Презентация по английскому языку "Символы России"

Icons of Russia

Red Square

Red Square is the heart of Moscow and Russia.
The towers of Moscow Kremlin and Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow are main Russia's architectural symbols .

Moscow Underground
The Metro station ”Arbat” The Moscow Metro map

The Moscow Metro is recognized as the most beautiful Underground railway system in the world. The Metro opened in 1935 and now it is the second largest Underground in the world. To many, the Moscow Metro represents all that is great and beautiful in Russia.
Moscow Metro

The Russian State Library
The Russian State Library is the second largest in the world. It has been around in 1862. The Library is packed with millions items. It includes significant manuscript books.

The Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre is famous
throughout the world.

Russian ballet
Russian ballet is an
icon of Russian culture.

Ostankino Television Tower

Ostankino Television Tower is one of the tallest television and radio towers in the world.
It is 549 meters tall.

Yuri Gagarin

First cosmonaut
The 12 of April 1961 Yuri Gagarin was launched into space. He circled the globe in the spaceship «Vostok». Yuri Gagarin’ s name has become a symbol of heroism.

Ice hockey

Ice hockey is a popular Russian winter game that has a lot of true fans. The most famous Russian ice hockey players are Valery Kharlamov, Sergey Makarov, Vyacheslav Fetisov and Vladislav Tretiak. In recent years Russian ice hockey team win gold medals in the 2008 and 2009 World Championships.

Russian folk tales
Old Russian folk tales and bylinas are very popular. Many of Russian fairy tales and bylinas were adapted for animation films, or for movies (Ilya Muromets, Sadko, Morozko, Vasilisa the Beautiful, Ivan prince and grey wolf)

Russian bylinas

Matryoshka doll
Matryoshka doll (beautiful brightly-coloured)
is a recognizable symbol of Russia.

Maslennitsa

Shrovetide
(Maslennitsa).

Come to Russia on Shrovetide
(Maslennitsa).
It is a merry traditional holiday in Russia.

Russian dolls
Russian dolls in different national costumes. They are the type of dolls that people like collecting.

Kursk Nightingale
Kursk Nightingale is
the symbol of Kursk region

Alexander Nevsky
In December 2008 Alexander Nevsky was voted the greatest Russian
in the
«Name of Russia» television poll. Our school is named by Alexander Nevsky.
Wе are proud of it.