Books about Russia for children and teenagers
The education of young patriots begins with book pages telling about the history of their native country, about its heroic past. We offer a selection of fiction and popular science books about Russia for children of different ages.
Some of these books can be read using the liters library.
Soloviev, V.M.
Great Russia
: history and modernity: to the 1150th anniversary of Russian statehood / [Vladimir Mikhailovich Solovyov].
- Moscow: White City, 2012. - 31 p. : color ill. The history of our country goes back centuries. Once in ancient times it was called Russia, then the Soviet Union, or USSR for short. But for most of the time of its existence, our Fatherland bore the same name as it does now - Russia.
This book tells how the history of Russia took shape, how many pages of its past are crowned with glory, how our Fatherland acquired a great destiny.
Fascinating stories and vivid illustrations will tell you about the first centuries of our native history, about the double-headed eagle, Tsar-Sovereign Ivan IV, the Time of Troubles, the largest transformations associated with the name of Peter I, the victorious reign of Catherine II, about the country of the Soviets and its great trials.
Vostokov, S.V.
Rowan Sun
: [stories: for primary and secondary school age] / Stanislav Vostokov;
ill. Maria Vorontsova. - Moscow: Samokat, 2013. - 37, [2] p. : color ill. Our land is mysterious. No matter how crowded it is, some village will still remain somewhere near Moscow itself. And it has everything: houses with vegetable gardens, apple trees in the garden, stoves with pipes, wells with buckets. And various oddities and quiet miracles, without which the village cannot exist. And all this is the Motherland, our Motherland.
Stanislav Vostokov’s lyrical stories “Rowan Sun” continue the best traditions of Russian prose for children. This is a story about residents of the village of Mamonovo near Moscow. The village almost disappeared - they wanted to demolish it to build multi-storey buildings, but they were lucky...
Under the “rowan sun”, amazing stories happen to the heroes of Vostokov’s stories - unexpected, cheerful and funny.
Clients, A.E.
Cities of Russia
: [for middle school age] / Alexey Clients.
- Moscow: White City, 2008. - 47, [1] p. : color ill. - (Russian history). Each city has its own appearance, its own ancient monuments. The history of each city is a small part of the history of the country.
“Cities of Russia” is not only a book with numerous facts, but also a source of additional knowledge for inquisitive children and their parents.
In the book you will find fascinating stories about bright moments in the history of Russian cities. You will be able to find out what the city is famous for, what historical places have been preserved in the cities, what the coat of arms of each city means.
The information is presented very interestingly, briefly, but to the point. The book contains many illustrations with paintings that have something to do with these cities.
My world, my country, my friends
: poems and stories / [compiled by: V.V. Zankov, Yu.N. Olenicheva].
— Moscow: Institute of Innovations in Education named after. L. V. Zankova: Onyx, 2009. - 160 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - (Library of a junior school student). The book “My World, My Country, My Friends” includes wonderful poems, stories and fairy tales dedicated to our holidays, both school and national. The young reader will find here wonderful works in which writers and poets paint pictures of Russian nature and talk about its amazing beauty and diversity.
Children will be interested in fascinating stories about their peers, how they make friends and sometimes quarrel, what different adventures happen in their lives, and how their relationships with adults develop.
Many will read with interest some heroic pages of the history of our Motherland: about how Russian heroes defended our land, about the commander Alexander Nevsky, about the Battle of Borodino and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.
Shuiskaya, Yulia
Our Motherland – Russia
: [for primary school age] / Yulia Viktorovna Shuiskaya.
- Moscow: Eksmo, 2009. - 103 p. : color ill., phot. Our Motherland is Russia. We live in this country and are proud of its history. Our country is the largest in the world.
Interesting information, entertaining facts, colorful illustrations, a wide range of topics - the young reader will find all this in the book “Our Motherland - Russia. He will find out who lives in Russia, who runs the country and how, how we live, what natural resources, scientific achievements, treasures, cities, resorts, theaters, museums, circuses, zoos there are in our country, and will walk along the Golden Ring. This book will interest a child, but adults will definitely find something new and interesting here for themselves.
