and in the early eighteenth century. all hired to help. his grand ideas. contributed to its present appearance. five hundred football fields. is researching the imperial residence is unique fountain system to finish her ten year long project she still has to conduct a number of interviews. with the state of the fountain is well known but as for the

pipe system very few are aware of it so i would like to make people familiar with it. has been in charge of preserving the fountain system for thirty five years. she made up our minds to work here when she first saw the grand cascade at the age of five. grottos beneath the fountains a little by daylight and still because they did in peter the great time back then only people who were thin and short enough would be able to work here so they could climb into a pipe and fix anything that broke down today's engine is problems with the help of technology. to. enough water so we can stand. no problems today. i saw a small leak but you can look at it closely and decide what to do about it.

the water comes through the spout them. everything's fine. the grand cascades central feature is the gilded samsam fountain. the water jets from alliance mail shoots twenty one meters up into the sky. the samson fountain commemorates russia's victory over sweetening the decisive battle of poltava leading to victory in the great north. since then the image of samson has not only symbolized peace of the great and the russian army but also a victory in world war two. since you believe in september nineteenth forty one the germans began their nine hundred day scenes of leningrad the authorities took what ever valuables they could

from the palace to st isaac's cathedral these figures on the cascade were buried in the park but the samson weighs three and a half tons it was simply too heavy to move when german soldiers took pictures here in the one nine hundred forty three samson was still present when our troops liberated peter hall from the samson was gone. when peterhof was seized by the nazis it was almost completely demolished the occupying forces took away the major bronze statues and led best reliefs of the ground cascade almost ten thousand of the park's trees were cut down ditches and trenches replaced once magnificent palaces. after the war when restoring the gardens and parks many were killed by unexploded landmines. who had returned to the city were invited to reconstruct the fountain system before the revolution of nine

hundred seventeen the head of the family worked as a fountain maker for emperor nicholas the second. his son pavel followed in his father's footsteps. so who it was nineteen forty six. as far as i remember the opening of the first construction stage are there only two italian fountains as well as terrorist fountains. there only has pedestal. father and son had to work together all through the night only two hours before the grand opening a nine hundred forty seven with the water jets for the pedestal of the grand cascade finally and stoled. was also present during the excavation of numerous sculptures sort of benighted forty one guys with quick enough to bury all the sculptures from the chests mountain cascade and the gold hill cascade the

germans never guessed they had done it no wonder it was the russians who buried them right where there are moved them. next to the cascade go-go and of course if the germans a guest about it they would have taken all the sculptures with them. as for samson he was never found some believe that the germans took him away to be melted down for bronze and so sculptor vassily siminoff made a new one. there had been a war and a blockade more than one million people had died from starvation and the beautiful shiny sampson was delivered by tractor people were crying and kneeling down the police have stopped traffic it was delivered here to open the forty seven fountain season for all russians the samson fountain is the main fountain of russia it's not only a symbol of peter's victory and pope but also of our whole a roic history. villian

go off is the oldest staff member of peta hoff he knows the history of every sculpture in the park in detail and only after his thorough examination may or restored statue returned to peter holes. all over on the bush shouldn't deviate from the anatomy. he follows the picture that you sent us was thinking the way in which i think is at the end so you press down the finger and i thought bit nervous preston already looking over. it's just because the one in the picture. of course it can be proved. today the biggest problem for peter how sculptures is vandalism some tourists break fingers off the statues but on balance to them they're only taking home replicas many of the originals have long been kept hidden away in storage. despite its

sculptures have always been damaged now and in the times of peter the great city. of here incidentally is one of peterhof spece has its own drama. but the. greek mythology has it that she was the daughter of an ethiopian king. who was due to be sacrificed to a sea monster so it would stop ravaging her kingdom. and it was the ancient hero prescious who defeated the sea monster with a one for one over the beautiful andromeda. the right hand was reconstructed off to the wall. however you can see that this reconstructed hand doesn't have five fingers. but. this unusual sculpture is near mt placea peter the great favorite palace and the only building here to survive world war two intact when approaching the neptune fountain peter the great he used to say that

