1. The history of public
speaking in Russia
Introductory lecture
Fominykh Svetlana
Stanford Summer School 2012

2. Some people speak better
than others

3. Maybe even some
nations...

4. ?
How many times do Americans speak
better than Russians?

5. 1000!

6. 1000 more Toasrmasters clubs
4000 4

7. Maybe Russians don’t
have the culture of public
speaking?

8. We had!

9. «Rhetoric is
the basis of
all sciences»
Michael
Lomonosov

10. Then Stalin’s regime
came...

11. Don’t talk
too much!

12. No more
communism now!

13. How we can learn from
our history?