Презентация к уроку английского языка "Russia.My Homeland."

7 th form

Unit 1

Russia

My Homeland

• What is the official name of our

homeland?

The Republic of the Russian Federation

often called Russia.

2. How many republics are there in the

Republic of the Russian Federation?

Twenty one. We can say that Russia is

a federation of 21 republics and 68 other regions.

3. Who was the first Russian President?

Boris Nikolaevich Yeltsin (was).

4. What is the highest law of

the Russian Federation?

The Constitution

of the Russian Federation.

5. Who is the Russian President

at the moment?

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

Who is its Prime Minister?

Dmitry Anatolievich Medvedev.

6. When did Russia stop being

a monarchy and become a republic?

In 1917.

7. What is its capital?

What can you say about it?

Moscow.

Its population is about 9000000,

it was founded about 1147, it is a big

industrial and cultural centre …

8. Can you name some other major

cities of Russia?

St Petersburg (formerly Leningrad),

Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky),

Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg (formerly Sverdlovsk),

Samara (formerly Kuibyshev), Omsk, Chelyabinsk,

Kazan, Perm, Ufa, Rostov, Volgograd,

Krasnoyarsk, Saratov, Voronezh, Vladivostok.

9. Russia is the largest country

of the world, isn’t it?

It is.

10. Where are the Altai and

the Caucasus mountains situated?

The Altai Mountains lie south of Lake Baikal

and along the border with Mongolia.

The Caucasus Mountains are between

the Black and the Caspian Seas.

What other Russian mountain chains

do you know?

The Ural Mountains,

the Central Russian Uplands,

the Mountains of East Siberia …

11. Where are the rivers Lena and

Ob situated?

The Lena is in East Siberia.

The Ob is in Siberia, to the east

of the Urals, on the west Siberian Lowland.

What other Russian rivers do you know?

The Volga, the Oka, the Kama, the Irtysh,

the Yenisey, the Amur, the Angara, etc.

12. What waters is the country

washed by?

The Arctic Ocean in the north;

the Bering Sea, the Sea of Okhotsk,

the Sea of Japan in the east;

the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea

in the south;

The Baltic Sea in the west.

13. What can you say about Lake Baikal?

Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world:

1620 m deep. It has the greatest supply

of fresh water in the world, its ecology is

unique, it is also famous for its picturesque

scenery.

14. What do you think are the most

important events In the history of Russia?

The 9 th century: Rus’ centered on Kiev

was formed;

988 – Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev

established Orthodox Christianity;

1147 – the city of Moscow was founded and

the first state used the name Rossia

Ivan III reign (1462-1505): threw off the

Tatar yoke

Ivan IV (the Terrible) reign (1533-84):

Siberia became a part of Russia

The Time of Troubles (1568-1613)

Peter I (the Great) reign (1682-1725): he started a lot of reforms,

won victories over Sweden, founded a new capital on the Baltic Sea;

Catherine II (the Great) reign (1762-96):

continued reforms, won victories over Poland

and wars in the Crimea;

1812 – the war with Napoleon and Russian’s

victory in it;

1914 – Russia took part in World War I;

1917 – the two Revolutions (of February and October);

1941-45 – World War II, the victory over

Germany;

1989 – the beginning of perestroika, etc.

15. What symbols of Russia do you know?

The official symbol of Russia is the

Russian flag, a lot of people believe that

traditional symbols of Russia are:

the birch tree and the Russian “troika”.

16. What can you say about the Russian

national flag? Why white, blue and red

have always been symbolic colours

in Russia and what do they symbolize?

It has three wide stripes – white, blue and red.

Red symbolizes love and bravery,

blue – honesty and devotion, white has always meant noble and sincere.