Scenario of the event “Day of the Steppe. Steppe Day: young holiday of Kalmykia Events about the steppe
Scenario of the ecological holiday “My Steppe!”
(The holiday takes place at the Kalmyk Republican Museum of Local Lore)
Progress of the event.
Presenter 1: Hello! We are pleased to welcome you to our environmental holiday, which is called “My Steppe!”
What holiday is our republic celebrating this Saturday? Day of the steppe.
Teacher:
At the regular thirteenth session of the People's Khural (Parliament) of the Republic of Kalmykia of the fifth convocation on March 6 2015 decision made
now every year on the third Saturday of April in Kalmykia Steppe Day will be held!
Why do we celebrate this day? How do you think?
Film about the steppe
Today our guest is a very interesting person, coordinator of the Steppe project with federal protected areas in the Republic of Kalmykia, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Emma Borisovna Gabunchina
Presenter 2:
The Republic of Kalmykia is part of the huge country of Russia. It is located between the Don, Volga and the Caspian Sea.
Presenter 1:
When in the middle of the steppe it’s lonely
I'm standing over a smooth plain
And I breathe the purity of wormwood, -
It seems to me that I am tall,
I feel infinity
My soul contains eternity.
Where are all the barriers of existence?!
Fact and fiction are indistinguishable,
There is only steppe and sky in the world.
In the world - birds, the steppe and me!..
Oh, happiness of the spirit, happiness of the body -
Space that knows no limits!
The Kalmyks settled here for a reason.
In the steppe the city became clear-faced -
Our capital is Elista.
Presenter 2:
Elista is the capital of Kalmykia. The young city stands in the steppe. The capital is especially beautiful in spring. The entire city is surrounded by greenery, the steppe air fills the neighborhoods.
Presenter 1: The capital is growing and becoming more beautiful every year.
Nowhere does a person, probably, feel his touch to eternity so deeply as in the steppe. Anyone who has ever visited the vast expanses of Kalmykia has had the fortunate opportunity to feel this connection. The aroma of fragrant steppe herbs, the bottomless blue sky above your head, the vast space before your eyes - everything is reflected in Kalmyk songs.
Song "Harada"
Leading:(addressing the nightingale)
Solo-solo-nightingale,
You have flown a hundred seas,
We want to ask you
Where is the best land?
Nightingale:(dressed in a bird costume)
Yes, yes, yes, I'm flying by,
I saw - there is no native land,
Better than my homeland
There is no more beautiful land, dearer!
Leading:(turns questioningly to the nightingale)
Solo-solo-nightingale,
About my Kalmykia,
Have you heard in a foreign land,
Are you talking about my homeland?
Nightingale:(flapping wings...)
Yes, yes, yes, among the steppes
There is an expanse of feather grass,
And saigas live here,
And tulips are blooming here!
Leading:(with an expression, pleadingly...)
nightingale,
Bright little head!
Stay with us for now,
And listen to our story:
The story begins
PRESENTATION “TULIPS”
First:(with an expression, spreading his arms, very brave!)
I want to tell you about
How we live in Kalmykia,
There is such space all around,
Painted steppe carpet!
Second:(turns to neighbor...)
Well, I'll tell you,
That I value nature.
I don’t pick flowers in the steppe,
And I want to ask, what about you?
Third:(going out to the middle, addressing everyone...preferably a child,
who has a grandfather)
I want to tell you all
Yes, you can’t pick tulips!
My grandfather told me this
He knew about it too!
If we pick a flower,
The light will go out in the steppe!
And there will be no light there
This isn't right, is it?!
Fourth:(throwing out his hands, with an offended expression on his face...)
And I ask directly,
What is the root of a tulip?
How does it grow?
Unfortunately, i do not know?
Fifth:(the boy speaks cheerfully, cheerfully, emphasizing the word “BOW”)
Once I asked my aunt,
My aunt at work,
She knows from her friends
Looks like there's an onion root there!
Sixth:(diligent girl, reads with expression)
The onion root is there,
I'll tell you seriously!
It's in the ground
Thrives in warmth!
That's when spring comes,
The bulb will sprout
The stalk will grow,
And the tulip will bloom!
Seventh:
A stalk comes from the root,
He's not very tall!
But he holds a tulip
Little red glass!
Eighth:
It contains pistils, stamens,
Dewdrops,
Thin stems
Keep the petals!
(Performing a dance with tulips...)
Ninth:
Can I tell you a riddle?
You will tell me the answer!
- “In the steppe on a thin leg,
In red clothes!
(tulip)
- “Steppe carpet –
The fire is burning!
(tulips)
- "Red Caps"
In an armful of flowers!
