Презентация по английскому языку на тему "Культурное наследие России"

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“Russian Cossaks”
ГБПОУ МО “Ступинский техникум имени А.Т.Туманова”
Выполнили студенты 2 курса:
Егоров Дмитрий
Головин Артемий
Преподаватель: Шестакова Оксана Викторовна

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Millions of people living on the territory from the banks of the river Don to Kamchatka have called themselves Cossacks for many centuries.

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Cossack
Cossacks are not a race, nation, profession, not a term for a particular place.
They are all of those, combined!

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The origins of the term “Cossacks”
The etymology of the word ‘Cossack’ is not fully known.
According to one theory, translated from Mongolian, it means “to guard a frontier” and the Cossacks were, indeed, a military formation that guarded the borders of the Russian Empire.
According to another theory, it is a Turkic word for an “adventurer” or “free man”.

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Russian Cossacks
The first Cossacks lived on the outskirts of the Russian lands, (mainly in the South)– approximately from the 14th-15th centuries.
They were serfs who had run away to find their own freedom.

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In a short time free Cossack communities arose along the banks of the Don, Volga, Dnieper, Terek, Yaik (Urals). They mastered vast expanses up to the Black and Caspian Seas, the Caucasus Mountains.
 

The Cossacks were named by their geographical locations.
Don Cossacks are the most ancient Cossack culture.

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Involvement in state service of Russian army
By the end of the XVII century, the Cossacks in Russia gradually began to transform into those associations that made the whole world consider them the elite of the Russian army.
By the beginning of the XX century, the following Cossack troops were formed:
Amur, Astrakhan, Don, Transbaikal, Kuban, Orenburg, Semirechensk, Siberian, Tersk, Ural, Ussuri.

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Cossacks participated in all the most important events of the country – in the protection of borders and important persons, military campaigns and accompanying scientific expeditions, in quelling popular unrest. They proved to be real heroes during the First World war.

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Cossacks in the Great Patriotic War
In the great Patriotic war, the Cossack cavalry and Plastun divisions showed good training, military ingenuity, bravery and true heroism.

Cossacks – Heroes of the second world War, General D. Karbyshev, Admiral A. Golovko, General M. Popov, tank ace D. Lavrinenko, weapons designer F. Tokarev , etc.

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Cossacks’ way of life
Although the Cossacks came from entirely different ethnic groups and belonged to a variety of different religions, with time they developed their own traditions, culture and dialect.

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Cossack's friend
The main friend for a Cossack throughout his life is his faithful horse. The horse is not only a friend, but also an assistant during the war.
«A Cossack without a horse is like a soldier without a gun.»
«A Cossack without a horse is considered a complete orphan.»
«A Cossack can stay hungry, but his horse is always well fed.»

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Shashka
The shashka (saber) was as much an essential attribute of a real Cossack as his horse. It’s a long, slightly curving blade designed for stabbing and hacking.
A Cossack wore his saber on his belt at all times and all but slept with it next to him.

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The traditions, life and culture keep the proudness in the Cossacks for their people, their great life story, love for the homeland.


Culture of the Cossacks

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“Friendship is a custom, Brotherhood is a tradition, Hospitality is a law”
Customs and traditions can be formulated as follows:
Respect for the older generation.
Honoring of guests.
Respect for a woman (wife, sister, mother).
Customs and traditions of the Cossacks 

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A whip for a Cossack was never just a whip, as a means of controlling a horse. The horse was a comrade-in-arms, and the Cossack tried not to injure him unnecessarily, controlling it mainly with reins and a whip, but not with spurs.
Whipping Day is November 23!
(whip – нагайка (плеть)

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We can feel their nature and great will through the songs. And it mainly unites us in our modern life, gives us the strength to new victories.

Songs and dances of Cossacks folklore always talk about their way of life, faith, love of free life.

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There are about 140 thousand people who record their nationality as” Cossack” on the territory of the modern Russian Federation.
Don, Kuban, Siberian and Ural Cossacks all “inhabited” various parts of the country and are very diverse in their ethnic composition, but they are still Cossacks.

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Cossacks in Stupino!
In our hometown Stupino, there is a Cossack village society where everyone can feel the spirit of the Cossacks.

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Thank you for your attention!