Our Motherland - Russia : poems, stories, fairy tales, legends / Comp. R. Dankova. – M.: Onyx Publishing House, 2010. – 192 p.: ill. – (Library of a Russian schoolchild).
This book is not a geography or history textbook, but a collection of poems, stories and legends, born of the desire to tell about the cities and villages, rivers and lakes of endless Russia, about its people, about amazing nature, in which there is a place for both the long polar night and the ringing ice and mushroom rain.
The collection includes poems and stories by Soviet and modern writers, fairy tales and legends about Russia. The book contains many historical comments that will tell you about the history and geography of our country in an understandable form.
Fatherland
: collection / comp.
V. Krupin; rice. V. Averyanova. - Moscow: Children's literature, 1985. - 270 p. : ill. The title of the book, in the words “Fatherly Land,” combines the two principles of all things – paternal and maternal. Mother earth, we say, mother-nurse, mother is the raw earth.
A collection of stories by Russian Soviet writers “Fatherland” - about the native land, about love for it, about peasant labor - about everything that is called the Motherland.
Vasily Shukshin, Viktor Astafiev, Fyodor Abramov, Andrei Platonov, Gavriil Troepolsky, Valentin Rasputin, Mikhail Prishvin, Evgeny Nosov, Mikhail Sholokhov, Ivan Sokolov-Mikitov tell a story about the seasons and the Russian forest, about the harvest and the wind-plower, about the grass- ants and black birches, about the noise of leaves and warm earth.
Sladkov, Nikolai Ivanovich.
From north to south
: [for ml.
schools age] / N. Sladkov; artist N. Charushin. - Moscow: Malysh, 1987. - 135 p. : ill. Nikolai Sladkov’s book “From North to South” is not entirely ordinary. It is written as if a person rose above a huge country and saw what large areas the country consists of.
Our country is huge, there is enough room for everyone. Both for us and for the beast. To become the master of the country and a kind elder brother to all living things, you need to know about the tundra and forests, mountains and desert - everything, everything.
When you find yourself in an unfamiliar forest or walking through a mountain gorge, it is better to have a guide, and it’s really good if this guide is an observant, vigilant, smart person - writer Nikolai Sladkov.
In this book, the young reader will read about healing baths in the mountains, which is most important in the steppe, about the bird market and conversations in the ice, about the gerbil house, fox hunting, the quick-witted hamster, and forest strongmen. And stories with riddles will make you think a little and reflect in order to find answers to the unusual questions of this naturalist writer.
Where does the Motherland begin
: poems: [for middle school age / art.
I. V. Maksimova [and others]; resp. ed. V. S. Ryabchenko]. - Moscow: ROSMEN, 2008. - 44, [19] p. : color ill. Native side, Motherland, Fatherland...
When you say these words, a light of love and warmth flashes in your heart. After all, this is how we call what is especially dear to us: the land where we were born and where we spent our childhood, our parents’ home, the country in which we live. And the memories that we keep all our lives come to life in our memory: the warmth of our mother’s hands, the taste of our grandmother’s pie, the forest across the river, daisies by the porch. That is why in the soul of every person lives his own understanding, close only to him, of what the Motherland is.
In the book “Where the Motherland Begins,” the young reader can get acquainted with the heartfelt poems of Russian Soviet and modern poets.
Sergei Mikhalkov, Timofey Belozerov, Konstantin Simonov, Mikhail Plyatskovsky, Sergei Makhotin, Irina Tokmakova, Vladimir Stepanov, Sergei Yesenin, Vasily Zhukovsky write with delight and love about golden-domed Moscow, their native land, about the beauty of their native land, “wonderful winter pictures”, about a house with a creaky porch, white-winged daisy, swamps and swamps.
Poems and stories about the Motherland
: [collection of poems and stories] / [comp.
N. Terentyeva, E. Pozina]; artist O. Parkhaev. - Moscow: Dragonfly, 2010. - 124, [3] p. : ill. - (Student's library). In this book you will find poems and stories about Russia - our native land, the capital of our Motherland - Moscow, about the valiant defenders of the Fatherland. These are works of classical poets who glorify Russian nature, the beauty and infinity of Russian open spaces, dedication, courage, courage and fortitude of the defenders of the Fatherland.
