put together in italy to replace his previous collection of books which were

lost in the great. in eighteen twelve. brutally is where not the only wealthy russian family who made an impression in florence several landmarks in the city are also connected to the demeter family there all squares villas and monuments in honor of the family members who lived in florence in the nineteenth century and the family emblem can even be seen on the front of the dromo basilica of st mary the flower as it's officially cooled when money was needed to restore the cathedral princedom it off donated a large sum as his contribution was so great the florentine governess thanked him by putting the emblem right next to the main entrance. many russian artists traveled all lived in italy in the previous centuries and the country is still an inspiration to many of their works far from classical but rather unusual controversial contemporary art is displayed at a russian art gallery in the center of florence. and she stood on galloway has existed for several years now and now we're working on

a new concept. that we want to showcase work which would combine art blind and sound and would affect as many senses as visitors as possible the want to share that art can be not only a visual treat little so heal a person because it will focus and. florence is full of captivating stories and legends connects to many corners of the world. while local met is that if you rub this board snout and put a coin in its mouth you will return to florence at some point in your life and no he doesn't really like to has poor rubles christian and italian share many similarities the culture of the two countries is very classical based and complementary in many ways both have a rich history incumbent's a long tradition of excellence in every aspect of arts and design. and from modern russian french fashion houses to cradle frocks churches cheap away. the russian

connections you can find in italy and you'll be amazed at the results. as tchaikovsky did call florence the city of dreams he said and they had a points column fortunately that so that's how we have left on this week's program i think that's the end of our exploration of russian culture here in italy i'll see you again at the same time next week we'll be back in the russian capital to tell them from me and the rest of the moscow our group the bike. club.

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to europe as early as next week he'd head off i should say a loony you bound over to iraq as nuclear program iran's of previously said in recent weeks that it's ready to allow in u.n. nuclear inspectors who are due in the coming day so. let's get away from you know neal he joins us with the sporting union things heating up down under this certainly our one hundred two take myself away from the news room there because novak djokovic. murray are involved in the. epic encounter nice out the moment we're going to get the very latest from the in just a second i'll have a look. good to have you with us this is sports today we have got plenty head this hour including wii stories in brief. queens of the court the russian girls but llama has

made it so by. playing the first doubles crawling up the grand slam season in history. bunting by type locals down the mall school recover from a rushing by sky to see off the gloves on home ice in the continental hockey. tight up atop the american pair of suspension levine and kyle stanley storm to the opening days lead up the farmers insurance. let's get started out the astray you know point where the second men single semifinal is now well underway on that is fast turning into a classic novak djokovic. going operates in a repeat of last year's find the melbourne park dreaming championship which taking the first set before murray. to tie proceedings after the second event also went on true ron paul the third but the twenty four year old went to sleep in the four following joke at the time proceedings are two sets of pace this score on the fifth

deciding said. to joke of h. i tell you all things are heating up roughly a little he awaits the winner. now this being good news for russia on the day don't know what saddam a kuznetsova clinching the women's doubles title that per force to come from behind the against italian juicer around the on the remark that vinci five seven six four six three the way the on seeded partnership develop twice major champion kuznetsova now adding a second doubles title to her red. i'm a those were number seven is a bar over. ok let's talk football where a big weekend of f.a. cup action kicks off later on friday with two evening games in england tottenham manager harry redknapp will pick the team for the visit to championship side watford the spikes being on trial for tuck's evasion big favorites to press their

well full of the team that knocked them out of the cup last year they travel to goodison park to take on everton the cottagers have won all previous f.a. cup ties between the two sides. now i've just left it all pure on the word point spike ability and his actually a word on a demonstrates perfectly what he did in the concept of hockey league last night but white on blues had been thrashed earlier in the week by scar but recovered perfectly with a comprehensive win over a plant constantine to top off he reports. had suffered force three defeats and said if in the western conference eight points behind third place dunam both sides had been thrashed in their previous encounters and were eager to bounce back in front of russia head coach. who attended the clash it was that very lack of defense if we were honest that allowed to nominate to score carbon copy goals late in the first period and the blue and why it's never looked bad first collected it to zone

