What did the Parisians see? First time in Paris: basic tips for tourists

In this article you can find out all the answers in the game "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" for October 7, 2017 (10/07/2017). First, you can see the questions asked to the players by Dmitry Dibrov, and then all the correct answers in today's intellectual television game "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" for 10/7/2017.

Questions for the first pair of players

Yuri Stoyanov and Igor Zolotovitsky (200,000 - 400,000 rubles)

1. What fate befell the mansion in the fairy tale of the same name?
2. What does the chorus of the song in Svetlana Druzhinina’s film encourage the midshipmen to do?
3. What button is not found on the remote control of a modern elevator?
4. Which expression means the same as “to walk”?
5. What is stroganina made from?
6. In what mode of operation of the washing machine is centrifugal force especially important?
7. Which phrase from the movie “Aladdin’s Magic Lamp” became the title of the album of the group “AuktYon”?
8. Where do the sailors of a sailing ship take their places at the command “Whistle all up!”?
9. Which of the four portraits in the foyer of the Taganka Theater was added by Lyubimov at the insistence of the district party committee?
10. Which state’s flag is not tricolor?
11. Who can rightfully be called a hereditary sculptor?
12. What is the name of the model of the human body - a visual aid for future doctors?
13. What was inside the first Easter egg made by Carl Faberge?

Questions for the second pair of players

Svetlana Zeynalova and Timur Solovyov (200,000 - 200,000 rubles)

1. What do people create on social networks?
2. Where, according to the popular phrase, does the road paved with good intentions lead?
3. What is used to sift flour?
4. How to correctly continue Pushkin’s line: “He forced himself to be respected...”?
5. What appeared for the first time in the history of the Confederations Cup this year?
6. In which city is the unfinished Church of the Holy Family located?
7. How does the line of the popular song end: “The leaves were falling, and the snowstorm was chalk...”?
8. What kind of creative work did Arkady Velurov do in the film “Pokrovsky Gate”?
9. What is believed to be added by the Crassula plant?
10. What did Parisians see in 1983 thanks to Pierre Cardin?
11. Who killed the huge serpent Python?
12. What title did the 50 Swiss franc note receive at the end of 2016?
13. What do adherents of the cargo cult in Melanesia construct from natural materials?

Answers to questions from the first pair of players

1. fell apart
2. keep your nose up
3. "Let's go!"
4. on my own two feet
5. salmon
6. spin
7. "Everything is calm in Baghdad"
8. on the upper deck
9. Konstantin Stanislavsky
10. Albania
11. Alexandra Rukavishnikova
12. phantom
13. golden chicken

Answers to questions from the second pair of players

1. profile
2. And I couldn't think of anything better
3. video replays for judges
4. in Barcelona
5. Where have you been?
6. sang verses
7. money
8. play "Juno and Avos"
9. Apollo
10. the most beautiful
11. runways

– the city of lovers, and for me – the city of the inspired. Architecture, narrow streets, musicians playing both in large squares and in dark alleys - all this real magic. Often in the evenings I sat on Dauphine Square, I listened to pleasant tunes, and at these moments I didn’t need anything else.

Where to go in Paris for impressions

After visiting all the main attractions of Paris, I very soon had a question: “ How else can this city surprise me?" I wanted something original, purely French, something that so attracted poets and artists of the 20th century. There was nothing to do - I went on my own expedition and this is what I found:

1. Sainte Chapelle- a small church located on the outskirts of the Palace of Justice. I found it by accident, and I still consider myself incredibly lucky. This is a very beautiful church, in my opinion, even better than the more popular Notre Dame Cathedral. The most impressive thing for me was seeing millions of sun rays pass through the stained glass windows at the top of the building.
2. Eugene Delacroix Museum- this is an apartment and a garden where the famous artist lived and worked. You don't have to be a big art fan to appreciate the simple beauty that surrounded Delacroix. In the apartment you can see some of his works, which were not exhibited in the Louvre, but remained here. And in the small garden in front of the house you can sit on a bench and enjoy a small oasis in the middle of a noisy city.
3. Chez Louisette. Restaurants in Paris are a separate topic, but I want to tell you about one very extraordinary one. This restaurant is located on Avenue Michele, 136. Its feature is absolutely inappropriate design– the walls are decorated with serpentine, while on the low ceiling there is an expensive chandelier, and some strange pop music is playing from the speakers. Of course, this is not all, but I think they caught the absurdity.