(tulips)
Leading:(also asks a riddle)
Onion underground
And he himself is so handsome!
And in a turban there is a slender figure,
It's called……….
(tulip)
(You can add any other riddles about steppe animals, poems...etc.)
Song about a tulip:
We sing, we sing
About our tulip,
It blossomed in the rain
There is no more beautiful flower!
Chorus: He is steppe, field,
Ding-dong, ding-dong,
And the tulip nods,
And a tulip bow
Causes joy!
Chorus: He is steppe, field,
It is famous for its beauty! 2 times
Cricket-cook, cricket-cook,
The cricket is pouring,
He is the tulip's friend,
There are a lot of them around!
Chorus: He is steppe, field,
It is famous for its beauty! 2 times
Presenter 2: The Kalmyk region is beautiful! The Kalmyk steppe is beautiful in spring, covered with a carpet of blooming tulips.
For Kalmyks, they have always been the personification of the spring revival of nature, a symbol of happiness. “Bamb tsetsg” - “flower of happiness,” people say about them.
Leading:
And I’ll also tell you which one
The steppe is in big trouble.
We have a desert
Sand slave!
Tenth:
Yes, I know, like sand,
It blows right on my temple,
Even gets into your mouth
When he sweeps hard!
Eleventh:
In the neighbor's garden,
Straight to her misfortune
Flying sand
One sprout was destroyed!
Leading:
Yes, the desert is a dead land,
There are deserted fields!
People are fighting the desert
Because we love the steppe!
Twelfth:
Well, I want to ask
How can we stop this?
Maybe plant a garden?
And love the steppe more!
Leading:
To protect the steppes
You need to know a lot!
And then plant gardens,
And control nature!
The pride of the steppes is the saiga.
These animals are listed in the Red Book, like steppe tulips
Tour of the museum
Guide about Saiga
Thirteenth:(showing a drawing of a baby saiga)
I'll tell you about the baby saiga
I, a saiga child.
There are horns on the top of the head,
Thin legs!
He's so cute
But with a difficult fate!
There are few of them left
Oh, what a pity!
Fourteenth:
My mom and dad know
That saigas are disappearing
And now I'll tell you,
So that everyone in the garden knows!
Fifteenth:
So that adults and children
If only we knew these problems!
So that we can save the steppe,
Let the saiga be helped!
Sixteenth:
So that thousands of saigas hatch,
Nice little guys
We would race across the steppes,
And we would admire it!
Seventeenth:
And also in the steppe the saiga,
Jumps over the ravine
Because there were uncles
They dug up my steppe!
Eighteenth:
I know this from my mother,
We are scarring the earth!
Let's have pity on the steppes, people,
If we love our homeland!
Nineteenth:
I know this too
The ecology is like this
We need to protect the steppes,
To destruction, do not doom!
Steppe song: (to the tune “From a smile...”)
How beautiful is my steppe in spring!
How joyfully and radiantly she shines!
And they fly and circle above me
The trills of larks in the silver sky!
Chorus:
The sun is shining, April is in the air,
And the steppe is painted with rainbow colors!
A crane will fly to visit us,
And he will tell us new tales!
Chorus:
Zhu-zhu-zhu, a bug sang, there was a spider near a blade of grass,
The grasshoppers are yawning behind the tulip!
The baby saiga galloped away, didn’t even recognize his mother,
And feather grass and butterflies fly around!
The steppe is large, the horizon is visible,
Immense from edge to edge,
And beautiful in any season,
There is no better land, I know that!
Chorus:
Zhu-zhu-zhu, a bug sang, there was a spider near a blade of grass,
The grasshoppers are yawning behind the tulip!
The baby saiga galloped away, didn’t even recognize his mother,
And feather grass and butterflies fly around!
Warm-up: Funny saigas"
Now we are turning into saigas, let's do a warm-up.
Let's stand up and take a deep breath.
We'll take a little rest.
Arms to the sides, forward, (Children perform the movements.)
Saiga mom is calling everyone:
Hey, saigas, everyone is following me! Let's hurry to the watering hole.
(running in place)
Here is a wide river with cold water. Drink!
(Smoothly raise your arms to the sides, forward, reach the floor with your hands.)
Now let's turn our heads, isn't there an evil predator lurking?
(Turns the head to the sides.)
Baby saiga, long-legged,
Show me the way home!
Tap with your left hoof,
Right hoof.
You'll make it home well.
(Children pronounce the words in chorus, performing movements to them.)
