his most significant logical treasures. just a few metres away is the entrance to the igniter of sky a cave and it's supposed to contain some of the best preserved ancient artwork in the country. definitely the place. that hello will my going to live here is an archaeologist who's been studying the cave for more than twenty years the drawings here are from the paleolithic period and i believe to illustrate the local tribesmen and rights of passage. you can see this little red clay mall up there on the walls it's supposed to take but. this cave was used. as a sacred place where they would come. and make themselves all. right this is definitely

a cave for the brave enough to cave for the close to think. it was was the tight squeeze because the drawings on the other sign it's a truly spectacular. and see here this is a huge hoard and it's supposed to belong to the figure of a unocal to spread out over was four meters at the root and that's actually supposed to symbolize. the perp and be enough it's linked to this figure here of a woman who can make now head boarding breasts. had legs at the back and just across the line of dots showing that they are both joined as one. the room has a strong spiritual aura and i wasn't surprised to find that even after all this

time it's still used as a shrine so this is considered to be wanted not the most sacred place in the whole kay and it's interesting to see how the ancient religions have come together with christianity as people began to believe that this little figure here actually started to look like an icon of mary and so christians started to come here and worship and place little icons of their own he'd see they're still here and it's still used as a place where people can pray thousands and thousands of years and it was made this may be the most unusual icon in the region but most of the work comes from one small town with an international reputation. region has always been one of russia's most important industrial areas because of the quality of its oil and all but on this territory there's been a factory that for more than two and a half centuries has helped make it famous the world over.

works is credited with redefining cost on its one numerous international awards and its sculptures appear in collections across the planet but the manufacturing process has barely changed since its eighteen hundreds heyday. so here we've got some of the ingredients that have made the cost on here so famous and it's all local products basically you've got over here the slightly lighter substance is clay and the black is just local sun but it contains properties that when mixed with the oil and whole make a very strong form of cost on it and that's why the artwork here is of such high quality and i know a lady here is making one of the molds that the is going to be pulled into so she's covering the i comb with layers of clay and sand once the actual only call has been removed you have this perfect imprint left in the molds

and then things really start to heat up so from this boiling hot stove wow. you get the liquid off it will sound and play into this bucket that's about to stead i reckon. so the liquid on end is being poured into these molds here where it will sit between four hours until it's cold enough. to be taken out so the next part of the process can begin. but wow pretty toxic in here i'm going to move out the way. and once the metal reaches the right temperature the factory artists can go to work . for this is the next stage process nicholai head and now that he's come out of his mold ladies basically she will down the fine details that sounded like everything looks.

each piece receives plenty of expense attention and some of the finest examples are kept in the factory for visitors to admire. hey you can see just some of the results that have come of two and a half centuries of crossman ship. produced beautiful intricate models. and here you have the. first made the company. of course is old saint nick. but if you want to see if you larger pieces of. just take a trip to chile. this is the region's capital and its cultural business center it's home to around one point three million people is about to take its most beautiful street. calculations are correct and this is what i think it is

we should be in the very hot and that means that my friend is over here. yeah very good thank you so i'm all right this is the very center of town absolutely meet these. towns and you just you. see mark all. these things between the city ok. you know that has lived. and she's always keen to show its sights. we see we can camel. a very big camel the became but it's still a i think the will somehow became already that this is the sort of this bird. i think we're all supposed to be good luck symbols on they all right so. yeah maybe this chap as well because he has a nice hat that was there ever has to. travel it could it will.

