continue our exploration of the old many built out of the bag ok said in the northwest of russia to st petersburg it's a popular tourist destination because so hematology old cobbled streets and rescue orthodox cathedrals there's plenty to see and to do in the region. typical it looks like there's a storm coming here soon out with the umbrella as always a good thing for tourists to have joining autumn in russia and weather aside one thing that has certain iraq to debug recently is growth opportunity and an increase in businesses the burj is an important transport hub connected by the railway network to st petersburg moscow karelia and finland about one hundred thirty kilometers northwest of the former capital roughly five express trains a day leave from the finland ski station and take almost two hours to reach the burj trains also connect here from moscow many visitors can come here for now sinking talent further afield by boat or bus the first railway station of the bank opens in eight hundred sixty nine was part of the railway track connecting st petersburg i'm guessing force as house and he w

right now here in archie and explore tourist destination north of st petersburg a special report takes you on a trip to founded by peter the great the supply base for the russian navy in the eighteenth century and a center for the ancient crawled of a boat building that's up next year. petra's vaults is a city on the bank of lake in russia's northwest. saw peter the great founded it in the early eighteenth century as a supply base for the russian navy today just one of the leading centers the wooden boat making. tons of books. roger babson's turning to porn someone up until. cheesy island just a short distance from the trees of old school nothing has changed in the past two hundred years. the island looks like an open m.e.c. and. once a year it becomes a meeting point of vessels to belong to a bygone era. puzzle master called set up a private shipyard more than twenty years ago. since then the shop has been crammed with wooden boats even under construction already for sailing. for pavel each launch is an exciting and festive occasion. the shipyards owner is unlikely to ever get bored w

the great founded seventeen o three literally a month after he established st petersburg. created for the purpose of manufacturing cannons and cannon balls for the fledgling russian navy. however peter didn't build wooden boats here his shipyards were elsewhere. there are several private shipyards and. they operate just like the ones owned by the mach two calls. and says times a local plant built wooden minesweepers for the navy it was shut down in the one nine hundred ninety s. but some of the stuff when fuz yes taken off to set up businesses of their own moreover they passed their interest wooden boats on to their children. are we going to make the steering or. the boats quite small so let's take a look at design forty five it is. what a. nice overlook. i think for us we should take this design forty eight where it's a bit smaller and the construction is the same as for two. months has come to petra zawacki from the volga region he has ordered the construction of replicas of russian boats dating back to ancient times the monk keeps a watchful eye on the progress of the w

increase in visitors the verge is an important transport hub connected by the railway network to st petersburg moscow karelia m finland about one hundred thirty kilometers northwest of the former capsule roughly five express trains a day the from the finland ski station and take almost two hours to reach people trains also connects here from moscow many distance can come here from ouzinkie telling a further afield by boats or bus the first railway station of the bank opened in eight hundred sixty nine was part of the railway track connecting simpy to spanish i'm guessing force as house and he was then called the ground where we station we see now is the project of architects from st petersburg built in one hundred fifty three in the typical grand stalinist style sieberg is one of the biggest and most beautiful towns in the leningrad region the name consists of two parts the word good meaning a town a fortress and just. many european towns names and the words v. and she said to come from the old german language meaning st the history of the book started in the eleventh century when a small sett

to call of son of part of his back in his home town of petra following the trip to st petersburg educated as an engineer he spent a good deal of time there in the libraries he was looking for suitable blueprints for a new project. technical expertise and the experience of a historian but equally important these kind of ship building. the great founded petra's of faults can seventeen o three literally a month after he established st petersburg. created for the purpose of manufacturing cannons and cannon balls for the fledgling russian navy. however peter didn't build wooden boats here it is shipyards where elsewhere. there are several private shipyards and. they operate just like the ones owned by the mach two calls. and says it times a local plant built wooden minesweepers for the navy it was shut down in the one nine hundred ninety s. but some of the stuff we're infuse yes taken off to set up businesses of their own moreover they passed their interest wooden boats on to their children. are we going to make the steering or. the boats quite small so let's take a look at design forty five.

st. petersburg florida where hundreds lined up today to miss funeral service. he moved his family here six years ago and was very well-liked. >> he made his home here and loved it here. we loved him. it was ooh big loss to us. >> he's just been a great citizen, great husband. great father. and this entire community will miss him. >> reporter: wheldon was killed during a race in las vegas during a horrific 15-car pileup in which his vehicle flew into the air, hit a wall and burst into flames. a team of doctors worked feverishly to save him, but his injuries were too severe. >> indy cars is very sad to announce that dan wheldon has passed away from unsurvivable injuries. >> reporter: the two time indianapolis 500 winner and reigning champion now leaves behind his wife suzie and to small boys. trish thomas was a neighbor who witnessed the love between wheldon and his wife. >> they had just reached such a good partner life. and when i saw that car flying i thought, oh, no, it's over. >> reporter: among those at the funeral, country star winona judd who sang during

auction a little later today leaders in a scanning sunday's games going away to go to start the st petersburg evening to get back to winning ways following stalemates in their past too much is after about sports school be attempting to move up to fourth place at the expense of rock bottom siberians psalm and then the big ones. is second seeded c.s.k. moscow desperately in need of some form sitting mid table with just one win from their previous tough job. expect fireworks in the english game today not just from mario balotelli bathroom either his club that leading manchester city has crossed time rivals united in the first off sunday's five games striker. who was forced to escape from his heart when it caught fire late on friday night after he some friends have been let off fireworks it's not known as yet whether the twenty one year old will start this afternoon elsewhere are still will be hoping to kickstart their campaign with victory at home against stoke full impulse to everton struggling blackburn are home to spurs while third place chelsea make the short journey. but it is building clas

is an economic process strictly speaking modern russia has two major centers today moscow and st petersburg perhaps another two or three cities and liberations that abandon competitive business opportunities jobs and everything related to this these centers attract people from the republics of the north caucasus siberia and the far east stimulating migration towards big cities this is the first issue and i repeat it is of purely economic nature but the same can also be said of education today the most popular and prestigious higher educational institutions are the universities of moscow and st petersburg therefore it is only natural that young people are eager to enter these universities above all others we should focus on the issue and take all the necessary steps a government level to provide for similar competitive educational facilities in the north caucasus and many other russian cities of so if we want to develop our vast country another really great problem is the unrestrained inflow of cheap labor from the former soviet union this is you. problem today we are getting a cheap and unc