Exam – Quiz
1. Which animal is the fastest in our steppe? (Saiga)
2. Which bird is the personification of courage? (Eagle)
3. What is another name for saigas? (Saiga, Steppe antelope)
4. How are female saigas different from males? (Females are hornless)
5. What animal crawls out of its burrow on the first day of spring? (Gopher)
1. Who leads the herd of saiga to the watering hole? (female)
2. How does the saiga relieve thirst in winter? (snow)
3. Which people called “wild goats” “saiga”? (Tatars)
4. The scientist who found the saiga skull in 1876 in Yakutia? (Chersky)
5. The main enemy is the saiga predator (wolf)
6. What does the nose of a saiga look like? (trunk)
7. Which order does the saiga belong to? (odd-toed ungulates)
8. During the mating season, males have... (whiskers) under their eyes.
Performing the Kalmyk dance “Crane”
P Please continue the phrase: “Today I learned that...” (Children’s answers)
Teacher:
-Nature is our wonderful home!
- Let everyone be comfortable in it!
- Let the steppe and river be clean!
- Clouds are floating across the blue sky!
- Saigas are walking,
- The swan flaps its wing:
- Take care of nature - this is our home!
So, we have learned a lot about the saiga, about the tulip, and we just have to answer the last question -what needs to be done?
What should adults do to protect saigas?
(Create nature reserves, sanctuaries. Strengthen the fight against poaching, restore the number of these animals)
How can you help these animals?
(Tell adults about the problem of wild animals; ask them to drive carefully along steppe roads; draw these animals)
Take care of your native steppe!
Take care for yourself!
From the deceit of strangers
Poachers and fire
Song “Bamb Tsetsg” Presentation
On May 27, as part of the Year of Ecology, on the occasion of the Day of the Orenburg Steppe, visitors and readers of the Pilyugin Model Rural Library are presented with a book and illustrated exhibition “Orenburg is the steppe capital, you and I have something to be proud of.” Readers of the library became acquainted with the literature about the steppes of the Orenburg region about the problems of environmental and economic development of steppe regions, the conservation and protection of steppe landscapes, flora and fauna. Rare photographs of animals and birds, including those listed in the Red Book, were widely presented at the exhibition. Particularly popular were photographs representing the steppe expanses of the Buguruslan region, taken by a resident of the village M.V. Prasolova.
The presentation about the “Unique steppe state Orenburg Nature Reserve” was received with interest by library users. For older children, a literary and musical composition “Orenburg Steppe, free space...” was held.
24 people took part in the events.
In the Krasnoyarovsk village library, an environmental lesson “Let's preserve the beauty of the steppe” was held with primary and secondary school students (16 people were present). During the event, a slide presentation “Ecological disaster of the region” was held with a discussion of environmental problems, and a dialogue “How can I help nature?” took place. Participants of the event actively participated in the poetry competition “Poetry of My Land”.
The event “Steppes of the Orenburg Region” was held at the Elatomsk Rural Library together with employees of the cultural center. For the event, a book exhibition “Native Orenburg Region” was organized, a literature review was conducted about the protected areas of the Orenburg region, about the endless expanses of the steppe.
Participants of the event got acquainted with the destinies of fellow countrymen who mastered the virgin lands and looked through the albums: “First Virgin Lands from Elatomka”, “History of the Orenburg Region”. The event was accompanied by an electronic presentation “Protected Places of the Orenburg Region,” presenting material about the section of the Talovskaya Steppe Nature Reserve, about the “Buzuluksky Forest” as a national park in the Orenburg region, and others. The information provided interested those present. Of particular interest was the story of village resident M.D. Kabanova. about their relatives who took part in raising virgin soil. 18 people attended the event.
An environmental conversation “Steppes, you are good!” took place in the Noikinsky library. Librarian Semenova T.A. spoke about environmental problems of forests and steppes. During the event, children read excerpts from the works of A.P. Chekhov “The Steppe” and Turgenev “Forest and Steppe”, where the writers created an image of the steppe, conveying the sensations of steppe expanse. They received instructive material while watching the video of the film “Orenburg Steppes - Motherland of the Motherland.” The event ended with listening to Russian folk songs on the theme: “Steppe, yes steppe, all around.” Present: 12 people.
The Blagodarovsky rural library held an information hour “Steppe expanses of the Orenburg region” with high school students (25 people were present). During the event, the children watched the presentation “Oh, you are my steppe, the free steppe”, got acquainted with the destinies of fellow virgin lands, remembered the works of writers dedicated to the development of virgin lands, and considered the environmental problems of the steppes. The exhibition “Face of the Steppe” was prepared for the event.
The Ivanovo Library held local history readings “The Land of Natural Contrasts.” Here there was a story about the diversity of landscapes of the Orenburg region and the Buguruslan region, prepared by the librarian Postol O.V.. The participants of the event took part in the quiz “Animals and Beasts of the Orenburg Steppes” using the “Red Book of the Orenburg Region”. 16 people took part in the event.
