Mysteries.of.the.Abandoned.S09E13.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-BTN_track3_[und] Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:01,300 --> 00:00:03,300 [narrator] A site in Azerbaijan 2 00:00:03,367 --> 00:00:04,767 shattered by rivalry 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,066 A whole city is forced to leave their homes. 4 00:00:12,066 --> 00:00:16,467 [narrator] A once Socialist site founded by the ultimate capitalist. 5 00:00:16,567 --> 00:00:19,266 He was known as Europe's Rockefeller. 6 00:00:21,667 --> 00:00:24,000 [narrator] And Gothic horror in the mid-west. 7 00:00:24,066 --> 00:00:27,100 [Onyeka] This seemingly Old World European castle 8 00:00:27,166 --> 00:00:29,567 became the very seed 9 00:00:29,567 --> 00:00:30,000 and cesspool of deviants. 10 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:30,967 and cesspool of deviants. 11 00:00:35,367 --> 00:00:36,600 [narrator] Decaying relics, 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,567 ruins of lost worlds, 13 00:00:42,166 --> 00:00:44,367 sites haunted by the past, 14 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,767 their secrets waiting to be revealed. 15 00:00:59,266 --> 00:01:00,000 [narrator] In the shadow of the Caucasus mountains in Azerbaijan, 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 [narrator] In the shadow of the Caucasus mountains in Azerbaijan, 17 00:01:03,367 --> 00:01:06,100 is a ghost town with a desolate past. 18 00:01:10,166 --> 00:01:12,767 [Dominic] Nestling among green trees are hundreds of buildings, 19 00:01:12,767 --> 00:01:14,100 but they've been annihilated 20 00:01:14,166 --> 00:01:16,000 with only their shells remaining. 21 00:01:17,266 --> 00:01:18,800 [Wise] It's an eerie sight. 22 00:01:18,867 --> 00:01:21,567 It looks like something out of a disaster movie. 23 00:01:23,567 --> 00:01:26,066 The roads and streets are deserted. 24 00:01:27,066 --> 00:01:29,567 There's no one to be seen anywhere. 25 00:01:29,667 --> 00:01:30,000 But there's this one building that survived. 26 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 But there's this one building that survived. 27 00:01:36,667 --> 00:01:39,767 The mosque gives a clue to the heritage of this place. 28 00:01:41,667 --> 00:01:43,900 [narrator] As does another unexpected find. 29 00:01:45,300 --> 00:01:47,066 [Jim] In the middle of all this rubble 30 00:01:47,066 --> 00:01:49,800 is a beautiful painted mural. 31 00:01:49,867 --> 00:01:53,467 Maybe it foreshadows some kind of revival 32 00:01:53,467 --> 00:01:55,100 of this shattered city. 33 00:01:56,567 --> 00:02:00,000 [narrator] What disaster struck this once-bustling city 34 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:00,100 [narrator] What disaster struck this once-bustling city 35 00:02:00,166 --> 00:02:01,000 and displaced over half a million civilians from this remote region? 36 00:02:12,900 --> 00:02:16,667 [narrator] The disputed territory of Karabakh is difficult to access. 37 00:02:17,700 --> 00:02:21,266 Here, war correspondent Emin Ibrahimov 38 00:02:21,367 --> 00:02:26,000 knows only too well the dangers that come with his job. 39 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:29,400 In October 2020 I was covering the Karabakh war 40 00:02:29,467 --> 00:02:30,000 between Azerbaijan and Armenia. 41 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 between Azerbaijan and Armenia. 42 00:02:32,066 --> 00:02:35,667 Fortunately I had a dashcam that was able to capture everything. 43 00:02:36,767 --> 00:02:40,667 One day I g***t a chance to go to a village 44 00:02:40,667 --> 00:02:42,166 that was just recently liberated. 45 00:02:42,266 --> 00:02:43,900 And it was going to be an exclusive, 46 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,467 I was supposed to be the first, uh, 47 00:02:46,467 --> 00:02:48,400 the first journalist to go there. 48 00:02:48,467 --> 00:02:50,600 So I took my car and on the way, 49 00:02:50,667 --> 00:02:52,400 I saw a rocket just in front of me, 50 00:02:55,567 --> 00:02:56,567 [bleep] 51 00:02:57,367 --> 00:02:58,867 Passed just above the car, 52 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:00,000 and I felt an impact, 53 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:01,000 and I felt an impact, 54 00:03:01,367 --> 00:03:03,367 a shockwave from the impact just behind me. 55 00:03:05,166 --> 00:03:07,166 [narrator] Emin was caught up in a war 56 00:03:07,166 --> 00:03:10,500 that has plagued this part of the world for decades. 57 00:03:10,567 --> 00:03:13,000 [Ibrahimov] So I really stepped on it, trying to go 58 00:03:13,066 --> 00:03:15,300 as fast as can without losing 59 00:03:15,367 --> 00:03:16,867 control of the car. 60 00:03:16,867 --> 00:03:19,867 I found some cover, g***t out of the car, 61 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:23,867 and, uh, it's probably only then that I realized that I just 62 00:03:23,967 --> 00:03:25,667 barely escaped, uh, death. 