Презентация -экскурсия к уроку "The cultural sights of Kazan"
презентация к уроку по английскому языку (9 класс) по теме

Кazan culture

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Welcome to Kazan – the city with rich history and culture.

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Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan. The  population is  1,161,308.

In April 2009 the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the right to brand itself as the “Third capital” of Russia. The multi-ethnic city is honored by UNESCO and famous for Muslims and Christians living side-by-side in peace.

  Kazan is one of the biggest cultural and educational centers of Volga region. Two different cultures are mixed here - Eastern and Western. This unusual cultural background is reflected in architecture of the city.

And of course, we cannot but mention the Kazan Kremlin. The Kazan Kremlin is a World Heritage Site- a unique complex (13 ha) of archaeological, historical and architectural monuments. Its foundation refers to the 12th century and it is functioned to the present day.

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The Suyumbike Tower is the historical pearl and the architectural symbol of Kazan. Its name is linked to the last queen of the Kazan Khanate Suyumbike, the wife of the two last khans of Kazan. It is 58 meters high, has seven tiers and is built of red brick.

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Originally, the mosque was built in the Kazan Kremlin  in the 16th century. It was named after Qolsharif who served there. Qolsharif died with his numerous students while defending Kazan from Russian forces in 1552. In 1552, during the storming the Kazan  it was destroyed by Ivan the Terrible. It was rebuild in 2005 and it is one of the biggest mosques in Europe.

Kazan is the city where you can find churches and mosques situated not far from each other .

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So there are some of them:

1.The Zakabannaya Mosque

2. The Margany Mosque

3. The Azimov Mosque

4. The Blagoveschenskiy Cathidral

5. The Cherch of St. Varvara

6. The Pyatnitskaya Cherch

They all refer to the 17th, 18th century

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   People of Kazan are theatre lovers. Kazan State Opera And Ballet Theatre, Kachalov's Drama Theatre, Kamal's Tatar Academic Theatre, Young People's Theatre, the Puppet Theatre  are the most popular among adults and children.
 The Tatar Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet named after M.Jalil- is the largest theatre of our country, which keeps the tradition of holding the two most largest International Festivals - the M. Jalil Opera and R.Nuriev"s Festival of classical ballet.

On the basis of the theatre there are numerous masterpieces of world musical theatre being cast, Russian classic, outstanding works of composers of our republic.

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The Tatar State Academic G.Kamal`s Theatre

More than 100 years way of the theatre named after G.Kamal is the concentrated reflection of all the tatar theatrical  culture. In the 22 of December of 1906 the first public performance was played in Tatar language. This date is considered to be the birth of the theatre named G.Kamal.

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The Tatar Tinchurin Theatre

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 Kachalov's Drama Theatre,

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The new Kazan Puppet Theatre

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  Museums play an important role in cultural life of the city. Kazan is the ancient city of almost a thousand-year history. The items connected with the history of Tatarstan,  also a collection of treasures of Tatarstan are displayed in The National Museum of RT. A lot of prominent people lived and worked in Kazan and there are museums established in their memory. These are B. Urmanche`s Museum, Gabdulla Tukay`s Museum, M.Dzhalil`s Museum-apartment, Salikh Saydashev`s Museum, Sh. Kamal`s Museum-apartment, and others.

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Kazan is also famous for its monuments. These are the monuments to famous people some of them  lived and worked in Kazan. The citizens are very proud of them. They are M. Jalil, F.Shalayapin, M.Vakhitov, G.Tukay, A.Pushkin and many others.

Also there  are funny monuments to Kazan Cat, and numerous monuments from Gabdulla Tukay’s fairy tales. They are Shurale and  Byltyr.

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Dear guest you are welcome. Come and see the beauty of Kazan.