Holidays and Traditions in Russia

There are many national holidays in Russia, when people all over the country do not work and have special celebrations. The major holidays are: New Year's Day, Women's Day, May Day, Victory Day, and Independence Day.

The first holiday of the year is New Year's Day. People celebrate the New Year at midnight on the 31st of December. They greet the New Year with champagne and listen to the Kremlin chimes beating 12 o'clock.

There are lots of New Year traditions in Russia. In every home there is a New Year tree glittering with coloured lights and decorations. Children always wait for Father Frost to come and give them a present. Many people consider New Year's Day to be a family holiday. But the young people prefer to have New Year parties of their own.

A renewed holiday in our country is Christmas. It is celebrated on the 7th of January. It's a religious holiday and a lot of people go to church services on that day.

On the 8th of March, we celebrate Women's Day when men are supposed to do everything about the house, cook all the meals and give women flowers.

The greatest national holiday in our country is Victory Day. On the 9th of May 1945, our army completely defeated the German fascists and the Great Patriotic War ended. We'll never forget our grandfathers and grandmothers who died to defend our Motherland. We honour their memory with a minute of silence and put flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Independence Day is a new holiday in our country. On the 12th of June 1992, the first President of Russia was elected.

We also celebrate Day of the Defender of Motherland on the 23d of February, Easter, Day of Knowledge and lots of professional holidays which are not public holidays and banks, offices and schools do not close.

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Упражнение 3. Ответьте на вопросы. Ответы внесите в таблицу.

1. What public holidays are celebrated in Russia?

2. What is your favourite holiday?

3. How does your family celebrate New Year's Day?

4. What New Year traditions do you know?

5. When do people celebrate Christmas in Russia? Is this a holiday in your family?

6. What holiday do we celebrate on the 8th of March?

7. What is the greatest national holiday in our country?

8. Why is the 9th of May so sacred (священный) for the Russian people?

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Упражнение 4. Напишите эссе на тему : «Russian Customs and Traditions/Customs and Traditions of our Family» по образцу из упражнения 1. Используйте план и слова из раздела “ Useful language”.

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Introduce the subject

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Describe atmosphere (weather) of holiday(s) and preparations for the holiday(s)

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Describe the way you celebrate the holiday

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Describe your feelings. Give general/final comments

 

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Paragraph 1. Victory Day /Day of Russia/ Day of Accord and Reconciliation /Easter / Christmas / Women’s Day / Day of Spring and Labour / Country Defendant’s Day / New Year’s Day

 

Paragraph 2. The weather is usually wonderful / lovely / very nice / lively / amazing. I cook / decorate a New Year tree / prepare presents

Paragraph 3. I meet friends / invite relatives / enjoy tasty meal / watch comedies / spend time with my family

Paragraph 4. I am / happy / unhappy / excited / sad

 

Перенесите ответы в бланк и перешлите преподавателю на указанный электронный адрес.

Тема 2.8. Культурные и национальные традиции, краеведение, обычаи и праздники

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«Russian Customs and Traditions/Customs and Traditions of our Family»

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Тема 2.9. Общественная жизнь (повседневное поведение, профессиональные навыки и умения)

Упражнение 1. Прочтите и устно переведите текст « Life in the Society» с английского языка на русский.

Life in the Society

It’s impossible nowadays to imagine a person living totally isolated. Since early times people have realized that it’s much safer and easier to live in groups or communities sharing common interests, traditions, ways of life. A diverse world is around us nowadays. Both an individual and society influence each other. And the more democratic a society is the more guaranteed the rights and freedoms of a person are. But I think there are a lot of different problems in modern society.

First of all, living in countries with different social systems, different political and economic situations people are facing different but often similar problems. And it’s obvious that to solve these problems people should conduct a discussion, to set the conflict on a compromise and to make collective decisions. One of the ways to solution of these problems is to understand man’s place in a society, to see the existence of different opinions, tasks, to try to share your personal views and ideas on the whole society and understand other people.

Moreover, social problems are problems which concern not only society as a whole but also each of us individually. It has been possible for a man to succeed in landing on the moon and yet he has failed to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, unemployment, racism, terrorism etc.

All in all, I think everyone is greatly influenced by the society he lives in: at the same time, the individual person can play a responsible part in the creation and the development of that society. Everyone today belongs to one or more of these kinds of society. Certainly, no individual can ever be totally independent of other people.

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