Презентация к уроку по Санкт-Петербургу

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Saint-Petersburg The name of the city changed several times. At first the city was called Saint-Petersburg but it was renamed to Petrograd in 1914. Then in 1924 just after the death of Lenin the city was given the name Leningrad. In 1991 the old name Saint- Petersburg was given back to the city. The city was founded by Peter I in 1703. Its foundation started with building of The Fortress of Peter and Pavel which is now called Petropavlovskaya fortress. But the fortress was never used in military aims. It is more famous as the main prison of Peter’s times. They guide some excursions inside the fortress now and you have an opportunity to see the prison cells of the eighteenth century. The history of the city's foundation is connected with lots of victims. Thousands of people gave their lives building Saint-Petersburg. The city was built very quickly and the building was complicated with local area peculiarities. In fact Petersburg is situated on water. Some people even compare it with Venice but such a comparison is not very right.

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Sights of Saint-Petersburg In the cultural capital Saint-Petersburg you’ll find a lot of museums, monuments and cathedrals. The most famous museum of world importance is of course the Hermitage. The works of arts collection of the Hermitage was started with Ekaterina’s (Cathrine) purchase of 225 pictures made by masters from Western Europe. Today the museum has about three million exhibits. Just imagine! You’ll need 15 years to see all the exhibits of the Hermitage having a minute looking at each of them and spending 8 hours a day on that. Besides each hall itself is a work of art. Malachite, George and Peter halls are very popular among tourists. In front of The Winter Palace – the Hermitage building there’s a Palace square. You can have a nice walk on it. But don’t stay here for long because there are lots of other places which are worth visiting in Saint-Petersburg. But I think that each tourist must leave some time just for walking on the streets of the cultural capital, feeling the city atmosphere, diving to its rich history. You can also walk in beautiful gardens and parks, for example to go to the quiet and mysterious Summer garden. Furthermore, pay attention to the churches and cathedrals which decorate Petersburg. The Kazan cathedral, the Isaac cathedral, the Spas-na-krovi cathedral they are completely different. You can relax on the benches or even on the grass if you want near The Kazan cathedral. You have an opportunity to get to the top of the Isaac cathedral and to enjoy the view from the height of a bird’s flight. By the way the Isaac cathedral is the biggest temple in Russia. The Spas-na-krovi been a catholic and an orthodox temple. The interesting sightseeing to visit are cruiser Aurora and the monument Cooper horseman. Cruiser Aurora is situated near the building of Nahimov naval school. The volley signing the start of Bolshevist’s Revolution was given here. Cooper horseman is a monument erected by the order of Ekaterina II in glory of Peter I.Now you can read on the monument “To Peter I. Ekaterina II” in Russian from one side of it and in Latin from the other. Its uniqueness is caused by the fact that the monument has only two points of support.