世界各国文化历史介绍-KS2 Russia Information PowerPoint

WhereIsRussiaRussiaWhereIsRussiaRussiaisquiteunusualinthatitslandmassissobig

thatitspanstwocontinents:EuropeandAsia.AsiaEuropeFactsaboutRussiaCapitalCityOfficialLanguageCurrencyPopulationAreaMoscowRussian142.7million17,075,200squarekilometresClickonawordtodiscoverfactsaboutRussia.RubleFamousRussiansLeoTolstoy(1828–1910)LeoTolstoywasaveryfamousauthorwhowrote‘WarandPeace’,oneofthemostfamousbooksintheworld.PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky(1840–1893)PyotrIlyichTchaikovskywasacomposerwhosebest-knownworkwasthe‘1812Overture’and‘TheNutcracker’.ValentinaTereshkovaValentinaTereshkovawasbornin1937.In1963,shebecamethefirstwomantoflytospace.MariaSharapovaMariaSharapova,bornin1987,isatennisplayerwhohaswonallfourGrandSlamtitles:theAustralianOpen,theFrenchOpen,WimbledonandtheUSOpen.HistoryofRussiaUntil1918,Russiawasamonarchy.TheKingwasknownastheTsarandtheQueenastheTsarina.ThelastTsarofRussiawasNicholasII.MostoftheEuropeanroyalfamilieswerecloselyconnected.NicholasIIwasthecousinofGeorgeV,theKingofEnglandduringthattime.Russiawasalandofgreatcontrasts

atthattime.Theroyalfamilyand

thearistocracylivedalifeofgreat

luxury;however,thevastmajorityof

Russianslivedinpoverty.Inaddition

tothis,1.7millionRussiansoldiers

werekilledintheFirstWorldWar.

Thisledtorevolution.TheRussianRevolutionAgroupofpeoplecalledtheBolsheviksbelievedthatRussiashouldnotberuledbyamonarchy.In1917,theyseizedpowerbytaking

controlofgovernmentbuildingsand

TsarNicholasabdicated.Nicholas,hiswifeandtheirfive

childrenwerekilledin1918.TheUSSRAftertheRevolution,RussiabecameknownastheUSSR

(UnionofSovietSocialistRepublics).TheUSSRfoughtwithBritainduringtheSecondWorldWar.However,relationsbetweenthetwocountriesweredifficult.FollowingtheSecondWorldWar,therewasaperiodknownastheColdWar.Duringthistime,therewasanintenserivalrybetweentheUSSRandtheUSA.BritainwasalliedwiththeUSA.

In1991,theUSSRcollapsed.

ManypartsoftheUSSRbecame

independentcountrieswhilethe

majorityofthecountrywas

knownoncemoreasRussia.LearntoSpeakRussianHerearesomeRussianphrasesyoucantry.RussianusesadifferentalphabettoEnglish.

AlthoughtheRussianphraseswouldnotbewrittenlikethis,itwillhelpyoupronouncethemcorrectly.HiHow

areyou?byePri-vettKakdelaPa-kahHiHow

areyou?byePrivetKakdelaPa-kahQuizTime!HowmuchcanyourememberaboutRussia?

WhichtwocontinentsisRussiain?

WhatistheofficiallanguageofRussia?

NameafamousRussianperson.

WhatareRussiankingsknowas?

WhathappenedtoTsarNicholasII?

ThetwocontinentsRussiaspansareEuropeandAsia.TheofficiallanguageofRussiaisRussian.LeoTolstoy,PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky,

ValentinaTereshkovaandMariaSharapova

ormaybeyouknowofanotherfamous

Russianperson..RussiankingsareknownasTsars.HewaskilledaftertheRussianRevolution.GlossaryLandmass–theareaoflandacountrycovers.

Continent–alarge