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RUSSIA AND CULTURES OF THE SLAVIC REALM

RUSSIA AND CULTURES OF THE SLAVIC REALM. Russians adopt Cyrillic alphabet. Sts. Cyril and Methodius, missionaries Based on sounds used in language Contains both Western letters and others. http://www.gadling.com/2009/03/30/gadling-teaches-you-to-read-the-cyrillic-alphabet-in-5-minutes/.

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RUSSIA AND CULTURES OF THE SLAVIC REALM

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  1. RUSSIA AND CULTURES OF THE SLAVIC REALM

  2. Russians adopt Cyrillic alphabet • Sts. Cyril and Methodius, missionaries • Based on sounds used in language • Contains both Western letters and others. • http://www.gadling.com/2009/03/30/gadling-teaches-you-to-read-the-cyrillic-alphabet-in-5-minutes/

  3. SLAVIC SURNAMES • Male/female have different endings: Maria Sharopova, Anna Kournikova, Sasha Popov • Russian – ovich (son), ova (daughter), sky (from a place) • Polish – wiecz, ski • Czech – ek, ka • Serbo-Croatian – ic • Ukrainian – witz, ko

  4. ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY

  5. ORTHODOX CHURCH • Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Georgia, eastern Ukraine • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU6Ll_pL5Ok&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzK5YEVMHn4&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

  6. ICONS- Religious images

  7. WEST SLAVS • West Slavic tribes emerge as kingdoms in the early Middle Ages: • Poland, Bohemia (Czechs), Croatia Adopt Western Christianity – Roman Catholicism – and are tied to rest of Europe, though maintaining Slavic folk culture.

  8. RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE • Influenced by Byzantine empire and Orthodox Christianity

  9. 11th-century Byzantine Cathedral of Sancta Sophia

  10. Russian Architecture: 1550St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow

  11. RUSSIAN WOODEN CHURCHES http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ri8a-iskw/chap3p02.htm

  12. Wooden architecture

  13. RUSSIAN IZBA

  14. DACHAS – Summer homes popoular throughout Eastern Europe

  15. “RUSSIAN STOVE” Fireplace design

  16. RUSSIAN TROIKA – sled drawn by three horses

  17. DRESS • All Slavic cultures feature elaborate embroidery – each people has its distinct dress • http://masterrussian.net/f25/ru-ua-fashion-style-traditional-clothing-14975/

  18. UKRAINIAN EASTER EGGS

  19. Matryoshka dolls

  20. RUSSIAN MUSIC • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXp09LPSN70&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzK5YEVMHn4&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

  21. MUSIC and GREAT COMPOSERS

  22. Russian/Slavic Culture • Eastern Slavs • Russian culture impacts Europe • Music: Tchaikovsky (Nutcracker), Stravinsky • Literature: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy • Dance (Ballet): Baryshnikov • Search for security

  23. COSSACKS • “Frontiersman”- like group from southern Russia and Ukraine • Noted for horsemanship and as supporters of the Czar

  24. COSSACKS=BIKER GANGS with their own country?

  25. COSSACK INSPIRED DANCE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WpYWpN0VXU&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

  26. RUSSIAN VILLAGES • Comm- unal Decision- Making – “Obshchina”

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