Презентация 7 чудес света

The project “Seven wonders of Russia. St Basil’s Cathedral ”

1. The type of the project - abstract information.

2. The subject - English.

3. The purpose of the project - to find seven wonders of Russia

and represent them in English.

4. The problems of the project - to describe seven wonders of Russia, especially

St Basil’s Cathedral as the most symbolic of

them; to make presentation on this theme, to make a

model of St Basil’s Cathedral and an album.

5. The questions of the project - a) What is the uniqueness of seven wonders of Russia?

b) What secrets and mysteries has St Basil’s Cathedral got?

c) Why was it called “the city of churches”?

6. The topicality of the project - we’d like to tell our foreign friends about cultural and

historical values of our country which we are proud of;

that’s why we have the right to call them “wonders” of

Russia.

7. Hypothesis - we suppose there are unique cultural and historical values which we can

unite in a group of seven wonders of Russia and the most symbolic of them

is St Basil’s Cathedral.

8. The subject of research - historical and architectural features of St Basil’s Cathedral, its

uniqueness.

9. The object of research - the sights of Russia which we have the right to call “seven wonders of Russia”

10. The methods of research - the special literature, the Internet sites on this theme.

11. The conclusion - there are seven outstanding sights of Russia which are seven wonders of Russia.

12. The forecast - probably this project will attract attention not only Russians but also foreigners, it

will help them to learn something new about the Russian culture.

Seven wonders of Russia

Lake Baikal

It’s situated in Irkutsk region, Buryatia

Geyser Valley

It’s situated in Kamchatka territory

Mamayev Kurgan and the monument to Mother Motherland

They are situated in Volgograd Region

Peterhof

It’s situated in Saint Petersburg

Saint Basil’s Cathedral

It’s situated in Moscow

Manpupuner rock formations

They are situated in the Republic of Komi

Mount Elbrus

It’s situated in Kabardino-Balkaria

Saint Basil’s Cathedral

Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat

Saint Basil’s Cathedral

Basic information

Location

Red Square ,  Moscow , Russia

State Historical Museum , Church

Architectural description

Architect (s)

Barma and  Postnik Yakovlev [2]

Architectural type

Groundbreaking

1555

Specifications

Dome (s)

9

Spire (s)

2

Protected by UNESCO from 1990

The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holly Theotokos on the Moat, populary known as Saint Basil’s Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox church erected in Red Square in Moscow in 1555-1561.

It was built on the order of Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the capture of

Kazan and Astrakhan .

The original wooden building known as “Trinity Church” contained 8 churches arranged around the ninth, central church of Intercession; the tenth church was erected in 1588 over the grave of venerated local saint Basil the Blessed.

Every church was built in honor the saint whose memory was remembered on the day of each victorious battle.

Intercession of Most Holy

Theotokos

Entry of Christ into

Jerusalem

Saint Gregory the Illuminator

of Armenia

Saint Martyrs Cyprian and Justinia

Saint John the Merciful

Life-giving Holy Trinity

Saint Alexander Svirsky

Saint Nicholas Velikoretsky

Saint Barlaam of Khutyn

Basil the Blessed

Tradition held that the church was built by 2 architects Barma and Postnik. Probably both names refer to the same person, Postnik Yakovlev from Pskov. Legend held that Ivan the Terrible blinded the architect so he could not re-create the masterpiece elsewhere, though the real Postnik Yakovlev took an active part in the building of Kazan Kremlin.

Saint Basils Cathedral was often damaged by Moscow fires, especially in 1812, and later restored some times, so the sight of the Temple was something changed.

In 16 th and 17 th centuries it was the symbol of the Heavenly City and later as “Jerusalem” where Palm Sunday parade was held attended by the Patriarch of Moscow and the tsar.

It is a unique building because it’s a group of 9 independent churches on a common platform became a monolithic temple. The buildings design, shaped as a flame of a bonfire rising into the sky has no analogues in Russian architecture. It’s a mixture of Russian and Bysantine architectural traditions.

So majestic outside the Cathedral is rather chamber inside. It is decorated with colorful floral ornaments, “carpets of flowers”, which always make a great impression.

And its bright domes attract a lot of people from many countries of the world.

Until 1595 rich townsmen hid their property there, and the tsar’s money was kept there too. Church service was stopped in 1918 and resumed in 1991. Now it’s a museum and a working church.

There are so many Orthodox sanctuaries in the Temple: the ancient icons of Most Holly Theotokos Vladimirskaya, Smolenskaya; the icons of Holly Trinity and saint Alexander Nevsky; the relics of St. Basil.

The relics of St. Basil.

A lot of Christians come to the Temple to pray to the great Saints and get healed.