In all the libraries of the district there were book and illustrative exhibitions “Dialogues about the steppe”, “Steppe spaces of the Orenburg region” and others.
Ministry of General and Professional Education of the Rostov Region
state budgetary professional educational institution
Rostov region
"Millerovsky College of Agro-Industrial Technologies and Management (DSHT)"
Methodological development
open extracurricular activity
Topic: “Oh, my steppe, free steppe”
teacher of professional legal disciplines: Tregubenko N.V.
Millerovo
2015
Oh my steppe, free steppe
Goal: fostering love for the native land, respect for nature, responsibility for the use and preservation of natural resources, the formation of correct environmental thinking and ecological culture
Form of implementation: extracurricular event
Time and place: 1 hour, assembly hall
Participants: students of different courses
Sphere: “I and society”
Social role: environmental
Decoration and equipment
Photo exhibition: “Oh, my steppe, free steppe”
Posters: “Don Cossacks”, “Steppe”
INTRODUCTION
The azure Trans-Don steppe is unimaginably beautiful. This is known to anyone who has at least once walked along it on foot, shaking off heavy dew from fluffy clovers and honeyed meadow porridge, who has seen a young and hot horseman galloping headlong, kicking up distant dust, who has drunk the purest spring water from a dig in the heat...
A. Safronov
One of the leading problems of our time is the achievement of harmonious reciprocity between man and the environment. The idea that a person should be not only the master, ruler, conqueror of nature, but also its rational component is becoming clearer and clearer. Therefore, the topic of this open meeting of the Rodina club was not chosen by chance. We were born and raised on the Don land, but we don’t know enough about the history of the wealth of our region. During the preparation of an open meeting of the Rodina club, students study the history, customs and traditions of their native land. Once again they re-read the works of Russian writers and poets, where the steppe is described at different times of the year.
Objective: to show students how rich and diverse the flora and fauna of the Wild Field is - as the Don region was called in the old days.
OH MY STEPPE, FREE STEPPE
I Against the background of a song about the Don. Don land! The pearl of the south of Russia. The land of freedom-loving courageous people
II If you were born on the Don, you will forever remember the spicy smells of the Don steppe, the pearly shine of the will of the majestic quiet Don, the song of a lark over a field of gray feather grass, the pure light colors of the Don sky, willows bending over the river, austere poplars, silver willows
READER:
Calm blue sky;
Alone in the bottomless depths
The golden sun is shining
Over the steppe in rainbow fire;
The hot wind tilts
The grass wavy to the ground,
And the distance in the translucent darkness,
Like drowning in a milky sea;
And over the fragrant grass,
Irritated by the scorching sun,
The fragrant air flows
An intangible wave
The Don region was called differently at different times. In the old days, Russian people called it the “Don Field” or the “Great Meadow.” There were few forests here; the steppe, overgrown with lush grasses, stretched for hundreds of kilometers.
II Animals prowled the steppe, herds of wild horses grazed. Hordes of nomads swept across the steppe like a hurricane. Over time, freedom-loving Russian people rushed here, leaving serfdom and settling in new, uninhabited spaces, who began to call themselves Don Cossacks. DANCE
READER 1
In complete peace
Above the Don River
Over the meadow and arable land,
Over the tired field
The month is swinging
In midnight peace
READER 2
Cossack will!
Lying grass
Like the manes of horses
At the river crossing
Everything is quiet, calm
The ferry is resting
And it winds somewhere
The road is wild
READER 3
Sail away into the moonlight Broken plows
Only the bollards creak, Like tight girths
And a little sad
Lyrically
And the steppe remembers
About Razin Stepan
READER 4
And the winds fell
Like sleepy horses
And a quiet song -
There is something about Don in it
It says something about the days
That are long gone
THE SONG SOUNDS “A young Cossack is walking along the Don...”
I Centuries and years passed... Our steppe changed... And although very few areas now remain of the former Don steppes, we can still admire its beauty
Do you know how many plant species grow in the Don region?
(up to 2 thousand according to the largest botanist scientist Novopokrovsky)
What plant is popularly called “Silk grass”
(Feather grass)
Huge balls up to 1 meter in diameter, driven by gusts of wind, they rush, overtaking each other
(Tumbleweed)
“Lazoriki” is the name of this flower on the upper Don, “Kubyshki” is the name given to it by the inhabitants of the lower reaches. What kind of plant is this (Steppe tulip)
Fragrant subshrub with stems creeping along the ground. Valuable medicinal plant. In the past, religious people sprinkled this fragrant herb on their earthen floors on their holidays. The plant is becoming rare (Chebrets)
It’s as if its petals are made of copper. And the stem is lead-colored. Stands on a mound near the river Flower, not bent by the wind (Immortelle)
What time of year do you think the steppe is the best? Why?
