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. com/2009/03/30/ga dling-teaches-you- to-read-the-cyrillic- alphabet-in-5- minutes/
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
ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY
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ICONS- Religious images
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.
RUSSIAN ARCHITECTURE Influenced by Byzantine empire and Orthodox Christianity
11th-century Byzantine Cathedral of Sancta Sophia
Russian Architecture: 1550 St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
RUSSIAN WOODEN CHURCHES iskw/chap3p02.htm
Wooden architecture
RUSSIAN IZBA
DACHAS – Summer homes popoular throughout Eastern Europe
“RUSSIAN STOVE” Fireplace design
RUSSIAN TROIKA – sled drawn by three horses
DRESS All Slavic cultures feature elaborate embroidery – each people has its distinct dress fashion-style-traditional-clothing /
UKRAINIAN EASTER EGGS
Matryoshka dolls
RUSSIAN MUSIC p09LPSN70&safety_mode=true&pers ist_safety_mode=1&safe=active K5YEVMHn4&safety_mode=true&per sist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
MUSIC and GREAT COMPOSERS
Russian/Slavic Culture Eastern Slavs Russian culture impacts Europe Music: Tchaikovsky (Nutcracker), Stravinsky Literature: Dostoevsky, Tolstoy Dance (Ballet): Baryshnikov Search for security
COSSACKS “Frontiersman”- like group from southern Russia and Ukraine Noted for horsemanship and as supporters of the Czar
COSSACKS=BIKER GANGS with their own country?
COSSACK INSPIRED DANCE pYWpN0VXU&feature=related&safety _mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 &safe=active Qb8vb4blA&safety_mode=true&persi st_safety_mode=1&safe=active
RUSSIAN VILLAGES Comm- unal Decision- Making – “Obshchina”