Россия – russia: a taste of culture
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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 Studies
University of Kansas Libraries
Ѭ
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 Lenin
Ten things everyone should know about Russia (continued)
RUSSIAN FACTS
6. Who is the most powerful politician in Russia today?
Vladimir Putin
Dmitrii Medvedev
7. Where will the 2014 Winter Olympics take place?
Moscow Sochi
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 Gagarin
Language & Literature
1. Winnie the Pooh in Russian
2. Russian Poetry Умом Россию не понять,Аршином общим не
измерить:У ней особенная стать —В Россию можно только
верить.Fedor Tiutchev (1803-1873)
RUSSIAN ARTIFACTS
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Exploring material culture
1. What object did you choose?
2. Why did you choose the object?
3. What is this object’s significance in Russian culture?
RUSSIAN ARTIFACTS
RUSSIAN MUSIC
Folk MusicClassical Music
Bards
Legends of Russian Rock
Modern Pop
MUSIC: Russian Folk
The Firebird Balalaika Quartet
Russian folk music & dance – “Kalinka”
MUSIC: Russian Classical
Пётр Чайковский(Piotr Chaikovskii) Peter Tchaikovsky
• What do the 4th of July, the Nutcracker, and Russia have in common?
Russian Dance - percussion 1812 Overture
MUSIC: Russian Bards
Владимир Высоцкий(Vladimir Vysotskii)
Songs:
Москва-Одесса (Moskva-Odessa) Moscow OdessaЯ не люблю (Ya ne liubliu)I don’t like/love
Машина Времени (Mashina Vremeni) Time Machine
Songs:
Улетай (Uletai)Fly Away
MUSIC: Russian Rock
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.”
MUSIC: Russian Pop
Андрей Губин(Andrei Gubin)Born: Ufa, Russia 1974
Songs:
Мальчик-Бродяга (Mal’chik-Brodyaga) Boy-Wanderer
Мурат Насыров (Murat Nasyrov)Born: Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, 1969Died: Moscow, Russia, 2007
Ethnicity - Uyghur
Songs:
Я Это Ты (Ya Eto Ty) I am you
MUSIC: Russian Pop
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 Goal
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 Studies
University of Kansas Libraries
Ѭ