Free places in Paris

My finances have taken a hit in recent days and I've had to go into saving mode. Since staying in the hotel was not an option, I went to look for myself free entertainment. As a result, I learned, for example, how get intoThe Louvre is completely free. Unfortunately, this freebie was not useful to me, but you can visit the museum for free the first day of every month.

Don't forget about parks, in Paris there are many of them and everywhere you can have a good time - for example, arrange a real French picnic.

In general, this is a wonderful city, no matter how much money and time you have - just enjoy the moment.

At noon on March 31, 1814, the cavalry led by Tsar Alexander I triumphantly entered Paris. The city was overrun by Russians. The Cossacks turned the banks of the Seine into a beach area. “Water procedures” were taken as in their native Don - in underwear or completely naked.

Chess move

On the 20th of March, Napoleon, after successful actions against the allies in France, went to the northeastern fortresses to strengthen the army and force the allies to retreat. He did not expect an attack on Paris, counting on the well-known intractability of the allied armies. However, on March 24, 1814, the Allies urgently approved a plan to attack the capital. To distract Napoleon, a 10,000-strong cavalry corps under the command of General Wintzingerode was sent against him. Meanwhile, the Allies, without waiting for the concentration of troops, began an attack on Paris. 6,000 soldiers were lost due to lack of preparedness. The city was taken within a day. Having defeated a small detachment, Napoleon realized that he had been tricked: “This is an excellent chess move! I would never have believed that any Allied general was capable of doing this.”

All Paris

Most of all, the Parisians feared Russian revenge. There were stories about soldiers loving violence and playing barbaric games. For example, driving people naked for flogging in the cold. Major General Mikhail Fedorovich Orlov, one of those who signed the surrender, recalled his first trip through the captured city: “We rode on horseback and slowly, in the deepest silence. All that could be heard was the sound of the horses’ hooves, and from time to time several faces with anxious curiosity appeared in the windows, which quickly opened and quickly closed.” When a proclamation of the Russian Tsar appeared on the streets of houses, promising residents special patronage and protection, many townspeople rushed to the north-eastern borders of the city to get at least a glimpse of the Russian Emperor. “There were so many people in the Place Saint-Martin, the Place Louis XV and the avenue that the divisions of the regiments could hardly pass through this crowd.” Particular enthusiasm was expressed by the Parisian young ladies who grabbed the hands of foreign soldiers and even climbed onto their saddles in order to get a better look at the conqueror-liberators entering the city. The Russian emperor fulfilled his promise to the city, stopping the slightest crimes.

Cossacks in Paris

If Russian soldiers and officers could not be distinguished from Prussians and Austrians (except perhaps by their uniform), then the Cossacks were bearded, wearing trousers with stripes - the same as in the pictures in French newspapers. Only real Cossacks were kind. Delighted flocks of children ran after the Russian soldiers. And Parisian men soon began to wear beards “like the Cossacks,” and on wide belts, like the Cossacks. During their stay in the French capital, the Cossacks turned the banks of the Seine into a beach area: they swam themselves and bathed their horses. “Water procedures” were taken as in their native Don - in underwear or completely naked. The popularity of the Cossacks and the great interest of Parisians in them is evidenced by the large number of references to them in French literature. George Sand's novel is even called: "Cossacks in Paris." The Cossacks were captivated by the city, especially the gambling houses and delicious wine. The Cossacks turned out to be not very gallant gentlemen: they squeezed the hands of Parisian women like bears, ate ice cream at Tortoni's on the Boulevard of Italians and stepped on the feet of visitors to the Palais Royal and the Louvre. The Russians were seen by the French as gentle, but also not very delicate giants in their treatment. Parisian women gave the soldiers their first lessons in etiquette. The French were frightened by the Asian cavalry regiments in the Russian army. For some reason they were horrified at the sight of the camels that the Kalmyks brought with them. French young ladies fainted when Tatar or Kalmyk warriors approached them in their caftans, hats, with bows over their shoulders, and with a bunch of arrows on their sides.

