Russian Travel Guide

Smith Roman Kubakha

Blacksmith Roman Kubakha’s work decorates both buildings and streets in the city of Krasnodar. Few people know however about the man whose creations passers-by marvel at and admire. It was not long ago that Roman Kubakha, who picked up a hammer just a few years ago, wasn’t thinking about blacksmithing, but selling fruit in a market. Sometimes it can take a person a while to find their true purpose, but sooner or later, with a lot of hard work, they reach their dreams. At 30 years old Roman completely changed both his life and his profession. The story about this talented blacksmith from Krasnodar is in RTG TV’s new programme.

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In search of the black stork

The Bryansk Forest Reserve, a small corner of untouched Russian wilderness, is home to thousand-year-old trees and many rare animal species. In the Bryansk Forest’s impenetrable thickets you can find birds believed by many to be almost mythological —- few people have seen black storks and ornithologists themselves consider a meeting with such feathered creatures to be one of great luck. In order to build their nests black storks chose the deepest and nearly impassable places. For mankind, reaching such places is no simple feat, and sometimes completely impossible. It is this quality which helps the Bryansk Forest to keep its many wild secrets. RTG TV presenter Igor Maximenko learned this for himself when he set out on a photo-safari to capture the elusive black stork on film in the wild thickets of the reserve.