Russian Life Today Russian Schools Russian Music Russian Politics 7 th Grade Workshop in Geography South Junior High School Lawrence Public Schools (USD. - презентация

1 Russian Life Today Russian Schools Russian Music Russian Politics 7 th Grade Workshop in Geography South Junior High School Lawrence Public Schools (USD 497) March 26 and April 29, 2008 Presented by Jon C. Giullian Librarian for Slavic & Eurasian Studies University of Kansas Libraries

2 RUSSIAN MUSIC Folk Music Classical Music Bards Legends of Russian Rock Modern Pop

3 MUSIC: Russian Folk The Firebird Balalaika Quartet Russian folk music & dance – Kalinka

4 MUSIC: Russian Classical Пётр Чайковский (Piotr Chaikovskii) Peter Tchaikovsky What did he compose? Russian Dance – folk Russian Dance – guitar Russian Dance – percussion Russian Dance – orchestral (5:30-6:37)

5 MUSIC: Russian Bards Владимир Высоцкий (Vladimir Vysotskii) Songs: Москва-Одесса (Moskva-Odessa) Moscow Odessa Я не люблю (Ya ne liubliu) I dont like/love

6 Машина Времени (Mashina Vremeni) Time Machine Songs: Улетай (Uletai) Fly Away Улетай (Uletai) MUSIC: Russian Rock

7 MUSIC: Russian Pop Андрей Губин (Andrei Gubin) Born: Ufa, Russia 1974Ufa, Russia Songs: Мальчик-Бродяга (Malchik-Brodyaga) Boy-Wanderer

8 Мурат Насыров (Murat Nasyrov) Born: Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, 1969Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan Died: Moscow, Russia, 2007 Ethnicity - Uyghur Songs: Я Это Ты (Ya Eto Ty) I -- It is you MUSIC: Russian Pop

9 MUSIC: Russian Rock ДДТ (DDT) Юрий Шевчук (Yurii Shevchuk) Songs: Pождённые в СССP (Rozhdyonnye v SSSR) Born in the USSR Пропавший без вестu (Propavshii bez vesti) Lost without a trace

10 MUSIC: Russian Rock ДДТ (continued) Songs: DDT in Chechnya 1DDT in Chechnya 1 They told us to go, and we went. Nobody needs this war! To this day I cannot understand what we are fighting for. Thats my personal opinion. DDT in Chechnya 2 Young soldiers from all over Russia