c.m. was the best medicine this is the first bronze statue of russia before that there were no secular statues in russia all the sculptures were religious and were made of either wood or stone and peter wanted to have his own neptune that time all the bronze was of course used to make cannons so they took a bronze trophy cannon and cast this first neptune people always ask why it has such a feat this is because. to rub them for luck. and how many times. oh the more the better. without the older but we've spent a lot of time thinking of what to do for the fountain season's closing ceremony in the both. of which we realize it wasn't just any old event but the two hundredth

anniversary of the victory in the a c. and twelve will continue from the main theme of this performance is a ball interrupted by the video for me but the dances like these were common in this palace of the film with commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of burroughs and of the c.e.o. of the old war the. people stuff members some two thousand of them a busy making final preparations for the fountain season's closing ceremony details of the performance are a closely guarded secret given from those who work at the historic peterhof every day. download the official application to self choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is not required to watch on t.v.

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. for a few days in peta house alexandria punk time goes back to the era of cardinal richelieu. transforms into la rochelle complete with a fortress camp guards guns and says the main x. is a musket is performing daring feats like chasing carriages. in the old days various people from france and today the stunts is still staged by the french. the new movie based on one of. these is being shot him. for the book is simply wonderful that's why we're shooting here can you see the beautiful trees around you that he looks like vintage from. which a two hundred years old is not old. unlike the grand palaces and

geometrical designs elsewhere in peterhof the alexandria landscape is mostly natural. this from mental part was created in the nineteenth century when nicholas the first was emperor it was named after his wife alexandra. at the beginning of the twentieth century it was a favorite spot for nicholas the second the last emperor of the roman often a city whose children were raised here. but won't see how you're doing. these centuries old trees are under the strict control of a curator. of a only two hundred of the oaks that saul peter the great and his successors remain there regularly inspected by specialists in wood diseases and part of the process

involves detailed imaging technology. because i knew the results are good in the wood or is healthy and remain hell famous not. well it's getting a bit drawing out and there is some dead wood in the middle it's needed you know but all in all its condition would remain the same. to me it's a good joke and feels good. to draw the visitor's eyes the park benefits from a range of natural lighting effects. all creating a beautifully glistening effect in the water with the rays of light playing through regular rows of trees though it was what made you and now we are walking along another avenue of the lower gardens it is called marley alley because that leads to the marley palace. where you can see the palace. three

other avenues of the lower gardens lead to the marquee palace you move toward such style of garden it is called french formal garden will be from the french gardens have straight avenues and the trees are trimmed to give them a regular joe metric forms for. peace of the great ones flew into a rage when he saw a french architected invited to peterhof cutting down trees bizarre was quick to beat his guest john but he's alone with a stick but he was later embarrassed to discover that the blonde was in fact simply trimming the trees he was so eager to impress foreign visitors with a new image of russia that he gladly took home the new european trend for trimming trees. got the

guys we need to make it chapters away by cutting the law from the until the item and a little bit less said the boss and. that's how we'll be able to achieve the trap is what shape. interesting like the french once believed that only men could become governess they thought that as a mother it was difficult for a woman to cut a living thing but here in the gardens of peterhof male god knows how the exception rather than the rule. of his job is to preserve the gardens historic appearance so they are. trees. trees growing in these gardens.