pass to get one on one in the bog jump us to russia's international constantin but all of. and just eighteen seconds after the restored to the house doubled their lead this time grigori shifty groom broke away leaving the goaltender guessing to nothing after the opener five minutes into the second and the home team earned the penalty shot by ruining turned away shot by deny i was needed forward me high your knees in to keep up wanting the game and the frame and its corliss in the final period in our world ticking but the twenty seven year old goalie denied all their efforts however even the best russian at minor was helpless when the blue and white scored an empty net in the dying seconds of the game nice in sealed a final score at three to nothing with his first goal for the nama you are perfectly with the preparations for the playoffs already underway tension and pressure is arriving up in every game provided to be united tonight was

a well deserved when. we can start the season. in the middle of the season some good games. in our health this is. going to last too long you know about many games after recovery after find our game and start preparing for. this loss at lunch suffered a fifth consecutive defeat well do not seem to book the third place in the western conference with damages to go before the playoffs start in same but out of archie. now i tell you what the los angeles clippers have been the surprise package of this season's n.b.a. season thus far the californian i fed remaining top of the pacific division following victory over memphis on thursday the host jumping out to a twenty nine seventeen lead after the first quarter but the gracies opened the second with a fourteen zero run all their own cutting the difference for just one point by half

times as then to and fro until the final few minutes clippers bench men williams but he was the most ensured mentally at all nine of us. eighteen points in the final slaughter his partner in crime blake griffin didn't to his tally during the last twelve minutes but it was top score for l.a. with twenty points overall ninety eight ninety one clipper type finish the winners due to nine wins and just two losses. over european action turkish side i have claimed the noro victory against olympiacos in the euro league meaning a russian side. are not the only unbeaten side in their group because taken advantage of a slow start by gala tops right at the end of the first quarter the game was tied fifteen fifteen but turkish visitors would then find the rhythm moving fourteen points ahead by the time my love be at costco not giving up the fight cost this lucas the shot of the day here is three pointer sending the game into overtime up

the buzzer making it sixty nine while all that was in the extra period that the host managed to finally take it seventy it's. not barcelona who pulls the best defensive record in the tournament trouble too much could be the visitors i played in the opening court time but came back well in the second with the game tied at twenty nine each way through the initiative then swinging in the catalan giants favre. points and fourteen from from vows making the difference a boston ticket seven want to leave the top of debates to ends in as many games. or a goal for the american jewish special a vien and kyle stanley share the lead after the first round of the farmers open in california the west coast perfect shing the opening day on ten on par stanley had recorded nine birdies as he approached the final hole on the twenty fourth all made up for an earlier bogey by turning this nice approach into an eagle on the

eighteenth levine also a model of consistency on the day he needed a late birdie for a share of the lead the twenty seven year old hitting a green approach in the. par five final hole on the relatively simple putt meant he finished tied for the lead with a score of sixty two that is his joint lowest of his career. now the robie were list gearing up for another series of six nations bottled starting next month plenty of eyes will be on reigning champions england who have a new coach and a plethora of new faces in their roster following a world cup exit last year in the quarterfinals the reigning champions kick off their twenty twelve campaign on february fourth against scotland in edinburgh arlen's italy wales and france of course also vying to take that crown from english while scottish head on robinson has already been making headlines stating england were already get it during the world cup encounter against the scots new english coach stuart lancaster can't comment on the past but assured that's not the case

with his team going forward. there's no room for me there's a determination and desire to win a desire to be competitive and i like to think that we reflected our players i can't really comment too much on what went on in our game i was always just stood in the stands with. sixty thousand people. you know from our point of view you know we want to be known as a hard work and we were going to get still can play hard for england to athletics finally were a pair of the world's elite runners a suffolk pole and veronica campbell brown simply cannot wait until the twenty twelve london olympic games the goal of course for the jamaican sprinter which is to continue their gold medal winning exploits. olympic year because in my you just move those forces me so i'm. sure you know and. you know to run indoors you know working on the star. is fifty meters what you know

. but i didn't stop. to think of the other things to me i am. one. hundred twice and to think of becoming the first one in history to do it three times is great of my head but working hard because i'm not on the team yet still have the trials in june and so the objective is to train hard and. events and then take it from there i'm not as all your sports i'll see you in a run two hours time with more but now it's the weather here in twenty four hour.

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