Слайд 2The aim
To describe the best items of Russia

Слайд 3HYPOTHESES:
Probably, Russia is rich in beautiful sights

Слайд 5VVTs
Former name of VDNkH is the Exhibition of the Achievements of

Domestic Industry. VDNkH was opened in the thirties.
Слайд 6It displayed the most characteristic artifacts of the socialist style. In 1991,

the exhibition was renamed VVTs
Слайд 7Industrial exhibition are still held at this location but today VVTs displays

the achievements of foreign countries. A great number of stores on its territory sell everything from one-kopeck items to Mercedes 600s
Слайд 8Fountain of Friendship of Nations
As in past, shining figures of farm girls

surround the Fountain of Friendship of Nations. It was made by Z. Bazhenova, L. Bazhenova, A. Teneta, Z. Ryleyeva, I. Chaikov
Слайд 9The Worker and the Farm Girl
The monument of the Worker and the

Farm Girl by the entrance to the VVTs still demonstrates power and energy
Слайд 10Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics
The Cosmonautics Museum traces the history of Russian rocketry

and space exploration from the 1920s to the present day. The museum is housed in the base of the impressive monument To the Conquerors of Space, an enormous silver rocket soaring into the sky on a 100-meter tall stream of glistening Titanium.
Слайд 11The museum was opened to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Gagarin's first

flight into orbit. The museum charts the most important Russian and Soviet achievements in space exploration. You can see even Belka and Strelka, the dogs which had orbited the Earth before a man did it.
Слайд 12Test: what is what?
The Worker and the Farm Girl
Memorial Museum

of Cosmonautics
VVTs