Great people of my country

1. GGrreeaatt ppeeooppllee ooff mmyy ccoouunnttrryy

2. YYuurrii GGaagg aarriinn
✔ Yuri Gagarin is the Russian
cosmonaut. He was the
first cosmonaut in the
world. Yuri Gagarin was
born on the 9th of March,
1934. On 12 April 1961 he
flew into space and spent
108 minutes there. It was
the first time in history
when the Russian
spaceship «Vostok» with
the man on board was in
space. He died in 1968.

3. VVaalleennttiinnaa TTeerreesshhkkoovvaa
✔ Valentina Tereshkova is
the Russian
spacewoman. She is
the first spacewoman
in the world. Valentina
Tereshkova was born
on the 6th of March,
1937. On 16 June
1963 she flew into
space on the
spaceship «Vostok-6»
and spent almost
three days there.

4. PPee ttee rr tthhee GGrree aatt
✔ Peter the Great (Peter I)
was the Russian Tsar
since 1682, the first
Russian Emperor since
1721. During his reign
a powerful navy was
created and Russia
became a powerful
nation.

5. PPeettrr KKaappiittssaa
✔ Petr Kapitsa (1894-
1984) was an
outstanding Russian
physicist and Nobel
Prize winner (1978)
who made important
discoveries in
different areas.
✔ He was born on the 8th
of July 1894 and died
on the 8 of April 1984.

6. DDmmiittrrii MMeennddeelleeeevv
✔ Dmitri Mendeleev
was a Russian
scientist and
encyclopedist:
chemist, physicist,
metrological,
economist and
engineer. He
discovered the law
of the chemical
elements. Dmitri
Mendeleev was
born on the 8th

7. LLee oo nniidd RRoo sshhaall
✔ Leonid Roshal is a
famous children's
surgeon, a professor,
the head of the
Moscow Institute of
Emergency Children's
Surgery and
Traumatology, which
treats 60,000 children
a year. He was born
on the 27th of April
1933.

8. KKoo nnssttaannttiinn TThhoo nn
✔ Konstantin Thon was a
famous Russian
architect who
designed and built
beautiful buildings in
St Petersburg and
Moscow. His major
works are the Grand
Kremlin Palace and
the Cathedral of
Christ the Saviour.

9. GGeeoorrggyy ZZhhuukkoovv
✔ Georgy Zhukov was a
Soviet military leader,
the Marshal of the
Soviet Union (1943),
the Minister of
Defense of the USSR
(1955-1957). During
World War II he held
the post of the Chief
of the General Staff,
the commander of the
front, a member of the
Supreme Command,
Deputy Supreme
Commander

10. GGeeoorrggyy ZZhhuukkoovv
✔ Georgy Zhukov was a
Soviet military leader,
the Marshal of the
Soviet Union (1943),
the Minister of
Defense of the USSR
(1955-1957). During
World War II he held
the post of the Chief
of the General Staff,
the commander of the
front, a member of the
Supreme Command,
Deputy Supreme
Commander