Швигаренко Елизавета, МКФ-211

True/false questions
1. Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on December 25
2. On Christmas Eve, the tsars made charitable acts – giving alms to hospitals
and poorhouses, visiting prisons and even pardoning convicts.
3. Decorating Christmas tree was an old Russian tradition
4. During the reign of Nicholas I gifts were hidden under the Christmas tree.
5. Until 19th century Christmas was only a holyday of aristocracy
6. In 1883, Alexander III ordered the Imperial Porcelain Factory to
manufacture the ceremonial Raphael Service for 50 persons – the work took
20 years and every year the factory sent a part of the fulfilled commission
just before Christmas.
7. Nicholas II gave magnificent Christmas gifts to his wife, and their kids also
received expensive presents from their parents for Christmas
8. In the palace in Tsarskoye Selo, where Emperor Nicholas II and his family
lived, three Christmas trees were decorated.
9. The idea of wish-list for presents seemed silly
10.Women usually got jewelry for Christmas
10 questions
1. Who brought the tradition to decorate Christmas tree?
2. Why the idea of celebrating Christmas has disappeared?
3. What is the name of the one of the most popular stores from where the
emperor ordered gifts?
4. What was the traditional present for royal men?
5. What was the first gifts under a Christmas tree?
6. Which social class gave presents until the 19th century?
7. Which presents were in the royal lottery?
8. How many Christmas trees were decorated in the palace in Tsarskoye Selo,
where Nicholas II lived with family?
9. In which year was the last Christmas of Nicolas II?
10. How The Orthodox Church does celebrate Christmas nowdays?
Dictionary:
1. Tsar
2. Tsarevna
3. Tsesarevich
4. Tsarskoe Selo
5. “mead” (медовуха)
6. Winter Palace
7. Faberge
8. Mandarin
9. Scimitar with a scabbard
10. Romanovs