Оглавление
Группа авторов. Русский Мир
Цели и задачи обучения
Mysterious Russian soul
Orthodoxy as the Spiritual and Moral Core of Russian Civilization
Key Aspects of Russian Orthodoxy from the Russian Perspective
Staraya Ladoga: 862 – 864 and Novgorod: 862 – 882
Staraya Ladoga: 862 – 864
Novgorod: 862 to 8822
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Paganism
Paganism of Ancient Russia: hierarchy of gods, Slavic rituals and amulets
Main gods are presented below
The change of times or the confrontation of good with evil
Annual wheel – all Slavic holidays. The main pagan Slavic holidays were/are:
Everyone knows about Halloween, but what do you know about our native dark holiday on the same day? October 31st?
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Kiev: 882 – 1243
The reasons for moving the capital from Novgorod to Kiev
What were some of the reasons to convert into a new religion?
Knyaz Yaroslav the Wise of Novgorod
Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (1220—1263)
What happened to Kiev when the capital was moved?
SUMMARY
Russian Bogatyrs
What about women bogatyrs?
Vladimir: 1243 – 1389
The Battle of Kulikovo
Dmitry Donskoy-Defender of the Russian lands
Russian culture during the Golden Horde
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Moscow: 1389 – 1712
Why Moscow? Not Tver?
“Moscow is the Third Rome”
Ivan the Terrible IV
Time of Troubles (Смутное время)
The origins of the Russian song
How Time of Troubles influenced Russia?
St. Petersburg: 1712 – 1918
Great Northern War (1700 – 1721)
The most important reforms of Peter the Great
Russian ball history9
Russian winter fun
Catherine II the Great (1729—1796) – Empress of Russia
The Patriotic War (1812 – 1813)
The Era of Palace Coups in the Russian Empire
What is Heartland, and what does it have to do with us?11
Away from wars…
Russian Fairy Tales
Artist Ivan Bilibin
The main characters of Russian fairy tales are
Russian Bogatyrs (Русские богатыри)
Moscow: 1918 – 1991
The Great Patriotic War (1941 – 1945)
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Kursk
Belarusian operation
Berlin Operation
The Backe – plan = the famine plan
May 9th / Victory Day / День Победы
Hero cities19
Cold War
Russian Holidays
September 1st / Knowledge Day / День Знаний
September 8th / Battle of Borodino / День Бородинского сражения
October 5th / Teacher’s Day / День учителя
November (last Sunday) / Mother’s Day / День матери
December 31 – January 1st / New Year/ Новый год
January 7th / Christmas / Рождество
January 19th / Baptism of Jesus/ Крещение Господне
February 23rd / Defender of the Fatherland / День защитника Отечества
March 8th / International Women’s Day / Международный женский день
March 18th / Crimea Reunited with its Homeland – Russia / Присоединение Крыма к России
April 12th / Cosmonautics Day/ День космонавтики
April / Easter / Пасха
May 1st / Labor Day / Праздник весны и труда
June 12th / Russia Day/ День России31
July / Navy Day / День Военно-морского флота
August 2nd / Airborne Forces Day / День Воздушно-десантных войск
The oldest cities of Russia
What does it mean to be a Russian?
What is the Russian world?
