SCIENTISTS
Who greatly impacted the scientific community with his discovery of the periodic law?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Name 2 pictures by I. Aivazovsky and 2 pictures by W. Kandinsky.
I. Aivazovsky - The Ninth Wave, The Black Sea, Chaos.
W. Kandinsky - The White Oval, The Blue Rider, Composition VII.
Name to works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker.
Winter - skiing, ice skating.
Summer - tennis, surfing
Why is Leo Tolstoy so popular in Russia?
And a symbol of what is he considered?
Because he portrayed Russian life authentically.
As a symbol of moral wisdom.
Who founded the first Russian chemical laboratory at the Academy of Sciences?
Mikhail Lomonosov
Name 2 famous painters and their painting styles.
Ivan Aivazovsky - Russian romantic movement.
Wassily Kandinsky - abstract art.
Who is Alla Pugacheva for Russians?
She is a cultural icon, influencing generations of Russian pop artists.
She is also known as the "Diva of Russian Pop".
Name 2 most famous kinds of sports in Russia and 1 famous sportsman for each kind, according to the presentation.
Hockey - Alex Ovechkin, football - Andrei Arshavin.
Russians value his honesty, because he wrote about moral struggles.
Name the person and one of his novel.
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment.
He had a deep interest in aerodynamics and even made a solo flight in a hot air balloon to study a solar eclipse
Dmitri Mendeleev
Name 7 main types of art
What Rachmaninoff’s music is known for?
Its lush harmonies, technical difficulty and deep emotion.
How do sportsmen influence teens?
Celebrities motivate them to work harder and create new goals.
Name at least 7 genres of literature.
Fantasy
Science-fiction
Detective
Romance
Horror
Adventure
Drama
Comedy
Poetry
Historical
Who was the first to discover and appreciate the atmosphere of Venus and its transit?
Mikhail Lomonosov
How many pictures did Aivazovsky paint and what do they depict?
More than 6000 paintings, they depict maritime scenes.
Blend of what do we hear in Tchaikovsky’s music?
It blends Western classical styles with Russian folk.
What does sport promote and improve?
Promotes teamwork and discipline,
improves health.
He created literary Russian and his works mix romance and philosophy.
Name the person and 2 of his works.
Alexander Pushkin, “Eugene Onegin” and ”The Queen of Spades”.
Who is often referred to as the father of astronautics and human spaceflight?
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Who painted "Ivan Tsarevich riding the Gray Wolf"?
Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetzov
Name the band of Viktor Tsoi and his style of music.
"Kino", rock.
Name the sport of fighting with long, thin swords.
Fencing
What genre can be reffered as magical, exciting, original, unrealistic, confusing and childish?
Fantasy