both europe and its territorial position means it's become an ethnic melting pot so . you have. european culture mixed with asian culture as well. i was ready to experience some. this ethnic culture first time when there's a celebration in these parts they don't do things by heart. so we've got music some very colorful people i think stream of the field like almost big glastonbury there but this trustable promises to be just as good it's called sad and truly. scary on top saw events. and don't be surprised if you bump into a special guest store to. anything but the presidential seal of approval. someone too is a summer festival that's been celebrated for over

a thousand years but i was about to meet up with someone who really knew his way around. the tourism. one of the event. and a someone to exponential. is an old. feast in the old days people used to come together as a form of communion. being nomads they had a little opportunity to communicate in everyday life. here they got together once a year and married off their daughters. there might not have been wedding bells but there was still plenty to celebrate and in here in toronto a culture that means masses of food. passed the over at least try our national training. yes. this is wild. a little by. trying to please. this

is supposed to be the best one in russia so. this is taking. money out of the. cities too. but if you really are. you can always test out your prowess in some traditional school. with good food unusual tests. like. the false does the whole. terribly good start. and there's plenty of action for the local strongmen to. conclude she's going on. he's.

going to be. some of the competition was going on and i had a previous engagement to attend so through a few painful looking. i headed back to tempt. well after watching all that school. it's definitely made me hungry so i'm in the right place i think. it's a lot of. little value it spicy running. around. take a seat look at this. fish for a king. this. this is our traditional dish give it a try. there's no need to worry about overeating because they have a few do not just today. drink but just a word of warning budgetary and should definitely stay away. but

it was. a real best here. one hundred percent with the table still groaning with food i finally was told away from my hosts and someone to it it'd been a very delicious day but for the sake of my stomach it was time to start looking at a few of chalabi and six more back to the suits. there hasn't been a thing yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact possible. before source material is what helps keep journalism honest we.

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which eleven's region is full of sprawling woods and forests so it's hardly surprising that the locals have developed a taste for country sports and i had to just outside the capital to see what i could back for a very long time the british have enjoyed shooting small flying things with large guns and that's not something i've got a how to go out until today or i think i'm going to be able to break my duck or at least. i'm pretty sure that sign means i really do not want to be in this area. the school speaking in kind and gentle souls here on discovering russia the pigeons we were after were a lot of official and the rot was my cock shot instructor. they bear my name smart. because it's been open for more than ten years and it's the most popular in the area and soon i was ready to blow away some clay. oxen

loaded. and i'll take a little beginners wherever i can get it. you never believe it. can i carry on. who. gets like this according to murat the secret is to shoot the clay right top of the arc don't turn your head only look down the sights and before long i was ready for a solo if it's ok so i'm going to see if i can load the thing myself no. and we're ready to shoot. i think this must be the most fun you could have with a deadly weapon and you can even pick up a few tiny moments. well i think that counts as

a pretty successful first hunt. course. to take home a trophy or two. i might have more to the shotgun but you don't really want to bump into someone with one on your afternoon hike if i was going to take a weapon with me i needed something a little small with all of the chill of its regions wide open spaces and countryside it never hurts to have a good knife on you but if you are going to survive in the wild why not do it with a little bit of style because here they've been making rushes most beautiful blades for almost two hundred. swords are famous for their quality and decorative engraving for more than a century local blade smiths were the only official suppliers for the russian army and navy as well as the court history of the modern factory dates back to the late

ninety's but it's designers have a heritage that appeals to women buffs around the country i was going to watch them make. the special. once the blade has been filed and shaped the rest of the components by hand so this this is a downer so this drug has just been put together and checked fitted into its scabbard here brasco that's one of the brass handle and that's what it looks like. you certainly. want to be on the wrong end of that is shop assuming everything passes inspection the new blades are then sent to the factory artists where they're given an individual design this black paint like substance is actually

a acid resistant lacka and when the blade is galvanized this little bit which isn't covered golden and this little bit will stay solvent so you get the distinct. and then it's returned to the workshop for the last finishing touches. so look here see . it's something i. just need to use the thing. with my new found weapon the chill i've been schooled in is held no fear is and if you're looking to get away from it all this is the place for you. and that was worth the trip so i've made it to zora cool the highest mountain lake in the year olds which is considered to be one of the most beautiful and unique landscapes in the whole country. the lake is seven hundred twenty four meters above sea level and attracts more than sixty thousand tourists during high season and it's so clean

that you can drink from it. over hello my name is sarah game. seven days one of the park rangers it's sort of cool and he's also an expert on the local flora and fauna. missional poor kids are safe haven for many animals. sometimes small beer is skinny would be seen on this trail hide in the grass and wait for tourists well there are many moose and here's here. there are also many roads here and foxes. plus a host of birds breck and he so gross and if you find that the ants have carried off ill picnic you can provide a wild banquet of sorts. come. now.

