Учебное пособие для волонтеров и экскурсоводов

Учебное пособие для волонтеров и экскурсоводов

На английском языке

Авторы-составители:

Беляева Е.Н., Тимирясова Л.Б.

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Казань – столица Универсиады 2013г.

(Kazan – the capital of Universiade 2013) 3

Достопримечательности и исторические места Казани

(Sights and historical places of Kazan) 7

Традиции и культурная жизнь Татарстана

(Traditions and cultural life in Tatarstan) 10

Татарская и русская национальная кухня

(Tatar and Russian national cuisine) 12

Сувениры

(Souvenirs) 13

Разговорник волонтера Универсиады

(Phrase-book for the Universiade volunteers) 14

Образцы диалогов

(Sample dialogues) 31

KAZAN – THE CAPITAL OF UNIVERSIADE 2013

What is the Universiade?

The Universiade or World Students Games is viewed by many as second only to the Olympics in terms of importance.

What will Universiade 2013 give to Kazan?

It’s a great honor for each city to host such a signifcant sport event. Kazan will receive the attention not only of the world sport community, but also media, trade and business, tourism and sport industry.

The Universiade will bring additional investment capital, stimulate city development, and increase job opportunities for the people of Kazan. Kazan is experiencing a construction boom, especially in new sport venues.

During the preparation period Kazan will develop a powerful sport infrastructure; it will make life of youth and students more healthy and vivid.

Where will Universiade 2013 be held?

Republic of Tatarstan

Tatarstan is located in the central part of Russia on the junction point of the two largests rivers in Europe – the Volga and theKama. Territory of Tatarstan is 68 000 sq.km. Kazan is the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Representatives of more than 70 nationalities live in Tatarstan; most numerous are Tatars and Russians. The Republic has two official languages: Tatar and Russian. Aproccimately 3.8 million people live in Tatarstan.

Tatarstan is one of the most highly developed regions of Russia. It’s main industries are: oil and petrochemicals, aircraft building and mechanical engineering, while it’s main natural esources are oil, water and land.

Kazan, City of Universiade 2013

Kazan is the capital of the Tatarstan Republic and one of the largest economic, scientific and cultural centers of Russia. The city is situated on the left bank of the Volga River and both banks of the Kazanka River. It occupies the territory of 425,3 square kilometers and has a population of 1,2 million people, represented by more than 100 nationalities. Thirty-five percent of Kazan’s population is younger than 30. Kazan celebrated its millenium on the 30^th of August, 2005.

Today Kazan is a dynamic, rapidly developing industrial, scientific, and trading center. As a city with unique historical monuments, Kazan is listed in the UNESCO of World Heritage list. In 2004 Kazan was acknowledged as the best city of Russia and won the award «Russian National Olympus». Kazan was branded as «Russia’s third capital».

Kazan is situated on the north-west of the Republic of Tatarstan in the junction of Volga and Kazanka rivers. It’s 1.2 hour flight from Moscow to Kazan by airplane, 10 hours by train or 5 days by ship.

Kazan, with its marvelous Kremlin, mosques, churches and rich museums, is a unique place of interest, included among the Volga River tourist rout. Kazan is also a city of theatres, museums, music, international festivals, rich libraries, newest technologies, business partnerships and science.

Economics

Kazan is an attractive region for foreign investors. Today there are more than one hundred foreign invested enterprises and also 150 representatives of foreign firms. Large international conferences, among them EBRD (European Bank of Reconstruction and Development) and COWHC (Congress of Organizations of World Heritage Cities), were held in Kazan. There are two world-known giants of aircraft industry in the city: the “Kazan Aircraft Production Association” and the “Kazan Helicopter Plant” Joint Stock Company.

Culture

Kazan is one of the most important educational and cultural centers of Russia, including many museums, libraries, concerts halls, theatres, and featuring the “Hermitage-Kazan” centre – a branch of the well-known Saint Petersburg museum. There are also numerous cinemas, night clubs, restaurants, pictures galleries, two aqua-parks, the Circus, and the Zoo.

Education

Kazan is one of Russia’s major scientific and educational centers and the second biggest city by the number of students. There are about forty institutions of higher education here; among them, Kazan State University, founded in 1804. One of the most important features of education is the possibility to study in Tatar language.

