IN SEARCH OF A RUSSIAN SOUL

Tatiana White – 14 April

2014 – Kintbury,

Berkshire, UK

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WHAT IS RUSSIA?

“There are no roads in Russia,” Napoleon once said

bitterly, “only directions.”

Russia - it is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside

an enigma - Winston Churchill's quotation, made in

a radio broadcast in October 1939

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WHAT IS RUSSIA?

«Умом Россию не понять...»

You will not grasp her [Russia] with your mind 

Or cover with a common label, 

For Russia is one of a kind – 

Believe in her, if you are able

By Fyodor Tyutchev , 1866 (Russian Poet)

Translated by Anatoly Liberman

You would not logically understand Russia……

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RUS – VIKING’S ROOTS

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RUSSIAN SYMBOLS

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RUSSIAN DREAM

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RUSSIAN STRENGTH

“Whoever comes to us with

a sword, from a sword will perish” –

Aleksandr Nevsky

(1220 – 1263)

Russian Heroism is based on strong believe for

victory for the right courses – defending

Motherland Russia

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RODINA/РОДИНА – MOTHER RUSSIA

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ROSSIYA-MATUSHKA

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RUSSIAN MIRACLE

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RUSSIAN ICONS- ANDREY RUBLEV

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ICONOSTAS

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HOKHLOMA

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HISTORY

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RUSSIAN CROSS

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SYMBOLS

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ST. BASIL'S CATHEDRAL

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RED SQUARE

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THE RUSSIAN BEAR

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FAREWELL TO RUSSIAN WINTER

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RUSSIAN TEA

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RUSSIAN IZBA

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RUSSIAN SOUL

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RUSSIAN COURTYARD

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RUSSIAN OPEN SPACE

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RUSSIAN MUSIC – RUSSIAN SOUL

Balakirev Rimsky-Korsakov Mussorgsky Borodin

- 19C Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)Sergei Rachmaninov (1873–1943)Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)Georgy Sviridov (1915 – 1998)

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LIFE JOURNEY

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THANK YOU!

Tatiana White www.oxfordheritagetravel.co.uk