II... The steppe is especially good in spring. The colors are unusually clean and fresh. The greenery is so juicy and thick that it seems that if you step on the grass, emerald juice will flow from it. At the end of March - April, yellow goose stars flash against the green background of the steppe, a little later purple and yellow irises are added to them. A few more days and the steppe is covered with unusually beautiful red and yellow tulips
IMost of May the steppe is green, there are fewer flowers. Here and there fiery red steppe crow peonies glow. The slopes of the beams are filled with white, pink and yellow flowers of sloe, wild almond and wolfberry. At the end of May, feather grasses bloom and the steppe turns white. Sholokhov Mikhail Aleksandrovich wrote “The feather grass has matured. The steppe for many miles was dressed in swaying silver. The wind, elastically pressing it, floated, roughened, and drove bluish-opal waves to the south, then to the west.”
II
Blooming scumpia pink smoke,
The intoxicating smell of a blooming oleaster -
In early June, across the steppe distances
They curled up as if from a giant’s sigh.
THE SONG SOUNDS “At the meadow, meadow”
I “Before the eyes of those traveling, a wide, endless plain stretched out, intercepted by a chain of hills... You drive, you drive, and you can’t tell where it begins, where it ends... Wheat flashed by, and again the scorched plain, tanned hills, sultry sky stretched out...” I saw this one in July Don steppe Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 120 years ago.
TEACHER: What other Russian writers and poets described the steppe in their works?
II Since then, much has changed in our steppe, but still at the end of summer the sun burns mercilessly. READER 1 Kulikov. DonshchinaNative steppe...
Endless mowing
Grasshoppers forge like a forge
Yes, the sun wanders knee-deep in dew,
Yes, the feather grasses are whispering about something
I inhale deeply the tart smell,
And feel giddy with joy
I follow the sun along the grass to the west,
I whisper good words to the earth.
My fields, my gardens are green,
Lakes like seas
My Donshchina, baked by the sun,
You, my heart, are my blood!
READER 2
The winds are fierce. And there's so little rain
In July it's cramped by the stuffiness
But how many tears and blood have you absorbed,
Probably only you know
Seas of irrepressible Cossack blood
And widow's tears,
What is salty and bitter...
That's why there are such black soils here
And the salt marshes look like eyesores! II But not every human activity brings benefit to the Don steppe. The development of technology, the plowing of land, the long-term use of pesticides, poaching have led to the fact that you can hardly see bustards and little bustards in our country, you rarely see a turquoise kingfisher sweeping like an arrow over some erik, the golden eagle and the white-tailed eagle have disappeared. Only occasionally do fleet-footed steppe antelopes – saigas – appear here.
TEACHER: Questions for students
This is the only completely blind animal of our fauna. The entire organization of the animal is adapted to underground life. It digs with amazing speed and often manages to go into the ground, having already been noticed. (Blind man)
These steppe animals have extremely developed legs, thanks to which they jump perfectly, and their long tail also helps them in this (earthen hare or jerboa)
This is the most famous bird of our southern Russian steppes. She enlivens the steppe from morning to evening with her singing (lark)
Strange animal. Between the limbs and the body it has large leathery membranes and huge folded ears. The animals lead a twilight and nocturnal lifestyle. In flight, they have a well-developed sense of orientation, but their vision is very poor (bat)
What is the most voracious animal (shrew, weight - 3 g, body length - 3-4 cm. Eats several times its body weight
The rare bird looks like a chicken, but has highly developed legs. She slowly walks on the ground, looking for food, runs quickly, and flies heavily. The wingspan reaches 2.5 m. (Bustard)
I When film director Sergei Bondarchuk decided to film Chekhov’s “The Steppe,” the main obstacle was the lack of a sufficiently spacious area similar to the steppe that Anton Pavlovich Chekhov described with a brilliant word.
To the great joy of the creative team, it was with difficulty that such an untouched area was found in the steppe, and in front of the amazed members of the film crew, soft waves ran across the flowering feather grass, tulips and azure flowers flashed across the wet lowlands, Chekhov's thunderstorms thundered over the living steppe
DANCE performed by the group "Fiesta"
The concepts of “harmful plant” and “harmful animal” were invented by man. In nature, all animal organisms are useful in their own way.
In the process of evolution of nature, the development of flora and fauna proceeded in parallel and interconnected. They have adapted closely to each other. And often the extermination of one species of animal organism leads to the disappearance of another.
