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Россия – Russia: A Taste of Culture
Ten things everyone should know about RussiaLanguage & Literature Material Culture Russian Music, then and today
7th Grade Workshop in GeographySouth Junior High SchoolLawrence Public Schools (USD 497)March 26 and April 12-13, 2010
Presented by Jon C. GiullianLibrarian for Slavic & Eurasian StudiesUniversity of Kansas Libraries
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Ten things everyone should know about Russia
RUSSIAN FACTS
1. How many time zones does Russia cover?11
9
2. What is the most popular sport in Russia
Soccer
Hockey
3. What is the capital city of Russia?
St. Petersburg
Moscow
4. How do you pronounce the name for grandmother
baboooshka
baaabushka
5. Who is the father of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir LeninSlide3
Ten things everyone should know about
Russia (continued)RUSSIAN FACTS
6. Who is the most powerful politician in Russia today?
Vladimir PutinDmitrii Medvedev
7. Where will the 2014 Winter Olympics take place?
MoscowSochi
8. Who is the Father of Russian literature?
Leo Tolstoy
Alexander Pushkin
9. What is borshch?
breed of dog
beet soup
20. Who was the first man in space?
Watch RFE/RL
Neil Armstrong
Yurii
GagarinSlide4
Language & Literature
Winnie the Pooh in RussianRussian Poetry Умом Россию не понять,
Аршином общим не измерить: У ней особенная стать — В Россию можно только верить. Fedor Tiutchev (1803-1873)
RUSSIAN ARTIFACTS ѬSlide5
Exploring material culture
What object did you choose? Why did you choose the object?What is this object’s significance in Russian culture?
RUSSIAN ARTIFACTSSlide6
RUSSIAN MUSIC
Folk Music
Classical MusicBardsLegends of Russian Rock
Modern PopSlide7
MUSIC: Russian Folk
The Firebird Balalaika QuartetRussian folk music & dance – “Kalinka”Slide8
MUSIC: Russian Classical
Пётр Чайковский(Piotr Chaikovskii) Peter
TchaikovskyWhat do the 4th of July, the Nutcracker, and Russia have in common?Russian Dance - percussion 1812
OvertureSlide9
MUSIC: Russian Bards
Владимир Высоцкий(Vladimir Vysotskii)Songs:
Москва-Одесса (Moskva-Odessa) Moscow OdessaЯ не люблю (Ya ne
liubliu)I don’t like/loveSlide10
Машина Времени (Mashina
Vremeni) Time MachineSongs:Улетай (Uletai
)Fly Away
MUSIC: Russian RockSlide11
MUSIC: Russian Rock
ДДТ (DDT)Юрий Шевчук (Yurii Shevchuk)
Songs:Pождённые в СССP (Rozhdyonnye v SSSR)Born in the USSRПропавший без вестu (
Propavshii bez vesti) Lost without a
traceDDT in Chechnya 2 Young soldiers from all over Russia “They told
us to go, and we went. Nobody needs this war! To this day I cannot understand what we are fighting for. That’s my personal opinion.”Slide12
MUSIC: Russian Pop
Андрей Губин(Andrei Gubin)Born: Ufa, Russia 1974Songs:Мальчик-Бродяга (Mal’chik-Brodyaga)
Boy-WandererSlide13
Мурат Насыров
(Murat Nasyrov)Born: Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, 1969Died: Moscow, Russia, 2007Ethnicity - Uyghur
Songs:Я Это Ты (Ya Eto Ty) I am you
MUSIC: Russian PopSlide14
Explore contemporary Russianmusic Far
From Moscow:MUSIC: Contemporary Scene
19:84
(rock, post-punk)
– Time is Running Out,
With Me
A'Studio
/
А'Студио
(jazz) – Wings of Joy, Fashion Girl
Bubamara
Brass Band
( jazz, pop-folk) –
Kashtani
zma
Demokracy
– (techno, electronic) – Zone
Knara
– (
r&b
, rap) – I’ll Reach My GoalSlide15
Россия – Russia: A Cultural Taste
Ten things everyone should know about RussiaLanguage & Literature Material Culture Russian Music, then and today
7th Grade Workshop in GeographySouth Junior High SchoolLawrence Public Schools (USD 497)March 26 and April 12-13, 2010
Presented by Jon C. GiullianLibrarian for Slavic & Eurasian StudiesUniversity of Kansas Libraries
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