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european ural mountains and also we're on top of one of russia's most significant all here logical treasures. just a few meters 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 has. my going to libya is an archaeologist who's been studying the caves for more than twenty years the drawings here are from the paleolithic period and are believed to illustrate the local tribesmen and rites of passage. hopefully you can see this little red clay mark up there on the walls it's supposed to date but in the whole thousand years in this cave was used by a local young men as a sacred place where they would come. and make themselves i'll.

write a book this is definitely a cave for the brave and not a cave for the cluster flu pitch. but it was worth a tight squeeze because the drawings on the other saw it a truly spectacular. can see here that 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 roof and that's actually supposed to symbolize maya and the perfectly enough it's linked to this figure here of a woman who can make out her head supporting breasts here and had legs at the back and just across the line of dots showing that they are both

joined as one. 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 want to not be 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 to thousands and thousands of years i'm sure it was made. this may be the most unusual 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 iron

ore 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. and works is credited with redefining cast on art its one numerous international awards and its sculptures appear in collections across the planet but the manufacturing process has barely changed since its eight hundred heyday. so here we've got some of the ingredients that have made the cast iron 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 sand but it contains properties that when mixed with the oil and all make a very strong form of cast iron and that's why the artwork here is of such high quality and now a lady here is making one of the molds that the iron is going to be poured into so

she's covering the icon with layers of clay and sand once the actual icon has been removed you have this perfect imprint left in the mold and then things really start to heat up so from this boiling hot stove here wow. you get the liquid on your sound and play going into this bucket here that's not a stead i reckon. so the liquid. is being poured into these molds here where it will sit between four hours until it's called 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 . so this is the next stage nicholai head and now that

he's come out of his mold the ladies basically just rolled down the fine details that sounded like everything looks good. each piece received plenty of expense attention and some of the finest examples i 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. and produced beautiful intricate models like the and here you have the furniture that first made the company's name and of course it's old st nick watching. but if you want to see a few large pieces of castle then just take a trip to chill happens. this is the region's capital and its cultural and business center is home to around one point three million people and i was about to take it

along its most beautiful street. and if my calculations are correct and this is what i think it is we should be right 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 are sent all the counts and you just three do you. see your own mark. absolutely called deletion of these things between the cd ok. that has lived all her life and she loved it and she's always keen to show off its sights and it's wildlife we feed the kids a camel. a very big camel the became of but it's really a thing the will somehow became all right this is the sort of this bird maybe you should i think they're all supposed to be good luck symbols on they all right so.

yeah and how about maybe this chap as well because he has a nice hat that look there never has to stock the old steps a little when you travel it's not could. but your region rests in both europe and asia and its territorial position means it's become an ethnic melting pot so central you have. european culture mixed with asian culture as well this was specific about i was ready to experience some. this ethnic culture first time and then when there's a celebration in these parts they don't do things by halves. so we've got music some very colorful people i'm extremely muddy fields i can almost be at glastonbury here but this pastoral promises to be just as good it's called sat down to a. small box carried on top saw events. be surprised

if you bump into a special guest or two. but even the presidential seal of approval. someone two 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 lower the tourism makes you gosh can one of the event. and a someone to exponential. is an old. kazakh feast in the old days people used to come together here 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 in me but there was still plenty to celebrate and in bashir in toronto a culture that means masses of food. when asked how the least try our national drink booze out yes. this is wild horse

meat. cleaver little bite. tries on john cleese. this is supposed to be the best honey in rushes off of. this is taking the bunny actually out of the closer mr william there will be. is in the in the see these two pieces of good stuff. but if you really want to work up an appetite you can always test out your prowess in some traditional school. like good food unusual tests of manhood at this festival like. the frost is the whole climate. on the shelf and getting off to a terribly good start. and there's plenty of action for the local strongmen to. pick up the mismatch

is going on here because of the guys with the sudanese all getting my humble pie these. are actually feel like. some of the competition was going on all day and i had a previous engagement to attend so few painful looking body slams i headed back to ottawa's tent. at well after watching all that sport and all that dogged say it's definitely made me hungry so i'm in the right place i think russell said about it builds a lot of make up with i'm going to put on a spicy voting rights when it's awash with. them when they're throwing a dinner party and i don't mess around that you have to take a seat look at this. right which hurricane. like this you know this. it's our traditional dish and i give it a try but there's no need to mori about overeating because they have

