The Temple of Artemis was a Greek temple dedicated to a goddess Greeks identified as Artemis and was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was situated at Ephesus.
Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. The national language is Danish. The capital of this country is Copenhagen. Copenhagen is home to many famous sites and attractions, including Tivoli Gardens, Amalienborg Palace (home of the Danish monarchy), Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen Cathedral. The second largest city in Denmark is Aarhus. Aarhus is an old Viking Age city and one of the oldest cities in the country. The largest cathedral in Denmark is Aarhus Cathedral.
Norway is a unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, with King Harald V. The capital is Oslo. Oslo is the cultural, scientific, economic and governmental centre of Norway. Oslo houses several major Museums and galleries. A large number of festivals are held in Oslo, such as Oslo Live, a rock and roll event, and the Oslo Jazz festival.
Swedenborders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel. Today, Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. Stockholm houses many national cultural institutions. Stockholm is one of the most crowded museum-cities in the world with around 100 museums, visited by millions of people every year. The most renowned national museum is the National museum, with Sweden's largest collection of art: 16,000 paintings and 30,000 objects of art handicraft.
10.The town of Ivanovo is located in the picturesque area of the Volga River basin, at the 300 km distance from Moscow, and is an integral part of the Golden Ring of Russia.
The town stands on the River Uvod. Its population counts around 448 thousands, while the population of the Ivanovo Region is 1.1 million people.
Not far from Ivanovo there are located the old Russian settlements Palekh and Holui, the centres of the world-known lacquer miniature art. Ivanovo has a number of architectural ensembles of various epochs. Ivanovo remains the textile industry centre of Russia, the fact entailing it the nicknames “Russian Manchester” and “the town of brides”.
Ivanovo is a big cultural centre today, with interesting museums, Drama Theatre, Musical Theatre, Puppet Theater, and the circus.
It is a must for tourists to visit the Museum of Ivanovo Chintz, featuring the history of this fabric and displaying antique homespun canvasses with fanciful patterns. It is better to start the promenade, however, from the Lenin Street, where the Regional Museum is located.
The most famous buildings of the town are: the wooden Church (late 17th c.), Shchudrov’s Booth (18th c.), A. Dyuringer’s Estate (1910), Agricultural Bank (1927), Ship-House (1930), Horseshoe-House (1934), set of buildings of Ivanovo-Voznesensk Politechnical Institute (1928-1937) and “The House of Collective” (1930). I’d like to you about …..
Dmitry Burylin’s Palacewas built in 1904 for the factory owner, a founder of the Museum Iindustries and the Arts. This museum has the name of its founder, Dmitry Burelin who gave his life to collect old and rare stuff for the establishment of the museum. The museum was opened officially on December 26, 1914. The museum exhibits include historical and cultural of the various countries of the world, including, set the Gospels and the Masonic group.
11. Moscow City Tour is a good chance to get acquainted with the capital of Russia. During the city tour you will see the Red Square, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Novodevichiy Convent, Poklonnaya and Vorobievy Mountains, Tverskaya Street, Bulvarnoye Koltso (Boulevard Ring), and other attractions.
The Tretiakov Gallery is the largest museum of Russian art in the world. The museum represents the whole history of Russian art from the ancient period until now. Its superb collection consists of numerous icons, paintings, sculptures and graphics. The museum is housed in the Tretiakovs former house, the main facade of which, designed by the famous Russian artist V.M. Vasnetsov, was constructed in 1902-1904. The Tretiyakov Gallery has 62 halls. The most unique collections of the museum are the Collection of Russian Art of the 9th-10th centuries and the Collection of Soviet Art of 1930-1980.
The Kremlin is the historical centre of the city, the heart of Moscow. This is one of the most famous museums of the world, which continues to attract visitors in great numbers. Kremlin is located on a hill washed from one side by the Moscow-river. On the Kremlin grounds you can see the Tsar Bell and the Tsar Cannon and visit the wonderful Russian churches.
St. Basil Cathedral is one of the most outstanding monuments of Old Russian architecture of the 16th century. The tourists admired the beauty of the cathedral, and for the Russians it became the symbol of native history and culture.
St. Basil Cathedral was designed by Russian architects Postnik and Barma. There is the legend saying that Ivan the Terrible admired the beauty of the cathedral and ordered to blind the architects so they could never construct such a masterpiece again. St. Basil Cathedral was the highest construction in Moscow.
The walls of the cathedral are decorated with oil paintings and frescoes of the 16th-19th centuries. In the cathedral one can see portrait and landscape painting of the 19th century. In the middle of the 20s of the 20th century St. Basil Cathedral got the status of museum.
12. A relatively young city, St. Petersburg was founded in 1703, and has been playing key role in the history of Russia.
Our sightseeing tour will acquaint you with the main architectural and historical monuments of Saint Petersburg. You will take a ride along its main streets and prospects enjoying its splendid sights: numerous palaces and cathedrals, rivers and channels, bridges and parks…
One of the largest museums in the world, the State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the Neva River. It would take 15 years to see all the exhibits treasured in the Hermitage. We suggest you to admire the gems of the collection.