Once again about the bistro

The Parisians were amazed by their interactions with the Russians. French newspapers wrote about them as scary “bears” from a wild country where it is always cold. And the Parisians were surprised to see tall and strong Russian soldiers, who in appearance did not differ at all from the Europeans. And the Russian officers, moreover, almost all spoke French. There is a legend that soldiers and Cossacks entered Parisian cafes and hurried food peddlers: “Quickly, quickly!”, which is why eateries in Paris began to be called bistros. However, this version is confirmed by French linguists. The first mention of the use of the word "bistrot" in French dates back to the 1880s. In addition, there are similar dialect and colloquial words, for example, bist(r)ouille, bistringue or bistroquet. The French etymological dictionary "Robert" associates bistro with dialect bistouille - "swill, bad alcohol." The Russian version qualifies it as “pure fantasy.” The commander of the Russian occupation corps, Count Mikhail Vorontsov, paid everyone’s debts in 1918, when the last soldiers were leaving France. To do this, he had to sell the Krugloye estate.

“Seeing Paris is like seeing the whole world!” - tourists who have visited the main city of France, which has long been awarded the honorary title of the most stylish and elegant capital of Europe, share their enthusiastic impressions. And also dream cities, fairy tale cities and capitals of love and fashion. Here, on the banks of the Seine, where the unique aroma of roasted chestnuts and hot pastries reigns, is a real paradise for poets and artists, and for people of art in general.

Paris has a total of 130 museums and 1,800 historical sites. , Notre Dame Cathedral, Sacré-Coeur Basilica, Center Georges Pompidou, . And many, many other palaces, buildings, structures, as well as squares, park areas, embankments, bridges. It’s not for nothing that the French capital is called an open-air museum, one of the leading tourist centers of the Old Continent and the whole world. Indeed, Paris has remained virtually unchanged for many centuries. And all thanks to its residents, who carefully take care of the appearance of the city, trying to ensure that it preserves its beauty and uniqueness.

The most accessible (permanently open with free admission) collection in Paris is the outdoor sculpture museum in the Tino Rossi garden, located in the 5th municipal district of Paris along (Address: 2 Quai Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris, France).

An excursion into the history of Paris

On the banks of the Seine, on the site of present-day Paris, people began to settle a very long time ago. In ancient times, there was a settlement of Lutetia (III century BC). It was first mentioned in his works by Julius Caesar (53 BC). The ancient city was inhabited by the Celtic tribe of Parisians until the Romans captured this territory. But this did not happen immediately, since resistance was organized against the conquerors. Ultimately, the Celts decide to burn their fortress city (it was located directly on the Ile de la Cité), and also destroy the bridges leading to it. The new owners of the area had no choice but to build their own settlement on the left bank of the Seine - with a square (forum), baths (therms) and amphitheaters for holding entertainment events. The name “Paris” was first mentioned in ancient Roman sources in the year 300. For a whole decade (355-365) the city was the residence of Caesar Julian. After a while, he was chosen by another Roman emperor, Valentinian.

The rule of the Romans came to an end in the 5th century AD, when the Frankish tribes invaded the area. Even earlier, in the 3rd century BC, Christianity spread here. In 508 AD. Gaul was annexed to the Frankish kingdom, and the Frankish king Clovis I declared Paris the capital of his Merovingian state. But in the 7th century, when the Frankish king Clothar II moved his residence to Clichy, Paris ceased to be the capital. And only after Hugo Capet became the first king of France, he returned the functions of the capital to the city.

