Famous people of Russia

1. Famous people of Russia

2.

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 ...

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

4. 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.

5.

Catherine II
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 RightBank Ukraine and Belarus. The
Crimean Khanate was subdued. After
heavy wars with Turkey, Russia got
access to the Black Sea.

6. Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov

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

7. Russian writers and poets

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

8. Russian composers

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

9. 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.

10.

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

11. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

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

12. Thank for attention!