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. ICONS- Religious images

16. MUSIC and GREAT COMPOSERS

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

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

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