Paris begins to build up and grow rich, but it just so happens that they “forgot” to build a fortress wall around it. This came at a cost: it was attacked every now and then by the Vikings in the 9th century. Charles II the Bald, the then Frankish monarch, decided to appease the barbarians and give them 6 tons of gold and silver. Naively thinking that they would get fed up and stop raiding. But that was not the case. The Vikings did not even think of retreating...

Only in the 12th-13th centuries, under King Philip II Augustus, did the fortification of Paris begin. In 1190, the Louvre fortress tower was erected on the right bank of the Seine. In 1210, a fortress wall and tower appeared on the left bank. At the same time, the construction of many Catholic churches took place, including the famous Notre Dame Cathedral. Several Parisian church schools (they were where the Latin Quarter is now) are united into one educational institution. It is this that becomes the predecessor of the famous Sorbonne University. The famous Bastille fortress (later a prison) appeared on the map of Paris in 1369, during the reign of Charles V. Later, when the French Revolution began, it was destroyed. Now only the square with the same name reminds of it.

The 14th century became a dark period in the history of Paris. A terrible epidemic - the bubonic plague - hit the city residents. The disease claimed the lives of 50 thousand people. On top of that, the authorities increased taxes, which the already exhausted population rebelled against. But the protests were brutally suppressed. Here England also began to encroach on the French throne, which provoked the Hundred Years' War between the countries (1337-1453). In 1420, the capital fell under the onslaught of the British. The struggle for the liberation of Paris began in 1429 with the siege of the city by the army of the famous Joan of Arc. But the invaders were finally driven out only in 1436. After this, the civilian population returned to Paris, which by the end of the century was already 150,000 people.

In the 17th century, Paris again lost its importance as a capital. With the light hand of Louis XIV, who took a fancy to the suburban Versailles, the center of court and political life moved there. This went on for about a hundred years, until the French Revolution came. She forced the then monarch Louis XVI to return to Paris, since the rebels went to Versailles. In the history of Paris, this was perhaps the most tragic page, as many innocent people died. Executions without trial or investigation took place all the time. The revolutionaries executed both the king himself and his wife Marie Antoinette.

During the time of Napoleon Bonaparte, who came to power in 1799 as a result of a military coup, a second wind was breathed into the life of Paris. The city has noticeably expanded and improved. The construction of rich buildings and luxurious areas was in full swing. At the beginning of the 19th century, the population of the capital was just over half a million people. But already in the first decade it increased to 720 thousand people. Radical reconstruction of the city began during the reign of Napoleon III, who came to power in 1848. At that time, many wide boulevards were built, the network of which still forms the basis of the city’s transport arteries.

Over time, Paris turned into one of the largest capitals of the Old Continent. Its role as a political and economic center not only of France, but of all of Europe increased. The city increasingly hosts exhibitions on a global scale, and in 1900 it hosted the Olympic Games for the first time. In the same year, the first line of the capital's metro opened. Paris confirmed its importance as a political center at the beginning of the twentieth century. After the First World War, negotiations between its former participants took place here. At the same time, the city became the capital of European cultural life: famous artists, writers and composers from different countries flock here. These are Stravinsky, Picasso, Dali, Hemingway and others.

But during the Second World War, Paris did not escape the fate of a captured city. Already on June 14, 1940, a little over a month after Hitler declared war on France, the city was completely occupied by the Nazis. And without resistance. The population was partially evacuated. For some reason, many Parisians greeted the occupiers with joy. Others could not come to terms with what had happened and organized a Resistance movement, led by General Charles de Gaulle, the future president of the country. It was the fighters of this movement who organized the uprising against the Nazis in August 1944. That same year, Paris was liberated and eight years later, in June 1952, it celebrated its 2000th anniversary on a grand scale.