63 00:03:38,300 --> 00:03:40,300 [Dominic] The border region of Karabakh 64 00:03:40,367 --> 00:03:42,100 has been the center of a dispute 65 00:03:42,166 --> 00:03:45,467 in a tug of war between Armenia and Azerbaijan. 66 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:51,266 [narrator] In the last three decades alone, 67 00:03:51,367 --> 00:03:55,367 the conflict has taken tens of thousands of human lives. 68 00:03:56,066 --> 00:03:58,200 Yet, it's relatively unknown. 69 00:03:58,266 --> 00:04:00,000 [Jim] People didn't hear much about this conflict 70 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:01,000 [Jim] People didn't hear much about this conflict 71 00:04:01,467 --> 00:04:03,000 the way they do about conflicts 72 00:04:03,066 --> 00:04:04,767 in other regions. It happened 73 00:04:04,767 --> 00:04:08,367 in an area that most Westerners don't know much about. 74 00:04:08,467 --> 00:04:11,567 And between two groups of people who are often 75 00:04:11,667 --> 00:04:12,867 overlooked by history. 76 00:04:15,867 --> 00:04:18,400 [narrator] Whole cities were annihilated 77 00:04:18,467 --> 00:04:21,200 in two bloody wars in the early 1990s 78 00:04:21,266 --> 00:04:23,166 and 2020. 79 00:04:23,266 --> 00:04:26,000 And it has left a deadly legacy. 80 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:27,800 [Ibrahimov] Today, you can only travel 81 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:30,000 on the main roads because of the danger of the mines. 82 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:30,900 on the main roads because of the danger of the mines. 83 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,467 If you wanna step off the main road, you actually 84 00:04:33,467 --> 00:04:35,166 have to have a team of deminers 85 00:04:35,166 --> 00:04:38,000 check the area before you do. 86 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:42,867 [narrator] This region was once riddled with nearly 100,000 mines. 87 00:04:44,767 --> 00:04:47,266 [Ibrahimov] We're on the central square of the most popular place 88 00:04:47,266 --> 00:04:48,900 among city residents. 89 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,100 Um, behind me used to be 90 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:53,867 uh, City Hall and this building, 91 00:04:53,967 --> 00:04:57,667 or what is left of it, used to be a drama theater, 92 00:04:57,667 --> 00:05:00,000 uh, which was built in the '50s. 93 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:00,166 uh, which was built in the '50s. 94 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:01,000 It was the cultural center of the region. 95 00:05:02,967 --> 00:05:06,600 [Dominic] You wouldn't believe that this was once a thriving, bustling city 96 00:05:06,667 --> 00:05:09,200 with people living normal lives here. 97 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,000 [narrator] Amid the rubble, is a stark reminder 98 00:05:15,066 --> 00:05:16,667 of those who lived here. 99 00:05:19,367 --> 00:05:22,000 [Ibrahimov] The beautiful mural depicts three attributes 100 00:05:22,066 --> 00:05:23,667 of Azerbaijani culture. 101 00:05:23,700 --> 00:05:26,900 The woman is holding a tray with the symbols of Novruz holiday. 102 00:05:28,667 --> 00:05:30,000 The singer is holding a saz, 103 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,000 The singer is holding a saz, 104 00:05:31,367 --> 00:05:33,100 an Azeri instrument. 105 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:36,767 And, uh, a woman with a child is wearing a shawl 106 00:05:36,867 --> 00:05:38,467 called Kelaghayi. 107 00:05:38,567 --> 00:05:40,467 All three are protected by UNESCO 108 00:05:40,567 --> 00:05:43,600 and are parts of the intangible heritage of the humanity. 109 00:05:46,367 --> 00:05:50,600 [narrator] This is the Azerbaijani city of Agdam, 110 00:05:50,667 --> 00:05:53,367 once, the cultural hub of the region. 111 00:05:54,800 --> 00:06:00,000 Agdam was a very modern, progressive city for this area. 112 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:00,166 Agdam was a very modern, progressive city for this area. 113 00:06:00,166 --> 00:06:01,000 Any Westerner could have strolled through the streets and visited 114 00:06:03,767 --> 00:06:06,567 the cafes and felt right at home. 115 00:06:06,667 --> 00:06:10,266 And yet, all of that was swept away 116 00:06:10,367 --> 00:06:12,367 in a relatively short period of time. 117 00:06:15,467 --> 00:06:18,000 [narrator] Until 1991, 118 00:06:18,066 --> 00:06:21,300 Agdam and the region known then as Nagorno-Karabakh 119 00:06:21,367 --> 00:06:25,300 had been under Soviet control for over 70 years. 120 00:06:27,667 --> 00:06:29,266 [Dominic] During the Soviet era, 121 00:06:29,367 --> 00:06:30,000 Nagorno-Karabakh was part of the Soviet Republic of...