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Traditional Abasian cheese porridge
More than 92 different nationalities of people live in The Karachay–Cherkess Republic. There their many cultures have been strongly influenced by the mountainous region in which they live. Despite the fact that the modern world provides us with an abundance and variety of different foods and spices, these mountain peoples continue to follow their culinary traditions from the past. One of the republic’s indigenous peoples is the Abazins. Their cuisine consists of many dishes whose main ingredients are milk, cheese and meat. Tune in to RTG’s programme and add the recipe for Abazin porridge with cheese and meat to your recipe box!
Siberian Deerskin Boots
The Siberian version of Russian valenki (felted wool boots), «pimy», came from the Nenets people and their «piyuny». That is what the Nenets, one of the peoples that have lived in Siberia for hundreds and hundreds of years, call reindeer skin boots. Russian immigrants borrowed the idea, developing their own boots from sheep’s wool. Long ago «pimokaty», craftsmen that specialise in making “pimy,” lived in every Siberian village. Nowadays there are very few such men. A pimokat’s job is not an easy one, but the woolen boots that they make keep them warm. In these parts people believe that there is no warmer shoe - a statement that should not be taken lightly considering the temperature here often falls below negative 40 degrees Celsius in the winter. For this reason valenki manufacturers in the Golyshmanovsky District of Tyumen Oblast have their work cut out for them even in the June heat a...
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Siberian Deerskin Boots
Utrish nature reserve
The Utrish Nature Reserve has preserved its primordial beauty. It's located in the Krasnodar Krai, in the south of Russia, and occupies a section of the Abrau peninsula in the north-eastern part of the Black Sea. There are rare relict plants and sub-tropical forestry of the Mediterranean type here, providing shelter for dozens of different species of animal, many included in the Red Books of protected species. The Black Sea influences everything here — the climate, the plant life, the animals and the landscape itself. This RTG film is dedicated to a wonderful, untouched natural area that has been preserved for plant and animal wildlife.
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