Universiade Sports

Compulsory sports / Обязательные виды спорта

· Artistic gymnastics – художественная гимнастика

· Basketball – баскетбол

· Diving – прыжки в воду

· Fencing – фехтование

· Football – футбол

· Judo – дзюдо

· Rhythmic gymnastics – спортивная гимнастика

· Swimming – плавание

· Table tennis – настольный теннис

· Tennis – теннис

· Track and field – легкая атлетика

· Volleyball – волейбол

· Water polo – водное поло

Sports in Kazan

One of the most important trends in the city life is sport development. Hockey club “Ak Bars”, Football club “Rubin”, Basketball club “Unics”, volleyball club “Dinamo TTG” and others represent Kazan in championships of Russia, Europe and world. In recent years, several world class sport facilities have been built, including Basket–hall Arena, Ice Sport Palace “TatNeft Arena”, hippodrome, Grass Hockey stadium and Aquatics Palace. Sport competitions of world level are often held in Kazan. Kazan will be hosting the seventeenth World Student Games in 2013.

The city of Kazan offers its guests diverse array of entertainment and relaxation options that are available in all the world’s capitals, but in, it offers the unique, cozy, home-like atmosphere that distinguishes Kazan and Tatarstan from all other places on earth.

The opportunities for amateur and professional sports in Kazan are currently increasing by leaps and bounds.

It is no secret that the city and republican officials are themselves passionate fans of Kazan sports teams. It’s hockey team Ak-Bars (three time Russian champions, champions of hockey’s Euroleague), football team Rubin, basketball club UNICS, volleyball team Dynamo-Tattransgaz, and many other teams are well-known across Russia.

Equestrian sports are actively developed in the Republic of Tatarstan, and the International Equestrian Sport Complex is found in Kazan, in the Soviet district (from ul. P.Lumumby to ul.Sakharova, at the location of the old airport). It is the largest such center in Europe and the sole one in Russia of its level. Its competition space includes an enclosed grandstand seating 4,000 and an open grandstand seating 2,000. There is also an equestrian sporting club “Kazan”, not far from the city, and the equestrian sporting club “Confido” in the village Orekhovka in the Zelenodol`sk district. Altogether, those who would like can not only watch horse racing, but also learn to ride.

Rowing sports can be practiced in the very center of the city, on Lake Kaban.

In Kazan a number of good chess schools operate, as well as fencing, billiards, tennis, and many other sports. You can play tennis on the courts of the Shamil` Tapischev School. While the Field Hockey Center (Orenburgskii trakt), is one of the best facilities in Europe. The center will host the European Men’s Field Hockey Championships and hosted the qualifying rounds for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Additionally, Kazan is vying for the 2014 World Championships.

The Kazan water park LETO STOP (Summer Stop) (located 10 minutes from the city center) and the water park Riviera are superb entertainment for the whole family, where you can spend an entire day enjoying the water park’s attractions and visiting its many cafes.

For those wanting to ice skate, the Ice Sports Palace and Tatneft Arena are open year-round, and in the winter there are many open rinks, where skates can easily be rented.

The ski sport complex Dynamo (Kazan’s Kirovskii district, not far from Lake Lebyazhye), is a favorite place for winter relaxation among Kazan’s residents and guests. Here, everyone can rest in the fresh air and ski a couple or dozens of kilometers on the quality surface. There are also skis available for rent. After skiing, you can snack and drink hot tea in a café.

Alpine Ski Sporting and Recreation Complex “KAZAN”.

Kazan residents` love for winter sports led to the construction of this wonderful Alpine ski complex not far from Kazan. It can be reached by the M-7 highway in the direction of Moscow, crossing the Volga and then following the directional signs. Its slopes are superbly groomed, with a drop between 160 and 190 meters and overall length from 800 to 1,800 meters. Of course, this isn’t the Alps, but it’s the best to be found in central Russia, especially regarding the lifts and the quality of the slopes. The Alpine ski complex isn’t just slopes, but also a well-developed infrastructure: here you’ll find cozy cafes and restaurants, equipment rental and service, ski lodges, and sporting goods stores, and professional instructors on the slopes. What else do you need for complete, healthy relaxation on the weekends?