a few natural diet just today it's on hand to another kind of slightly alcoholic cemented the milky drink but you know just a word of warning that vegetarian should definitely stay away. bus kiri hospitality i tell you all glastonbury might have robbie williams but if i can eat like this it's siri i'll take it every time. i get. a good man. a real best here or under. one hundred percent. with the t.v. still groaning with food i finally walked away from my hosts and someone to a. very delicious day but for the sake of my stomach it was time to start looking at a few of. the suits. and i'm sure all of you got a story or out about this crazy lady with

a convertible that. every time she. was on death row for nineteen years. the life that. has these people as human it is necessary to punish crime and everything we do to punish crime is unpleasant. but it needs to be done nobody wants to be linked to the nazis but the historical antecedents of the american death penalty today come in large part from the nazis and the sad part is texas gets their way and they execute him and i won't be allowed to touch him until after he's dead. any time i leave the house. and he keeps telling me they can't hear me and they are under block. but every time i go by.

i won't be there i will not witness for your remarks for. there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the full source material is what helps keep journalism honest we. we want to present. something else. if you're piled up on my desk you'll go to the. times on a sort of a twelve pack and i can't part of. it goes back to a time when people would lie down in their forces in the wild lands and pick up

these huge debts and putting them into the sheriff for prosecution i don't think what company may want to do you know people killed. when they go out there you've got weapons. and you have to hope that nothing bad. will it. but we're chasing killers and you gotta keep that in mind others that to me a dollar bill because the rest. were not superheroes we can be killed two of you know they should be in the head i'm going to die. and leave. once you hunted run you know i'll never go back to on anything else. 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 it just outside the capital to see what i could back for a very long time the british have enjoyed shooting small flying things with 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 truck. or at least. i'm pretty sure that sign means i really do not want to be in this area already of . course being kind and gentle souls here on discovering russia the pigeons we were after were all artificial and the rot was my cock shot instructor. here where my name is mark. 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. blocks unloaded.

and i'll take a little beginners wherever i can get it. you never believe it first i first hit. can i carry on. for to. get to 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 effort ok so i'm going to see if i can load the thing myself no. and we're ready to shoot. but i think this must be the most fun you can have with a deadly weapon and you can even pick up a few tiny moments. but i think that counts as a pretty successful first hunt ok. i need to take home a trophy or two want. 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 them survive in the wild why not do it with a little bit of style because here they've been making russia's most beautiful blades for almost two hundred years. swords are famous for their quality and decorative engraving for more than a century the local blade smiths were the only official suppliers for the russian army and navy as well as the czar's court the history of the modern factory dates back to the late ninety's but its 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 bits on the brass handle and that's what it looks like now. and you certainly. don't want to be on the wrong end of that that is sharp 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 at

my authentic les ost something i. just got i hope i never need to use the thing now. with my new found weapon the chill of been spoiled in this held no fears 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. to go i. did 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 park

is a safe haven for many. sometimes more beers skinny would be seen on this trail hide in the grass and wait for tourists well there are many moose in here is year right there are also many roads here and foxes. plus a host of birds mood black and he still grouse and if you find the ants of carried off feel picnic you can provide a wild banquet of sorts out pine cucumber. now we're talking little. more. in russian which actually means something sour definite lives up to it and i'm all. for living off the land. and at least dehydration is not a problem. it was good actually to get fresh fruits and really

delicious greens you can survive it get thinner. maybe that would be such a bad thing. with a few old plain cucumber snacks in my pocket i headed out of the forest but i was still sticking close to the water. that she loves region has always been 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 paulson health and safety inspection but this old bridge reserving the right place because underneath these very rickety boards is the longest serving my door electric down in the country. for over one hundred years the station here is 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 going to ninety nine the same system the way. and if he needs to crank up the juice he just turns the wheel. so according to how much electricity they need to generate this control be about one of the players. most of them all that i did the boss that will most likely get. some of the footman this reliable in place there's no reason it couldn't last i'm of the. mind boggling to think of the amounts of water that split. down that it runs at almost four tons per second it's been doing

it for over a century and still no signs of slowing. it was almost time for me to leave the two have been some region but before i went i thought i deserved a trip to one of the area's lakeside resorts and now it was time for me to get on the water. 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. so i just get to successfully leap from here to there without going in there. right. through here. because i write so we're going to go diving. yes we are

going to dive in one of the lakes most interesting spots will go to a depth of twelve metres. below is the resort chief don't even struct and he promised we were in for an underwater adventure. and once i was kid up it was time to get what it was 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 proper look at the island there. and i got to meet the local wildlife both below and above the surface. were.

q ok ok yes you all say. well it's not quite the great barrier reef they had there but it's definitely the best i've done in russell oh and i finally got my school it's fixing through the trip. tundra. it's been a long journey around to evans region and i felt odd and a little lower in oh this is a stunning pounds 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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