In the course of the excursion you will be familiarized with masterpieces by outstanding artists from Italy, Spain, Holland, Flanders, France, England, Germany, and other Western European countries. On display there are works by such great masters as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Giorgione, Titian, Michelangelo, Francisco de Goya, Renoir, Picasso and many others. The lovers of the art of impressionists and postimpressionists will definitely enjoy works by Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Van Gogh, Gauguin and other artists.
We hope that you will remember your visit to the State Hermitage museum as one of the best experiences of your life. The Catherine Park is a magnificent work of creative labor of several generations of talented Russian architects, prominent sculptors, gardeners, and engineers and working people of various specializations.
Catherine Palace is the center of the composition of the park and the main landmark of Pushkin. You will get to know about the mysterious history the Amber Room.
The collection of the palace includes a large number of works of art, furniture, statues, canvases. We invite you to see one of the best known suburbs of St. Petersburg, Peterhof or Petrodvorets. This gem of Russian 18-19 century architecture was the favourite and most beautiful summer residence of the Royal family. The world-famous palace, fountain and park ensemble of Peterhof are famous all over the world. The Lower Park is an ideal place for walking. You will be surprised by various fountains.
During the tour you will visit the Great Palace which is structural center of the Upper Gardens and the Lower Park. You will enjoy its spacious and airy rooms adorned with rich moldings, splendid parquet flooring, exquisite carving, painted ceilings and canvases by great masters.
13.Ivanovo is the home of education. There are a lot of colleges, institutes, universities in our town. They are: Ivanovo state university (ISU)
Ivanovo State power University(ISPU)
Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology (ISUCT)
Ivanovo State Textile Academy (ISTA)
Ivanovo State Medical Academy (ISMA)
Ivanovo State Architectural Civil-engineering Academy (ISACA)
Ivanovo State Academy of Agriculture(ISAA)
But I’d like to tell about our trade economical college. Our technical college belongs to the oldest schools in Ivanovo. It is about 70 years old. It was built in 1931. It is situated in Lenin Sguare. In 2008 this school was given a new name. It is a college. In 2008 the college was awarded by the Golden Medal. This college prepares specialists for trade and cooking. Our students get their special education in several specifications. They are accounting, commerce, technology of cooking, manager of tourism. Let’s start our excursion. We are on the first floor. Here is the head master’s room. The head master of our college is… Next to the head master’s room you can see the correspondence department. The students study many interesting subjects here. Go along, look on the left. It is a doctor’s room. We are now coming up to the assembly hall. Many conferences, meetings, concerts take place here.
On your left you will see a book-keeping. Next is a teacher’s room. On your right you will see a canteen. If you look up you will notice a library, gym and laboratories. In laboratories students practice of cooking. In gym students play different sport games and have P.T. lessons. In the library you’ll find a lot of interesting books and textbooks.
Let’s go upstairs. On the second floor you will see a lot of rooms. In front of you is the room of philosophy. But some years ago the room was known as the room of Regina Mihajlovna Grinberg . She was the Soviet and Russian theatrical director, the founder and the art director of the Ivanovo youth theatre.
If you look up you will notice a lot of students’ rooms. These rooms are very comfortable and light . You’ll find a lot of flowers here. In front of you you’ll see a computer class. There are modern computers here. Our students learn how to use the computers correctly.
14. The 'Golden Ring' route is known for the famous old cities and towns along the way, so one of the reasons to go there is to see Russian architecture, old churches made of white stone, hear the bellring, see fortresses, beautiful monasteries, and learn more about history of Russia. The 'classical' route starts from Moscow, goes through Vladimir, Suzdal, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Rostov Velikiy, Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, Sergiev Posad.
Vladimir: The first town of the Golden Ring. Vladimir is an old Russian town, it used to be capital of Russia in the 12th century. There are many interesting sights, like old churches, monasteries and museums, but the interest in the city is in its provincial atmosphere and its contrast with the big cities.
SUZDAL: An ancient Russian town 38 kilometers north of Vladimir with around 13 thousand inhabitants. Suzdal is officially protected from the industries, and the old architecture and buildings are kept intact. The hilly green town is very seducing, walking around is a pleasure, the monasteries and old beautiful churches offer dreaming views.
IVANOVO: It is a big city between Suzdal and Kostroma. Ivanovo is a real Russian industrial and textile center.
Kostroma: Kostroma is an ancient Russian town on the river Volga. It is famous for its history. The first Russian Tsar Michail from Romanov’s dynasty come from Kostroma. The name of Ivan Susanin, the patriot of Russia, is known to many people.
15. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. The vast majority of the population are Muslims. The country's official language is Turkish. Turkey is a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with an ancient culture. Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. Ankara is an important commercial and industrial city.
Tourism in Turkey grew in the last twenty years, and is an important part of the economy. There are a lot of sights in Turkey.
Pamukkale, meaning "cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site in Turkey.
The Temple of Artemis was a Greek temple dedicated to a goddess Greeks identified as Artemis and was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was situated at Ephesus.
Hagia Sophia is a former Orthodox patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, and now a museum in Istanbul.
The Agora was an open "place of assembly" in ancient Greek city-states.
The library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, Anatolia, now part of Turkey. It was built in honor of the Roman Senator Tiberius Julius Celsus.
The Topkapı Palace is a large palace in Istanbul, that was the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans. As well as a royal residence, the palace was a setting for state occasions and royal entertainments. It is now a major tourist attraction and contains important holy relics of the Muslim world.