Each page in the book brings something of its own and does not leave you indifferent. This is a book from which you not only want to read poems, but even sing them...
Quiz about the Motherland No. 2: “I am a citizen of my country”
In this competition, participants must answer questions that will help them learn a little about our country.
About the Motherland
- The Russian Federation is considered our homeland. Now the participants need to answer, “Federation” - what does this word mean? (Association or union).
- What can you call a person who adores his homeland, his state? (Patriot).
- This is the name of the person who has all the rights in the country and fulfills the duties assigned to him. (Citizen).
- How many colors does the flag of the Russian Federation consist of? (3. White, blue, red).
- What is the meaning of white in the Russian flag? (This is the purity of the aspirations of the Russian people).
- What is the meaning of blue in the Russian flag? (This is the will to live a peaceful life).
- What is the meaning of red in the flag of the Russian Federation? (Willingness to give blood for one’s homeland, defending it).
- Is that what people call the rules that were established by the country? (Laws).
- When are the people of our country about? (In June, 12th.
Quiz about the Motherland No. 4: “A little geography”
Imagine being the subject of some street reporter. He invites you to answer some questions related to our state. If you don’t know something or have doubts, then you will definitely want to leave quickly in order to avoid an awkward situation. That is why you will be asked some questions that directly relate to the geography of our state, its history and other important points.
Geography
Test your knowledge by answering the following questions:
Question No. 1
The Russian Federation is considered the largest country on the planet. The total area of the state is taken here. Where is most of Russia located?
Answer: In eastern Europe, northern Asia. In Europe, Russia occupies approximately 23%. In Asia, the Russian Federation occupies approximately 77%.
Question No. 2
How many constituent entities does our country consist of?
Answer: It is customary to call a certain territory or unit of a country a subject. In total, Russia consists of 85 subjects. Of these territories: republics - 22 of them, territories - 9 of them, regions - 46 of them, urban settlements of federal significance - 3 of them, one autonomous region, and autonomous okrugs - 4 of them.
Question No. 3
How many time zones does the Russian Federation consist of?
Answer: In total, Russia occupies 11 time zones. It is surprising that Yakutia is located in 3 time zones, Sakhalin region. - in 2 belts. The remaining territories occupy only 1 time zone.
Question No. 4
How many states border the Russian Federation?
Answer: 18 countries.
Question No. 5
How many rivers and lakes can be counted in Russia?
Answer: There are more than 2,800,000 rivers in Russia, and slightly fewer lakes, approximately 2,700,000.
Question No. 6
How many seas and oceans is the territory of Russia washed by?
Answer: 1 sea, which is considered closed. 13 open seas that flow into 3 oceans.
Question No. 7
How many people live on the territory of the Russian Federation?
Answer: In total, more than 146,000,000 citizens live in Russia today. Russia is the largest state on the entire planet in terms of area. But as for the population, our state took only 9th position.
Question No. 8
How many federal districts are present on the territory of our state?
Answer: In total, there are 9 districts in Russia.
Question No. 9
How many settlements are there in Russia?
Answer: In total, there are about 1,100 cities in Russia.
Question No. 10
Which point in Russia is considered the highest? Which is considered the lowest?
The answer to question 1 is Elbrus, the answer to question 2 is the Caspian Sea. The lowlands of the Caspian Sea have long been considered the bottom of a very large sea. Today we can observe what remains of it - the Caspian Sea.
Question No. 11
Which port, located on the Baltic Sea, is never covered with ice?
Answer: Kaliningrad.
Question No. 12
This sea is usually called the “ice cellar”.
Answer: Kara Sea. Almost all year round this sea is covered with an ice crust.
Question No. 13
Which sea never ebbs and flows?
Answer: Caspian Sea.
Question No. 14
In ancient times, the Black Sea had a completely different name. What was it called?
Answer: Pont Euxine. Translated from Greek, it means “hospitable.”
Question No. 15
What is the name of the island, which is the largest in the country?
Answer: New Earth.