Tatarskaya sloboda

If you stand at the end of ulitsa Baumana and face Hotel Tatarstan, turn right on ulitsa Pushkina, then cross the bridge separating the Bulak Canal and Lake Kaban, you’ll find yourself in the Tatarskaya Sloboda (Starotatarskaya Sloboda), a particular region, settled by Tatars after the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible. After the Empress Ekaterina II`s visit to Kazan in 1767, the region started to build stone mosques and medressahs (Muslim educational institutions). Homes in the settlement were usually built around a courtyard, with a gated street entrance. The style and adornment of the gates reflected the owner’s status. Building facades were typically painted in bright colors. A Tatar domicile was split into a men’s half and a women’s half, which was closed to other men. In 1992, the architectural preservation district Tatarskaya Sloboda was established. The settlement is nominally divided into a trade region, near the Sennyi Bazaar (Hay Bazaar), a residential region near Yunusov Square, and the industrial region around the former factories of Petsold, the Krestovnikovs, and others.

Now the Tatarskaya Sloboda still preserves its unmatched charm – take a walk down the street along Lake Kaban or walk around ulitsa Tukaevskaya, home to some of the remaining old private residences.

Lake Kaban

Lake Kaban, located in the very center of Kazan, is the subject of a great many legends. The legends hold that the khans` treasures were thrown to the bottom of the Kaban during its capture. Supposedly, in the early twentieth century, a foreign company came to the city duma (legislative body) with a proposal to clean out the lake’s silt, receiving in return everything found in the lake during its cleaning. The proposal was declined. Although nothing’s been found so far, you can always find a fisherman, who swears that he happened to catch his hook on a barrel or chest, but it was too heavy and it fell back to the bottom.

Another legend holds that the great snake Azhdakha from the Zilantov hill hid in the lake and occasionally takes revenge on the Kazan residents who forced him from the hill by pulling unwary swimmers into lake.

In ancient times, the Kazan khan’s fields and gardens were located around the lake.

Now Lake Kaban has sporting bases for rowing, canoeing, crew, and paddle boating. Millennium Park stands on its bank, with its monuments to the history of Kazan. The lake in the center of the city is in fact called the Near Kaban; there are also lakes Middle and Far Kaban. On the banks of the Middle Kaban is the former Kazan Tank Academy.

Sabantuy

Different cultures and traditions of the peoples living in Tatarstan give an opportunity for our guests to participate in national holidays and ceremonies. The most interesting of such tours can be made during the Tatar holiday Sabantuy, that is, Festival of the Plough, and the Russian folk festival Karavon.

Sabantuy is a truly folk festival, very popular not only in Tatarstan, but in many regions of Russia inhabited by the Tatars. It is celebrated in June and marks the end of sowing. Sabantuy takes place in a circular area called “maidan”, and includes folk games and sports, such as sack races, tug-of-war, weight lifting, water-carrying races, and grain-sack fighting. As with any folk festival, the competition is to some extent comical, drawing constant laughter from the numerous spectators.

The main event of the festival is a from of national wrestling called “kuresh”, or belt wrestling, in which the two wrestlers grapple each other’s belts, each trying to bring the other to the ground. The matches are conducted under the strict observation of judges and spectators. The victor, batyr Sabantuy, is awarded a live sheep. Traditionally, the batyr receives an embroidered towel as a sign of particular distinction and respect.

Among the festival’s events, visitors show particular interest in the horse races and the equestrian games “yaulyk alu”, in which a rider, without slowing down, must grab a handkerchief, sewn by Tatar girls for Sabantuy, from where it hangs on a tree. However, Sabantuy is not solely a sporting event. Sabantuy, most of all, is a holiday marking the end of spring field work. Everywhere there is music, songs and children’s laughter.

Traditionally, Sabantuty is celebrated in three stages. On the first Saturday after spring sowing is over, the holiday is celebrated in villages of the Republic, a week later in the major cities of Tatarstan, and another week later in Kazan.

Sabantuy is a great reason to travel to Kazan; it’s an ancient and vibrant folk holiday, and the atmosphere of Sabantuy touches everyone!

Festivals in Kazan

The Opera and Ballet Tatar Academic Theatre named after Musa Jalil originates from December, 1938. The troupe of the theatre is one of the best operatic and choreographic collectives in Russia. Each year two international festivals are held at the theatre: Fyodor Shalyapin International Festival of Opera Art and Rudolf Nuriyev International Festival of Classical Ballet. As the native city of the greatest Russian singer, Kazan has for years welcomed visitors and performers to one of the most well-presented opera festivals in Russia. Traditionally, the festival program includes performances in which Fyodor Shalyapin himself once performed. The festival lasts about ten days and closes with a gala concert featuring the Russian and foreign opera stars.

