1️⃣ Watch about Russia

The Last Czars is a six-part English-language docudrama that premiered on Netflix on July 3, 2019. The series follows the reign of Nicholas II, the last emperor of Russia's Romanov Dynasty, from his accession to the throne in 1894 to his assassination in 1918.

- Watch on Netflix  https://www.netflix.com/us/title/80211648?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=cp&vlang=en&clip=81008990

- Watch on Kinopoisk: https://www.kinopoisk.ru/series/1212458/

A famous Russian novel written by Leo Tolstoy about life of Russian people in the beginning of 19th century when there was a war with Napoleon

- Trailer: https://youtu.be/H-BCmUeHE5c

- Watch on Kinopoisk: https://hd.kinopoisk.ru/film/4cbc54fc6477f88c9ad83017c4eeed17

2️⃣ Cossacks are like Russian vikings

1. Who are Cossacks? (article, 5 min) https://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/cossacks/

2. Cossack songs https://youtu.be/wOTD2KaAVjc

3. Sword Fighting Masters of the Cossacks: https://youtu.be/RO0NZlyLNpg

4. The warrior Cossacks of Ukraine https://youtu.be/A1k1hQQNfpg

3️⃣ Алые паруса (Scarlet sails) in Saint Petersburg, recording of our workshop

4️⃣ McDonald's in Russia now: watch Niki's video about it

6️⃣ Next time I have 2 suggestions:

- a call in Zoom and we will try to divide in pairs and groups to talk more with each other :) 

- self-studying: we will try all together to catch-up Quizlets and exercises which we have missed

If you have other ideas - let me know in a chat ☀️