Презентация 7 чудес света

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.

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.

Terrible to commemorate the capture of
Kazan and Astrakhan.

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.

whose memory was remembered on the day of

each victorious battle.

Theotokos

of Armenia

Saint Martyrs Cyprian and Justinia

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.

especially in 1812, and later restored some times, so the

sight of the Temple was something changed.

of the Heavenly City and later as “Jerusalem” where Palm

Sunday parade was held attended by the Patriarch of Moscow and the tsar.

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.

It is decorated with colorful floral ornaments, “carpets of flowers”,

which always make a great impression.

from many countries of the world.

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.

the ancient icons of Most Holly Theotokos Vladimirskaya, Smolenskaya; the

icons of Holly Trinity and saint Alexander Nevsky; the relics of St. Basil.

pray to the great Saints and get healed.