The Nuriev BalletFestival takes place in April-May annually. Rudolf Nuriev himself, while performing in Kazan, gave permission for this festival to carry his name. If you want to enjoy the classical Russian ballet, try to plan your visit to Kazan to catch this event!

A Muslim Film Festival takes place in August or September. This annual festival is intended to establish the intercultural dialogue between East and West. Every year the festival program becomes richer and attracts cinema stars and fans from many countries.

Kazan State Puppet Show

Kazan Puppet Show was created in 1934. Two troupes of actors - the Tatar and the Russian - work now.

This theatre collective is a participant in many international festivals and a member of UNIMA - International Union of Puppet-Show workers.

There are about 30 performances in the repertoire of the Kazan Puppet Show. Every year the New-Year's performances are conducted here from December 25 to January 11.

Kazan circus

A flying-saucer-shaped construction not far from the Kremlin is the Kazan circus. This unique building was erected in 1960-s. By the way, many University students worked at its construction.

Almost every month, a new program opens at the Kazan Circus itself, or of a touring troupe, including acts in the best traditions of the Russian circus school: acrobats and animal trainers, clowns and gymnasts create a bright holiday spectacle for children and adults.

In 2010 Kazaners had a chance to see performances of a famous Canadian circus Du Soleil, which set up under the Kremlin walls.

The Shurale amusement park is a contemporary, interesting, and picturesque recreation center for city residents and guests. The park offers children’s rides and family recreation, and extreme rides for fans of extreme sensations. It has the sole “Flying Saucer” ride in Russia, a Ferris wheel 55 meters high, a Free-fall tower, and many other rides.

Art

Jewelry is a source of national pride for Tatars. This ancient kind of a folk art was tied, mainly, with a traditional dress, especially women’s. Millennia after, the technology of jewelry production became more complex, and their design more skilled, but the basic methods of hand processing jewelry have remained the same.

Today the young jewelers who work in Tatarstan try to join the richest art traditions (open-work and grain filigree, granular work, engraving, etc.) with the modern jewelers' technologies to create new, unique art forms.

SOUVENIRS

A popular souvenir is an embroidered men’s hat, called tyubeteika (in a style differing from central Asian hats). The works of Kazan embroiderers and jewelers were famous throughout Rus` in ancient times and made up a significant part of the Kazan Khanate’s exports. There existed two main forms of the Tatar “tyubeteika”, the hemispherical “takyya” and the “kalyapush”, in the form of a truncated cone. The takyya, sewn from separate triangular sections, is the more ancient form. Researchers trace it to the headwear worn beneath the helmets of ancient warriors. The kalyapush with its stiff sides and flat top appeared in the middle of the nineteenth century and is popular to this day. There are both monotone and embroidered tyubeteika hats. The kalyapush form was made from velvet and embroidered with silk thread, with gold or silver details, and later with pearl and beads. You can buy an expensive tyubeteika covered in delicate hand embroidering, or a more modest and inexpensive one.

Women’s traditional Tatar hat, kalfak, is worn with a special decorative clasp. It has the conical tufted crest worn to one side or behind. Large round earrings are of the most well preserved elements of Tatar women’s clothing. Girls start wearing them at the age of three or four and continue into old age.

Other popular souvenirs include:

· A piala (a handleless china teacup) with Kazan images.

· Fake ancient Bulgar coins.

· Remarkable, though not cheap, boots sewn in the city of Arsk outside Kazan. The boots are made of a mosaic of colored leather, and wearing them, you’ll feel like Ivan Tsarevitch, the hero of Russian fairy tales. The boots are in fact quite practical for equestrians.

· Commemorative coins and medallions for the millennium of Kazan.

Questions about origin, nationality, language / Вопросы о происхождении, национальности, языке

Asking the time / Вопросы о времени

Gratitude. Possible answers / Благодарность. Возможные ответы

Consent / Выражение согласия

Refusal / Выражение несогласия

Farewell / Прощание

Questions about origin, nationality, language / Вопросы о происхождении, национальности, языке

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Farewell / Прощание

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Учебное пособие для волонтеров и экскурсоводов

На английском языке

Авторы-составители:

Беляева Е.Н., Тимирясова Л.Б.

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