Quiz about the Motherland No. 7: “Everything we know about our state”
Our country is very big. Only on the territory of our state can one observe the most beautiful sunsets and mysterious sunrises. Russia is our dear Motherland, therefore, for Russian citizens it is considered the very best. And now the participants will have to answer what exactly they know about our country.
- How many nationalities live in Russia? (More than 180).
- This language is considered the national language of the country. (Russian).
- This Russian poet is loved by many Russian citizens. (Pushkin).
- This bird is considered the most vocal. (Nightingale).
- Which skeleton is rightfully considered the largest? (Sakhalin).
- The most famous Russian fabulist. (Krylov).
- This city is the coldest. (Oymyakon).
Quiz about the Motherland No. 8: “Comic”
- In Russia it is located in 1st position, and in France it ranks 2nd. ("R").
- This river can be seen in Radonozh. (Don. The word “Ra-Don-hedgehog” stands for).
- This animal is found in any village in Russia. (Donkey. Stands for “P-donkey-ok”).
- This Russian river can fit in the palm of your hand. (Don. Stands for “La-Don-y”).
- This fish lives in the center of Klyazma. (Fish Ide. Stands for “Kl-ide-ma”).
- This Russian river is even in London. (River Don. Stands for “Lon-Don”).
Don
- This Russian river is located in the driest place on the planet. (Kama River. Stands for “Ata-Kama”).
- In the sugar bowl there is this Russian republic located in the north. (Sakha. Stands for “Sugar Girl”).
- This city is hidden in another city. (Roslavl. Stands for “Yaroslavl”).
- This river even flows through electric wires. (Current).
- This divine being of love is in the Far East. (Amur).
- In this river, located in the Amur region, there are mice. (Nora).
- A tributary of the Volga River flows out of birch bark. (Juice).
- On which river in Russia is the “crystal goose” located? (River Goose).
- This Russian river can rush along the highway . (“Volga”).
- What is the difference between the Volga River and the priest? (The priest is considered a priest, and the Volga River is considered a mother).
- These mountains of Russia are found on domestic roads and highways. (“Zhiguli”).
- This Russian preposition is found in Italy. (River Po. It is also the longest in Italy).
- What kind of sand is in the Volga River? (Wet).
Quiz about the Motherland No. 5: “Questions on general topics”
This quiz includes a wide variety of questions. They will seem easy to some, but others will think hard to give the correct answer.
- What major country does the Russian Federation border on? (China).
- When exactly was the Baptism of Rus'? Who was the leader of the country then? (Vladimir I).
- Where are mineral resources concentrated in large quantities? (Ural).
- This man brought ordinary potatoes to the territory of our state. (Peter I).
- Which river in Russia is considered the longest? (Ob).
- Who was the first Russian Tsar? (Ivan groznyj).
The first Russian Tsar
- Where is the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl located? (Vladimir).
- This Russian politician killed his son. (Ivan groznyj).
- Who is considered the founder of Moscow? (Yury Dolgoruky).
- What religion is considered dominant in Russia? (Christianity).
- Who is the first Russian president? (Yeltsin).
- Which organization does our state not belong to? (NATO).
- In which city were the Olympic Games held in 1980? (Moscow).
- The 2014 Olympics took place in this city. (Sochi).
- Who held the post of commander in chief when Russia became an Empire? (Peter I).
- This city cannot be called a millionaire. (Saratov).
- When did the Soviet Union collapse? (In 91 of the last century).
Quiz about the Motherland No. 3: “About Great People of the Russian Federation”
Now let’s try to get acquainted with those people who, to one degree or another, are related to our state.
great person
- This king was a reformer. He created the Russian fleet. (Peter I).
- Who was the first astronaut to go into space? (Gagarin).
- This man is a great commander and diplomat. He was able to win the battle, which took place near Lake Peipus. (Alexander Nevskiy).
- Who participated when the Slavic alphabet was created? (Methodius and Cyril).
- Name one outstanding Russian commander who never lost. (Suvorov).
- Radio arose thanks to this inventor. (Popov).
- Who founded the first state university? (Lomonosov).