READER 1
Thistle A. Gritsenko
Walk the whole steppe along the beams, all around,
Stay in the silence in captivity -
A flower that is crimson and tenacious
You won't find it anywhere on the Don
Thistle...
Wide - wide-legged,
Prickly and sinewy, and to him
To demolish people is a cruel onslaught
Given by fate, like no one else
How old is his patience?
They torture the plow and the harrow,
But not to kill, if from birth
Sweet home side
READER 2
They crushed him with wheels, trampled him with a dirty boot
And he rose from the stifling dust,
And lived and bloomed over the hillock
And I didn’t ask to see flower growers
In pots, where in room captivity
Flowers of the latest fashion are growing,
Having left my country
... And not everyone knows the beekeeper
Which of the fragrant warm honeycombs
He is collecting for the winter
Thistle difficult honey
By chemically combating pests of cultivated plants, humans simultaneously destroy insects that pollinate plants, which leads to the extinction of these plants and to a reduction in the number of rodents and birds.
Even such a predator as a wolf is a kind of regulator of the number of ungulates. It has been proven that where there are fewer wolves, the number of moose has decreased significantly
DANCE performed by the group "Fiesta"
TEACHER:
Each type of plant or animal is a wonderful creation, a gift from nature. Evolution is irreversible, those that disappeared will never appear on Earth again
And those living with us cry out: “People, we want to live!”
I love the land. There's a reason for this
Simple, everyday, what is there to split hairs with?
She taught me stupid since childhood
Understand the words and then speak.
She supplied me with bread when I was little,
For the first time she helped me get on a horse
And lay on a soft bed by my side,
When fatigue overcomes me
Earth!
These are not just layers of black soil,
Swamp in spring, frozen in winter
The earth is a clot filled with a call,
The earth for me is the height
With which I see distances and depths,
And what has been experienced and what to survive On her, since the creation of tough and rough,
My handwritten book is lying there.
Song
“I’ll go out into the field with my horse”
Attached files
Scenario of the event “Day of the Steppe”
Goals:
introduce students to the holiday “Steppe Day”;
to develop interest in the surrounding world and environmental awareness;
to cultivate a desire to respect nature and actively participate in environmental protection.
Equipment:
computer and projector, presentation
Today's class hour is dedicated to the Steppe Day holiday. In the Republic of Kalmykia, “Steppe Day” was established by the Law of the Republic of Kalmykia dated March 6, 2015 3 108-V-З “On amendments to the article of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On holidays and memorial days in the Republic of Kalmykia”. (slide 1)
There are many plains, mountains, and deserts on earth, and today we will talk about our native steppe. The steppe spreads out into endless expanses on the plains. Even in ancient times, the steppe was called a “wild field,” but now fields of agricultural crops lie here.
The fauna in the steppe is not as diverse as in dense dense forests, but it is also very interesting. Among the animals of the steppe there are saigas, bustards, little bustards, marmots, jerboas and many other inhabitants of the endless fields.
And now I will ask questions, and you must answer them.
Quiz “Nature Experts”
A protected place where rare and valuable plants, animals, unique areas of nature, and cultural values are protected and preserved. (RESERVE)
The science of the relationships of plant and animal organisms to each other and to the environment. (ECOLOGY) (slide 2)
A book containing rare and endangered animals, plants and mushrooms that need protection and conservation. (RED) (slide 3)
A large wading bird with long legs and a long neck. a symbol of hope and good luck, inspiring people to create the most beautiful works of art throughout the centuries. (CRANE) (slide 4)
The small short-tailed rodent is a serious pest of agricultural crops. In spring and summer it destroys succulent shoots of cereals, and in autumn – grain. Having accumulated fat, it prepares for winter hibernation. In the spring, having come to the surface, the animal likes to bask in the sun, standing in a column near the hole. Disturbed, it whistles loudly and immediately disappears into a hole. (GOUSLIK) (slide 5)
He jumps like a kangaroo on his hind legs. It gallops quickly and does not crash in the dark, because it orients itself well thanks to its fine hearing and sensitive whiskers. The long, very long tail with a large fluffy tassel at the end serves as a rudder and balance beam for the jerboa when jumping. And with its short front paws the animal catches and eats insects, seeds, juicy bulbs and roots. (JERBOA). (slide 6)
This bird loves open spaces and lives in steppes and semi-deserts. Looking out for prey, it soars high in the air, slightly bending its wings. With a keen eye he notices the slightest movement on the ground. If something edible appears, this bird folds its wings and dives down. Only at the very ground does it open its wings and grab the victim with its claws. (STEPPE EAGLE) (slide 7)
It is called the steppe antelope - thin-legged and fast. Their herds rush at a speed of 70-80 kilometers per hour, raising clouds of dust, but the animals do not suffocate, because they have an air purification device hanging over their mouth. They are unusually hardy. They travel long distances without rest. They can withstand heat and can go for long periods without water. And they are not capricious when it comes to food: they eat grass, lichens, even wormwood and poisonous plants. It turns out that there is a lot of copper in their body, and it neutralizes the effect of plant poisons. (SAIGA). (slide 8)
The steppe expanses of our republic are home to many species of animals. One of them is the saiga. Now it is considered a rare, endangered animal. The saiga is listed in the UNESCO Red Book.
