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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. ARCHITECTURE • Influenced by Byzantine empire and Orthodox Christianity

  5. 11th-century Byzantine Cathedral of Sancta Sophia

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

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

  8. RUSSIAN IZBA

  9. DACHAS – Summer homes popoular throughout Eastern Europe

  10. “RUSSIAN STOVE” Fireplace design

  11. RUSSIAN TROIKA – sled drawn by three horses

  12. DRESS • All Slavic cultures feature elaborate embroidery

  13. UKRAINIAN EASTER EGGS

  14. Matryoshka dolls

  15. ICONS- Religious images

  16. MUSIC and GREAT COMPOSERS

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

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

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

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