The capital of France today

Modern Paris is not only the capital of the French Republic, but also one of the largest centers of the European Union and the continent as a whole. It is considered one of the capitals of the world, since France is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, where the most important decisions on a planetary scale are made. In addition, the headquarters of UNESCO, the main offices of the International Chamber of Commerce and other influential intergovernmental organizations are located in Paris. The area of ​​the city is 105.4 square meters. meters, population as of 2010 2 million 243 thousand 833 people. Administratively divided into 20 districts. It is also the center of the historical region of Ile-de-France.

Economic life. Its heart is the La Défense business district, which is located in the nearest suburb, also known as the “Parisian Manhattan”. Despite the fact that the population of the quarter is only 20 thousand people, the number of people who come here every day is... 150 thousand. All of them are employees of a total of 1,500 firms, banks and organizations that are located here. The very first office appeared in Defense in 1958. Among the most impressive buildings are the Areva Tower, the Center for Industry and New Technologies, as well as the Grand Arch of Defense, which has become the modern incarnation of the Arc de Triomphe.

Fashion industry. Paris is the capital of fashion, and these are not just big words. Every six months, the most important event in the world of the fashion industry, namely Fashion Week, takes place here. It is one of the four most important “fashion weeks” in the world, being at the same time the most authoritative, since it closes the season. The tradition of holding Fashion Week in Paris dates back to 1973. Organizational support of the event is the French Federation of Haute Couture and Prêt-à-Porter. Traditionally, it gathers its fans in the exhibition and shopping center known as the Louvre Carousel. Each Fashion Week is a large-scale event that becomes a real celebration of art. After all, this is not a banal trade in fashionable things, but their display. Moreover, a show with elements of a real show, where the plot and direction are carefully thought out.

Transport infrastructure. Did you know that the first public transport appeared in Paris? This happened in 1662. Since then, the city's transport infrastructure has made great strides in its development. The city has an excellent network of roads and a metro. There are 14 airports, of which the most famous and largest are Charles de Gaulle and Orly. In terms of passenger traffic, they rank second in Europe and fifth in the world. Paris has well-developed railway connections with the rest of France and with European countries.

Sphere of education. Paris has also gained fame as one of the educational centers. There are many educational institutions concentrated here, where young people from different parts of the country and the world dream of studying. The most famous and prestigious educational institutions in the capital are rightfully considered the Sorbonne University, the Institute of France, the Paris Institute of Technology, the Polytechnic School, the Higher Pedagogical School, the Institute of Arab Countries, the Catholic Institute and others.

"See Paris and Die"

This catchphrase belongs to the famous writer and poet, publicist and translator, as well as the talented photographer Ilya Ehrenburg. Many who are familiar with his work dedicated to Paris believe that he was born there in exile. In fact, Ilya Grigorievich was born in Kyiv on January 27, 1891, but in his youth he moved to the capital of France and was actively involved in creative and social activities. During the Second World War, he proved himself to be an ardent anti-fascist - so consistent and active that an enraged Hitler ordered Ehrenburg to be found and destroyed. Thank God, fate saved him. For Paris, for all of us.

The fairy tale city on the banks of the Seine became the greatest love of his life. He was never able to forget her, although he subsequently returned back to the Soviet Union. He then visited Paris several times and no “Iron Curtain” could stop him. Yevgeny Yevtushenko very accurately called him “the Khreshchatytsky Parisian.” As for the famous statement of Ilya Erenburg “See Paris and die,” it is directly related to the work of the writer, namely the work “My Paris” (the book was published in 1931). Paraphrasing the phrase “See Rome and die” that has come down to us from antiquity, he shows on the pages of the book not the “retouched” life of the French capital, but as it is. Therefore, his story is about ordinary people. He photographed Parisians with a hidden camera, and the best of the photographs were included in the book. She made a big splash. Because before Ehrenburg no one has yet Paris So didn't show it. Readers saw Parisians, as they say, in their everyday appearance. The same applies to city streets. Over time, however, the book became a rarity, and Ehrenburg’s famous phrase is still alive today. One of the Russian directors, Alexander Proshkin, even borrowed it for his film, shot in 1992. The painting is called “See Paris and Die.”