Back in the 80s, more than 400 thousand of them lived in the steppes of Kalmykia, which made it possible to annually hunt over 10 thousand animals, receiving from them valuable dietary meat and medicinal raw materials. At the time of the mammoth, saigas inhabited all of Europe as far as England. The remains of saigas have been found even in Alaska. Now they can only be found in the steppe zone of Kazakhstan, and here in Kalmykia. In Kalmykia, it lives in semi-desert and desert zones. " (slide 9) (slide 10) (slide 11)
Now we will play with you. I will give you excerpts of proverbs, you must find a pair to compose the full text of the proverb (slide 12)
One log does not burn in a stove, two logs do not go out in the steppe.
It will spill in the mountains - the steppe will bloom.
In the steppe there is space, in the forest there is land.
And behind the high mountain lies the steppe.
The one who walks will cross the steppe.
If you have friends, you are as wide as the steppe; if you don’t have it, it’s as narrow as the palm of your hand.
He who has friends is like a steppe, he who has no friends is like a handful.
I really liked the way you all worked today. Well done everyone today.
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Steppe and steppe all around... the path is long
For Steppe Day, REGNUM news agency publishes a story by Natalia Sudets about the origin of this holiday, as well as the fate and secrets of the Russian steppes / Story “National Parks and Wildlife Refuges” / REGNUM Photo Projects / May, 2018
You wake up in the steppe at dawn, reach out with your hand to the window, draw the curtain on the laboratory window and see that the sun has already caught its paws on the edge of the earth and is pulling itself up, stretching into the horizon, brightening its edge. More and more
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Trying to open your eyes, you roll off the sofa, stuff yourself into your boots right in your pajamas, sleepily grab someone’s jacket with one hand, a photo backpack with the other, and walk into the dawn. I made it! And now you are walking, squinting, dragging your sleepy feet, towards the sun. You choose a point, set up a tripod and camera, take pictures, hear the larks singing, look up, smile, take a deep breath: “Good morning, Steppe!” Steppe heart of Russia
In the Orenburg region, on the border of Europe and Asia, there is the steppe heart of Russia - the Orenburgsky Nature Reserve. The first completely steppe reserve in Russia, created on May 12, 1989 specifically for the conservation of steppe ecosystems. The fact is that the steppes are not legally protected in any way, and the only chance to protect them from human activity is to create a specially protected natural area, a national park or reserve.
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This year the reserve celebrated its 29th birthday, and next year it will celebrate its anniversary. And although 30 years is quite a long time, the reserve became widely known only at the end of 2015, when new residents settled in its steppe. But first things first.
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The steppes as an ecosystem were formed under the influence of grazing by a large number of herd ungulates, which regularly ate and killed it. And in the steppe, its own way of life reigned; those animals and birds lived who liked this way of life. But in Soviet times, the steppes went under the knife of tractors. Steppe chernozems turned into arable lands, cities, forest plantations, industrial facilities, and landfills. And the steppe, which was not protected by law, was under threat as an ecosystem. When people realized this, they began to create nature reserves. However, the creation of specially protected natural areas only partially solved the problem, while simultaneously giving rise to another. The fact is that by the beginning of the 21st century there were practically no wild ungulates left in the steppes, and grazing livestock in nature reserves is prohibited by law. And an incident arose: the reserved steppe without ungulates began to gradually overgrow and degrade.
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Scientists have long understood that to maintain the steppe in its standard form, ungulates are needed. In July 2015, a former military training ground with an area of 165 square kilometers (approximately the area of the Khabarovsk urban district) was added to the Orenburg Nature Reserve, where, thanks to the military, the largest area of feather grass steppe in Russia remained unplowed. The new territory became the fifth section of the reserve and was named “Pre-Ural Steppe”, and the total area of the reserve increased by 76%. An unprecedented case in our country. And this was done in order to begin the implementation of a unique project - the return to the nature of the Orenburg region of the wild Przewalski's horse that once lived here. This species completely disappeared from the wild due to human fault in the late 70s of the last century and survived only in zoos and semi-reserves.
