Ваулина, 9. Рабочая тетрадь. Уголок переводчика 3. Упражнение 2

There are a lot of legends about various mysterious monsters. People from different places of the world report sightings of them. Some see Snowman, Yates, rising to two or two and a half meters in height with a man-like head, a short neck and very long arms. In 1966 for the first time people reported the sighting of Mothman, a brown man-sized creature with giant moth-like wings. Several witnesses saw him flying over Charleston. Scientists doubt that these creatures exist as unfortunately no one has found their prints or skeletons.

V.I. Surikov painted the picture “Boyarynya Morozova” in 1887 in memory of his childhood which he spent in Siberia. In the foreground we see a woman in the national Russian costume of the 17th century who is half lying on the sledge. It is Feodosia Morozova. She asks/appeals to everybody to fight for the Faith. In. the background we see winter countryside, snow and a crowd of people. The colours are mostly blue, white and black in natural shades. The contrast makes the picture realistic.