Famous people of Russia презентация

The history of Russia is many hundreds of years old. And in her memory are kept the names of those who left their indelible mark on the pages of the chronicles of this great country ...

Ilya Muramets, Dobrynia Nikitich and Alyosha Popovich. The goddess whom the Russian land was famous for.

Peter I
Peter I - the first emperor of the Russian state.
He did not cease to learn all his life, mastered several professions, spoke many languages. To learn about the achievements of Europeans and gain knowledge, Peter visited Germany, Holland, England. He himself participated in the construction of large ships - frigates, for which they called him king - carpenter. Under Peter I a strong army was created, armed with new guns and guns.

At the end of the 18th century the empire was ruled by Catherine II. She was an intelligent, educated and active ruler. In her reign, the power of Russia has increased even more. Russia was joined by Lithuania, part of the Right-Bank Ukraine and Belarus. The Crimean Khanate was subdued. After heavy wars with Turkey, Russia got access to the Black Sea.
Catherine II

Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov
For his services to the Fatherland, Alexander Suvorov, who did not suffer a single defeat, received the highest military rank - Generalissimo.

Russian writers and poets
Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol
Ivan Andreevich Krylov
Nikolay Alekseevich Nekrasov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Leo Tolstoy
Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

Russian composers
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov

Konstantin Georgievich Zhukov
GK Zhukov was four times Hero of the Soviet
Union (1939, 1944, 1945, 1956), Hero of the
Mongolian People's Republic (1969). Marshal
was awarded six Orders of Lenin, the Order of
the October Revolution, two Orders of Victory,
three Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of
Suvorov, 1st Class, an honorary name-bearing
weapon (checker), the Order of the Red Banner
of the Tuva Republic, and twenty foreign orders.

April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin made the first space flight
Valentina Tereshkova - the pilot of the cosmonaut, the first woman to fly into space

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Russian statesman, current president of the Russian Federation since May 7, 2012