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The reserve's staff, with the support of the Steppe Project of the UN Development Program/Global Environment Facility and the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, have developed a program for creating a semi-free population of Przewalski's horse. Its practical start began in July 2015, as soon as an area of sufficient size appeared to create a full-fledged population of wild horses. The first group of animals was brought from France, from the Tour du Valais biological station, and in the next two years several more groups from the Hungarian Hortobágy National Park arrived at the reserve. The last delivery occurred in October 2016. Then the Orenburg Nature Reserves team casually set a world record for one-time air transportation of wild ungulates. No country in the world has transported 16 wild horses at one time, in one airborne flight. And even though the Russians take a long time to harness, they travel quickly. This is the twelfth such project in the world and the most dynamically developing. With its beginning, the ancient union of steppes and ungulates was actually restored. Today, three herds of real wild horses already live in the reserved steppe of the Orenburg Nature Reserve, and two more are preparing for life in the wild in acclimatization pens.
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Before arriving in the Orenburg region, the steppe seemed to me something dull and uninteresting. There’s nothing for the photographer’s eye to catch on, I thought naively. But for three years now I have been in love with the steppe, and it reciprocates my feelings, revealing new facets of itself. And every spring I return here to celebrate two birthdays at once, the reserve and the steppe.
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It's hard to imagine, but even in the most steppe country in the world, Mongolia, there is no official holiday dedicated to the steppe. Until 2013, no country in the world celebrated it. This idea seemed so unexpected to me and, needless to say, brilliant that I took advantage of my official position (and I was then working as a PR consultant for the UNDP Steppe Project) and proposed to the project management the idea of creating an official holiday in the Orenburg region. The governor liked the idea, and after a couple of months, on May 7, 2013, by decree on memorable and holiday dates, the last Saturday of May became the official regional holiday “Steppe Day.” This year it was celebrated on May 26th. By the way, the example of the Orenburg region was followed by Kalmykia, where there are also steppes and where this holiday is now also celebrated. The steppe has an official birthday and a reason to attract the attention of officials to its problems and show its beauty to tourists. The Steppe Project completed its work in Russia, making a great contribution to the conservation of the steppes. My work was completed, but the steppe had other plans for me. At the end of 2015, she finally took possession of me, luring me to work at the Orenburg Nature Reserve. And now she and I have a secret alliance, which grows stronger with every visit I make. After all, the steppe is not at all dull and very interesting. And the photographer’s eye has something to grab onto and never get untangled.
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It's spring again. Reserved steppe. You tremble like a blade of grass in the wind. Not from the cold - from lack of sleep. But is it possible to sleep and miss a miracle? This thin morning air, drunk without a straw with one movement of the lips. These swollen drops of dew on fescue sticks, you can even lick them off with your tongue. This tart and rough smell of wormwood, which is sprayed around by your own shoes. This muffled sound of footsteps, which only happens at dawn on wet ground - and in the melting silence the beating of the heart in the temples: one, two, one, two. And now the dawn glassblower is pulling a thin golden thread over the horizon, weaving bright ribbons into it, like into a girl’s wreath...
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_______The ethnographic reserve festival “Breath of the Steppe” was held in the Orenburg region
At the festival, the symbol of which was the Przhevalsky horse, several exhibition areas were organized / Plot “Volunteering and volunteering in the Russian Federation” / May, 2018
The ethnographic reserve festival “Breath of the Steppe” was held in the “Pre-Ural Steppe” section of the state natural reserve in the Orenburg region on May 26. About it reports press service of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Reserves of the Orenburg Region".
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The purpose of the festival, which has been held in the Orenburg region for the sixth year in a row, is the civic and patriotic education of children and youth, the formation of an environmental culture of the population through the joint activities of volunteer and public organizations.
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It is noted that volunteer associations of universities in the Orenburg region, the military history club “Rusich” and the permanent partner of the festival RO “Peresvet” took part in the preparation and holding of the event, the idea of which belonged to the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Reserves of the Orenburg Region”.
According to the latest data, about sixty people gathered in the protected area, despite the cool weather.
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At the festival, the symbol of which was the Przhevalsky horse, several exhibition areas were organized where the history of the steppe through the eras was presented. The ethnographic tent camp “Luchezar” of the Russian society “Peresvet”, which is located in the visitor center of the reserve, became the semantic center of the holiday.
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After a live presentation of the site, during the day the event organizers held master classes and various activities on a historical theme. Festival guests could practice sword fighting or shoot with a bow. In addition, the event organizers invited guests to weave together a “Friendship Belt.”
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“A common cause brought together a number of guests who were frozen under the steppe wind, so the FGBU team decided to give all participants of the festival a gift - a free excursion along the Breath of the Steppe ecological trail and a close acquaintance with Przewalski’s horses,” the message says.