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/ga dling-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: 1550 St. 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. ORTHODOX CHURCH Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Georgia, eastern Ukraine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU 6Ll_pL5Ok&feature=related&safety_ mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1& safe=active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz K5YEVMHn4&safety_mode=true&per sist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

16. ICONS- Religious images

17. MUSIC and GREAT COMPOSERS

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

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

20. COSSACK INSPIRED DANCE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W pYWpN0VXU&feature=related&safety _mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1 &safe=active http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko Qb8vb4blA&safety_mode=true&persi st_safety_mode=1&safe=active

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