1. Made by ZŠ s MŠ V. Záborského,
Vráble, Slovakia
For Erasmus+ project:
Historical treasures of Europe
HEROES AND
FAMOUS
PERSONS
OF SLOVAKIA
2. • Slovakia has many heroes and important
personalities.
• We have selected some of the most famous
and significant.
• We also tried to draw some.
3. The personalities of Great Moravia Empire
Svätopluk I
• He was a very famous prince
and the most important
of the princes - rulers
of the Great Moravian Empire.
• He came from the Mojmír family.
• During his reign he annexed large territories in Central
Europe to Great Moravia and made bold attacks against
the neighboring East Frankish Empire.
4. The personalities of Great Moravia Empire
Rastislav
He ruled as the prince of Great
Moravia before Svätopluk.
Rastislav invited Byzantine scholars
and believers Constantine and Methodius
to Great Moravia around 863.
Constantine created a script, Glagolitic, for the needs of
the Slavic language.
5. Both of them Constantine and Methodius
became the founders of Slavic
literature.
Their Old Slavonic became
the fourth liturgical language
of the Western Church.
Through the mission of Cyril and Methodius in
Great Moravia, our ancestors gained invaluable
wealth.
6. Juro Jánošík (1688 - 1713)
Juro Jánošík was a Slovak outlaw,
the hero of the people in the 17th century.
Jánošík was born in 1688 and died in 1713.
His main motto was:
Take from the rich and give to the poor.
People compared him to Robin Hood.
Jánošík is the main character of many Slovak
novels,
poems and films.
7. Juro Jánošík
•He grew up in the village of Terchová
in the Kingdom of Hungary
in a beautiful mountainous region
in the Malá Fatra Mountains.
•He didn´t like the life of the poor in slavery and
so he became the leader of a band of robbers in
1710.
•They lived in the mountains and the poor
supported and helped them.
•He was said to have a miracle belt that
protected him from bullets.
8. Arrest and Execution of Juro Jánošík
• Jánošík was captured in the spring of 1713 in Klenovec
(Klenóc).
• According to the widespread legend, he was caught in
a pub when he
slipped on a loose pea thrown into the floor by a
treacherous old lady.
• Jánošík was imprisoned and judged
in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš.
• He was sentenced to death.
• The way of his execution became
a part of various legends.
• The hook was pierced on his left side
and he hung on the gallows to die.
9. Ľudovít Štúr (1815 - 1856)
• He was the most important representative of
Slovakian national revival
in the middle of the 19th century.
• He codified standard
Slovak language - orthography
based on Central Slovak dialects.
• He was also a politician, poet, journalist,
publishers, teachers, philosophers, linguists and
Member of the Hungarian Parliament.
10. Pavol Dobšinský (1828 - 1885)
Completely, he published more than 150 Slovak
legends and fairy tales, on which later
generations of Slovak children grew up.
11. Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
(1849 - 1921)
• He was the most important
figure Slovak literature.
• The competition in the recitation of poetry
and prose in Slovak - Hviezdoslavov Kubín –
was named to his honour.
• It takes place every year in the spring.
12. Štefan Banič (1870-1941)
• He was the inventor of the parachute.
• In 1914 he designed a prototype of parachute,
which he tested by jumping from a building in
Washington in front of military
officials and representatives
of the patent office.
• Banič's parachute was different
from what we know today –
it was a kind of umbrella
attached directly to the human body.
13. Milan Rastislav Štefánik
(1880-1919)
• He was one of the important Slovaks,
politician, diplomat, astronomer, military pilot.
• He was responsible for the formation of
a common state of Slovaks and Czechs.
• In 1919 he was awarded by the Council
of the Commander of the Legion of Honor for his
scientific and diplomatic work.
• After the war, he became the first Czechoslovak
minister of the military.
14. Milan Rastislav Štefánik
• The short and wonderful life of Milan Rastislav
Štefánik ended tragically, with the crash of his
plane on his return to his homeland in May 1919.
• He was the hero of his time, a symbol of the
fight for freedom.
• He is buried in
a mound on Bradle.
• „To believe the truth,
to live the truth and
to defend the truth."
16. Question 1
He was an important person of the Slovak national revival
in the 19th century and founded standard Slovak language.
A/ Štefan Banič
B/ Pavol Dobšinský
C/ Ľudovít Štúr
What option is correct?
Correct answer:
C - Ľudovít Štúr
17. Question 2
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav was a very famous...
A/ writer
B/ painter
C/ politician
What is correct?
Correct answer:
A – writer
18. Question 3
He was born in Slovakia. He lived in America, where he
constructed the first parachute. He became the inventor
of parachute.
A/ Milan Rastislav Štefánik
B/ Štefan Banič
C/ Juro Jánošík
What answer is correct?
Correct answer:
B - Štefan Banič
19. Question 4
Milan Rastislav Štefánik was the first Czechoslovak
A/ President
B/ Minister of military
C/ Minister of Foreign Affairs
What is correct?
Correct answer:
B/ Minister of military
20. Question 5
How many Slovakian legends and fairy tales
did Pavol Dobšinský publish?
A/ more than 200
B/ more than 50
C/ more than 150
What is correct?
Correct answer:
c/ more than 150
21. Pupils from Erasmus club,
ZŠ s MŠ V. Záborského, Slovakia
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