Russia Presentation
Transcript: Three things are important to consider about Russia: It's Size - Big It's Location - North, it's cold!!! It's History - Stormy Geography Capital and Largest City 2nd Largest City (In Russia) Over 10 percent of the Population Live in Moscow and St. Petersburg Ural Mountains: Division between Europe and Asia Russia is Vast - Not many Roads, Small Population, It is the largest country in the world It Covers 8 time zones - The United States Has 4 Russia is know for Famous Rulers - If your name is followed by "the Great" you had to be famous The coldest inhabited village is in Russia - Oymyakon Russian Folk Art Because of Russia's Latitude (Far North), It is Cold with Brutal Winters Iberian Gate The area of Russia 6,592,735 square miles 1547: Ivan the Terrible - First Tsar of Russia Moscow has been the Capital For Almost 900 Years The Hermitage - The Winter Palace built by Empress Elisabeth, Peter the Great's Daughter. It is now a Beautiful Art Musem Russian Bliny currency The currency of Russia is the ruble 1689-1725: Peter the Great Establishes St. Petersburg (used to be Swamps) Peter the Great - Tsar and Founder of St. Petersburg (1689-1725) Mount Elbrus The Red Square - Originally a place where traders gathered outside the City walls of Moscow, Krasny orignally translated as beautiful and now in modern Russian Translates as Red Vladimir Lenin - Communist Revolutionary, Political Theorist, Premier of Russia from 1922-1924 Lacquer Boxes were originally made in the late 1700's. The Russians learned how to make the paper mache boxes from the Germans and decorated them in their own style. There are many different styles (school) for this. The paintings are sometimes from fairy tales. Russian Language Kremlin - Original Walled City of Moscow Lenin's Tomb Flag Vladimir Putin Compare Population of Russia 143.5 million Population of USA 313.9 million Current Leader Traditional Food - Developed because of the climate and location. Lots of Fish and Root Vegetables By Thomas Larsen Leo Tolstoy - Famous Author Есть вопросы Historical Time Table: The History of Russia is Important May 1st - May Day, International Workers Day. Under Communism was a time for big military parades Pirogi Russia Mount Elbrus is a dormant volcano located near the border of Georgia. Mt. Elbrus's peak is the highest in the Caucasus, in Russia. Elevation: 18,510' (5,642 m) Russian Holidays Alexander Pushkin - famous Poet 1917: Bolsheviks Overthrow the Tsar Communist Rule Begins Corner of the Kremlin May 9th - Victory Day, End of World War II. Matryoshka dolls are very well known as Russian, they are nesting dolls first made in 1890, inspired from a Japanese set. They were originally made as toys. Most dolls have a theme throughout the nesting. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - a Russian composer Catherine the Great - Longest Ruling Female (1762-1796) in Russia Russian Folk Art Khokhloma, traditional wooden folk painting on hand crafted wooden tableware was started in the 1600's. The colors are from the Russian Orthodox church (red, gold, black) and the painting resembles popular folk art of the time Famous Russian People 1991: Communism Falls - "Democratic Rule" Begins Joseph Stalin - Ruler of Russia 1922-1953, thought to have modernized Russia, responsible for many deaths during World War II, Began the Cold War. Compared this to the coldest temperature ever recorded on earth -89.2C or -128.6 F (in Antarctica) February 23rd, Defenders of the Fatherland, Like our Father's Day 1924-1953: Stalin Rule - Starts the Cold War Saint Basils Orthodox Christmas - Different Calendar than our Christmas, usually comes about two weeks later. Russian Pelmeni Russia is an Ancient Culture, Founded Over 1600 Years Ago President Government Building and Cathedral of the Annunciation in Kremlin Sketched View from Above The design of the flag is over 300 years old and was first used by Peter the Great . It was the official flag of Russia from May 7, 1883, until November 1917, when the communist Bolshevik revolution took place. When the communist regime fell in 1991, the old tri-color flag was reinstated. March 8th - International Women's Day - Like our Mother's Day It's coldest recorded temperature ever recorded was -71.2C or -96.16 F Iberian Gates This person is throwing water which freezes before it hits the ground! 6th Largest City in the World Lake Baikal - the world's oldest and deepest freshwater lake, nearly 400 miles long. It would be considered on Sea if it was salty. More than 5,000 feet deep at its deepest, it has some bizarre life-forms. One of those is the seals' favorite food, the golomyanka, a pink, partly transparent fish which gives birth to live young. They Use a Different Alphabet Called a Cyrillic Alphabet Russia Also has Beautiful Natural Resources 1961: Russia Put the First Man in Space - Starting the Space Race Russia Has Had Many Famous Artists Cavier January 1st - New Year Russians Speak Russian - A Slavic Language Borscht Important Architectural
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