in russia which actually mean something sour definite lives up to his name. all up . for living off the land. and at least dehydration is not a problem. and it's good actually. delicious greens. get thinner. maybe that would be such a bad thing. with a few opine cucumber snacks in my pocket and headed out of the forests but i was still sticking close to the water. that you love in sweden has always been an important industrial center of russia and that noise should be quite close to a special bit of engineering. and as long as you don't look down too often you should be able to get right over it well i don't think it's going to fall so help and safety inspection this old bridge result in the right place because underneath

these very rich people woods is the longest my door electric gap in the country. for over one hundred years the station here it's been lighting up the local community first powering the old fair alloa factory and now it's the only electric source for two nearby villages and chief engineer anatoly is the man in charge. looks like a knowledgeable shop until he's worked here for the best part of twenty years and now manages the power station on his. but the equipment spend far longer than him. but not by the same system. and if he needs to crank up the juice he just times the wheel. according to how much electricity they need to generate this control. but. most of them although i did the will to

get. some of the pitman this reliable in place there's no reason it couldn't last. mind boggling to think of the amount of water that's flowed down that it runs at almost four tons per second it's been doing it for over a century but still no signs of slowing. it was almost time for me to leave the region but before i went i thought i deserved a trip to one of the area's lakes on resorts and now it was time for me to get on the. we were heading out to a rocky island in the middle of the water but together i needed to make a quick change. we're almost in the right place here but supposedly the most interesting thing about this area isn't actually the island itself but what's underneath it and to explore that so i just need to meet a couple of new friends. i just got to

successfully leap from here to there. right. right so we're going to go diving. yes we are going to dive in the lakes most interesting spots will go to a depth of twelve meters. below is the resorts chief don't even struct and he promised we were in for. them once i was kid up it was time to get when it. finally ready to take the plugs who are just hope it's not too chilly. it certainly wasn't the full wetsuits meant we were able to stay down for quite a while and take a look at the island.

and i got to meet the local wildlife both below and above the surface. the. ok to all say. well it's not quite the great barrier reef but it's definitely the best i've done in russia oh. the trip. tundra. it's been a long journey around the two evans region and i felt odd and a little lower and i know this is a stunning part of the country and it's

a place where you can experience both european and asian hospitality among some of russia's most beautiful scenery.

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violent clashes persist in syria as the u.n. admits the peace plan is being broken by both sides while moscow steps up efforts to find a diplomatic solution. one hundred billion euros a bailout madrid finally admits it cannot say but believe it that it's on its own becoming the largest economy so far to seek aid from the eurozone. also getting trade in tackling the crisis in the middle east russia and china strengthen their partnership as president vladimir putin visits beijing. with a look back at the past seven days top stories on the latest developments this is the weekly. u.n. observers in syria are continuing efforts to determine how many people were

massacred in hama province on wednesday and who was behind the slaughter top u.n. officials admit the peace plan is being flouted by both sides of the conflict dozens of reportedly been killed across the country over the weekend while foreign calls for intervention being ramped up as more of a notion and i reports. duquesne body is lain side by side we mean children among them death was indiscriminate and bloody the pictures from syria this week have brought shock around the globe and also a worry in sense of deja vu just weeks before another massacre came to light this time in the village of houla and the world was quick to pass judgment the american british and french push for military intervention in syria is absolutely enormous we've seen hague of course william hague the british foreign secretary calling for intervention we've seen the new french president saying the same thing the americans obviously taking the lead the specter of a military solution returned.