National symbols of Russia Actual Russian symbols with

National symbols of Russia

Actual Russian symbols with internal national connotations: Historical

Mongol-Tatar Yoke (invasion) In 13 th century Kievan Rus’ was attacked by Mongol Empire. The separate armies of principalities were defeated one by one. As a result most of the Russian principalities were vassalized by Mongol Empire. This was a seminal moment in Russian history, which defined its future development for centuries ).

Epoch of Peter the Great In 1682 tsar Peter started to reign in Russia. He believed that only through intensive contacts with Europe and European style reforms Russia can be successfully developed. Peter the Great forced the development of Russia; under his rule Russia became powerful state armed with modern institutions and technologies.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 is also called the Bolshevik Revolution or the October Revolution. In 1917 there were actually two revolutions in Russia. One was the February Revolution in which the Tsar abdicated his throne and the Provisional Government took power. The other was the October Revolution in which the Provisional Government was overthrown by the Bolsheviks.

Great Patriotic War (WW II) (1941 -1945) The World War Two was a transformative event for Russia. Although Russia lost more than 20 Mln people in a lengthy and costly war of survival.

Space Exploration 1960 s Russians had a number of pioneering accomplishments in space flight, including the satellite, first animal in space, first human in space and Earth orbit (cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and first womencosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova), first Moon impact (1959) and unmanned landing, first space station, and first interplanetary probe.

The collapse of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin were the important figures who did a lot against Russian people. Their fighting for the power and sick ambitions led to the collapse of the country. They completely destroyed USSR - its social, economical and cultural life. Getting a position of a President and proclaiming the democratic freedoms, Yeltsin and his team grabbed Russia as much as he could. It was a crazy time with no rules, no definitions, and no morals.

Cultural symbols

Cultural symbols “Khleb-sol” ("bread-salt”) is the most famous symbols of Russian hospitality and the oldest cultural tradition of welcoming a visitor with a round loaf with a salt cellar on top. Bread and salt represent the giver’s wish that the recipient’s pantry will always be full. Bread symbolizes key aspects of the national self-image.

Samovar has traditionally been the most recognized symbol of Russian hospitality and family comfort as well as a sign of prosperity. For more than 250 years, the samovar has occupied an honored place in Russian homes as the centerpiece of the table, around which life revolved.

Samovar Step by step a peculiar ritual of tea-drinking emerged and was adopted in every Russian home people gathered to have tea parties and provided the right atmosphere for friendly conversation and sharing news, stories, and fellowship. Thus, samovar had both a practical and an emotional function.

The Russian word samovar literally means “self-boiling. ” The vessel consists of a metal container for boiling the water and a fire-pan with a tube. The first samovar was made in Tula (an old city to the south of Moscow) in 1778, and since that time Tula is known as the centre of Russian samovar production.

Today Russians still use the samovar, but mostly as an attribute of exotics and nostalgia. Though samovars are no more an integral part of modern life in Russia, they remain a symbol of family’s warmth and coziness, cordial get-togethers and traditional festivities

Tradition of drinking tea Case - What do you know about this tradition in Russia and other countries?

Tradition of drinking tea Home Project (student’s presentations). - Statistics - the most famous works, in which there is a tea party theme.

Tradition of drinking tea Home Project (student’s presentations). - How tea came in Russia - How to drink tea

Architecture

ARCHITECTURE A special place among the cultural symbols of Russian is occupied by its architectural monuments. The development of Russian culture is inseparably linked with religious tradition. Churches, cathedrals and monasteries constructed in different centuries reflect spirituality of Russia. The wellknown around the world such cultural symbols of Russia as Basil’s Cathedral in the centre of Moscow.

Unique Church of Transfiguration in Kizhi. Was built at 1714.

Ballet One of the most important cultural symbols of Russia is Russian school of classical ballet which is considered to be the best in the world. Classical ballet came into Russia in the 18 th century. By the end of the 19 th century the national school of ballet had finally formed. The world-known names of Russian ballet dancers are Anna Pavlova, Galina Ulanova, Maya Plisetskaia, Michail Baryshnikov, Rudolf Nuriev and others.