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the special feature of peter is the. difference in the. the entire pipeline covers a length of forty kilometers. realized peter's ideas and the emperor himself dug out the last shovel of earth from the new canal in seventeen twenty one the fountains began to flow. in some places the pipes installed in the days of peter the great are being preserved however the

gravity fountains of peterhof are at risk cottage settlements are being built near the storage ponds and being dug in the future this may lead to pollution and water shortages. if we do not take any measures in the future namely develop a strategy to protect the entire system it may be too late. as a result we may end up using. this is highly undesirable as the phone to work in only a few hours a day if that happens. people wanted to impress the gardens visitors not just with fountains but with a variety of entertainment some wondrous such as trimming trees in the shape of fairy tale characters brought in from overseas were strolling along the avenues and the special selection of trick fountains. peter holmes trick. designed to take visitors by surprise so that they would.

quite unexpectedly. when you sit on the bench. back in the days of the great people used to make big wigs and head dresses out of their faces and. legend has it that. these jets of water. seconds and then. finally when your makeup is old i can see your face. beauty is inseparable from function. that's the motto here at the peterhof gardens

and all the buildings of the static and economic purposes. of the greats god is an example of this the emperor personally ordered dutch fruit and vegetable seeds which were scolded to russia as a valuable cargo. though the wood says garden has the fairy plants that peter is a great first brought to russia in seventeen eleven that i think that all of them grow here to date as if they sensed lettice radish the famous and the most unusual bit to book called inside to choke and a course potatoes. in the legend has it that peter is a great planter to first two sacks of potatoes with his own had. vegetables became so popular that the white flowers from potato plants were the most fashionable and ladies had decoration for quite some time today the keeper of

the historical go because men took sets about harvesting fruit and vegetables according to dutch tradition she uses them to decorate the vases in pea to help slow the gardens. a.g.a the fountain festival is dedicated to a particular era in two thousand and twelve the show takes the audience back to the heroic battles of eighteen twelve reminding everyone of the fact that two hundred years ago moscow burns down almost completely and shows the victory over napoleon at the budget but i do know. for the first time a multimedia laser show brings the walls of the grand palace to life palatial scenery becomes

a virtual display the closing of the season is still truly on an imperial scale. the day after the spectacle sophia met with the fountain system's chief specialist as study of peterhof is nearing completion. could you tell me how do the newly built cottages impact the water supply system. so far it hasn't had any harmful impact as not a single call to church settlement has been commissioned yet but just course there are concerns that he's made lead to some kind of environmental disaster. that this

what do you think is the most difficult part of operating the water supply system in terms of technology. so servicing to found this is quite easy it's a work of genius and everything of genius is simple. making days is always coincides with the fountain festival and i usually have mixed feelings it's joy and sadness joy from the fact that we've grown fine crops that will decorate the garden and the guests will enjoy them and sadness because the season is over and winter is knocking on the dole. when the fountain season is over and life changes. life is dull. without working fountains peterhof feels different. and for the main guardian of

the fountain system. and all those who work with us. the time also flows by just like water. wealthy british style.

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three hundred sheep in the mountains in pains of. thirty five years old it wasn't the life he hadn't studied accounting but i'm familiar with dictated that he would take on the care of these animals off to his father. he's just made camp at their winter farm stage setting up his ute the traditional two fenian round tent made of disc ins he's pleased to be back amongst his family and his job is a lonely one and tough going out in a way there's braving extremes of plus to minus forty degrees celsius it's just that i miss them there are certain difficulties there's not enough time for everything i'm almost alone my sister works with my mother my mother is seventy five she's very old and i miss mountains when i'm in town and i spend a lot of time here. so all most of us is simply carrying out the work that his father did and his father before him nothing has changed over many many centuries and that's half the problem it's hard work and many people don't want to come into

the industry now and it's really fit there could die out altogether. it's difficult to manage everything alone i used to have people who helped me but they were no good they didn't take care of the sheep with all their hearts they hurt the cats or dogs. with people leaving them coming to the countryside the region's government is having to act making the life of the herd and more attractive than promising largest subsidies for countryside and livestock and organizing cooperatives for the sale of day put out to ensure the hoda gets a high at fair price i asked sympathizes with those youngsters leaving for an easier more profitable life day in their publics capital because ill but he no longer wishes to join them he enjoys his pastoral way of life then looking for a helper who shares his enthusiasm but more time on his hands he says matter of fact way he can start to look for a new wife. mission

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