Russia words
Byzantine;Avisual
arts and architecture style that originated
in the fourth
century in Byzantium.
Chronicles;written
records of immportant events in public life.
Icon;Aconventional
religious image typically painted on a small
wooden panel
and used in the devotions of Eastern Christains.
Yurt;mongol
tent made of felt and sheep's wool that could easily be transporteed
on horseback.
Khans;Mongol
leadrs
In the tenth
century, grandprince valdimir and his nobles began a voyage from his capital
or kiev,They sailed south on the dnepr river to constanople .THE
russians BROUGHT slaves,furs,grain,
amber,and
lumber to sell. THE Authorities in constanople
did not trust
the
strangers.THE officals ordered them to sell
their merchandise
quickly
and go home.
DEsite
the poor welcome,vladimir and the nobles
were
overwhelmed
by contantinople. they returnd home determind to make the beauty and spirit
of constanople part of Russian life.
The
Russian Alphabet and common words