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The Global Connections elective class at Clayton Middle School conducted a school-wide vote for the top New7Wonders. Each students became a campaign manager for a specific candidate and researched their site, as well as the country it is located in. Each of the "campaign managers" created campaign posters, PowerPoint presentations, board games, and models of their candidates.
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Class Powerpoint on the Kremlin by Neil at Clayton Middle School
The Global Connections elective class at Clayton Middle School conducted a school-wide vote for the top New7Wonders. Each students became a campaign manager for a specific candidate and researched their site, as well as the country it is located in. Each of the "campaign managers" created campaign posters, PowerPoint presentations, board games, and models of their candidates.
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The Global Connections elective class at Clayton Middle School conducted a school-wide vote for the top New7Wonders. Each students became a campaign manager for a specific candidate and researched their site, as well as the country it is located in. Each of the "campaign managers" created campaign posters, PowerPoint presentations, board games, and models of their candidates.
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Neil Treni Global Connections Russian Federation Map Russian Federation Information
• The Russian Federation - Largest of the 21 republics that
make up the Commonwealth of Independent States • Was the center of the Communist empire, Cold War with the United States, is the government center of the Russian Federation, site of many international meetings • Located in both Europe and Asia • Area – 17,075,200 mi.2 • Population – 144,530,000 • Capital – Moscow • Currency – Ruble Russian Federation Information
• People - 79.8% Russian, 3.8% Tatar, 2% Ukrainian, 1.2%
Bashkir, 1.1% Chuvash, 0.9% Chechen, 0.8% Armenian, 10.3% non-specified ethnicity • Climate – Steppes in the south, humid continental in European Russia, Subarctic in Siberia, tundra climate in the polar north • Imports – Machinery, consumer goods, medicines, meat, sugar, and semi-finished metal products • Exports – Petroleum, natural gas, wood, metals, chemicals, and civilian and military manufactures Russian Federation Culture
• Government – Semi-Presidental Federal Republic
• Language – Russian (82%), Ukrainian, Byelorussian • Religion – Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% • Education - Literacy rate 100%, focus on reading and math, must pass rigorous tests for further two years of secondary education, even tougher to attend a university • Technology – defense industries including radar, missile production, vehicles, aircraft Russian Federation Culture
• Art – Porcelain collections, Fabrege, Jewelry
• Music – Classical, Folk, Pop, Hip Hop, Rock • Recreation – Camping, Golf, Hiking • Customs – Russia Day, 12 June (1990) • Food – – Main courses: Potato, bread, eggs, meat, butter – Desserts – Pancakes, Oladi, Pastries Tvorog, Syrniki The Kremlin • The Kremlin is a historic fortified complex in Moscow, Russia • Serves as the official residence of the President of Russia • Includes Red Square, four palaces, four cathedrals • Enclosed by the Kremlin wall with Kremlin towers Kremlin - History • Continuously inhabited since the 2nd millennium BC • The word "kremlin" was first recorded in 1331 • Kremlin means fortress • First stone structures were built late 1320s and early 1330s • Buildings have undergone many transformations depending on who was in power at the time St. Basil’s Cathedral
• Commissioned by Ivan the Terrible 1555-
1561 • Named Cathedral of Saint Basil the Blessed in 1588 after the Russian Orthodox saint • Features distinctive onion domes History of Major Structures • Churches of Cathedral Square built 1479-1508
• Kremlin wall and towers built 1485-1495
• Ivan the Great Bell Tower built 1505-1508
• Grand Kremlin Palace was constructed in 1839-
1849 to serve as the residence of the Tsar Cathedral Square • The heart of the Kremlin • Surrounded by six buildings, including three cathedrals • Cathedral of the Dormition - 1479 – the main church of Moscow and where all the Tsars were crowned • Cathedral of the Annunciation - 1489 • Cathedral of the Archangel Michael – 1508 Kremlin wall and towers • Forms an irregular triangle • Area = 275,000 square meters (68 acres) • Length = 2235 meters (2444 yards) • Height ranges from 5 to 19 meters • There are 20 towers in all • All are square, except three have circular sections Ivan the Great Bell Tower • Tallest of the bell towers that ring the Kremlin • Height = 81 meters (266 feet) • Marks Moscow's precise geographic center Grand Kremlin Palace • Built 1837 - 1851 • Length = 125 meters • Height = 47 meters • Area = 25,000 square meters • Has over 700 rooms Red Square • Considered the central square of Moscow and Russia • Separates the Kremlin from a historic merchant quarter • Major streets of Moscow radiate from it in all directions • Named from the Russian word, krasnaya, meaning either "red" or "beautiful" Bibliography http://www.visaexpress.net/russia/arts.htm http://www.waytorussia.net/WhatIsRussia/RussianFood www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/countrylisting.htm l Geography.about.com/library/blank/blxindex.htm www.factmonster.com/countries.html www.studentsoftheworld.info/menu_infopays.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kremlin