The Russian Federation. Акопян Л.Г. - 17 стр.

    5) What are the most interesting places of interest in the capital?
    6) Have you even been to Moscow?
    7) Why was our northern capital renamed three times?
    8) What is the role of St. Petersburg in Russia?
    9) When was it founded?
    10) Who founded the city of St. Petersburg?
    11) What is the city construction history?
    12) What is Novosibirsk famous for?
    13) What is Volgograd famous for?


      3.4 Find the endings to the sentences
  1) Moscow was founded …                         1) … many places of interest to catch
  2) Peter the Great founded St.                  your eye
  Petersburg …                                    2) … situated near the Ob Storage Lake
  3) In St. Petersburg there are …                in Novosibirsk
  4) The Siberian branch of sciences is …         3) … near the Volga-Don Canal
  5) Many famous scientists from all over         4) … fought in Stalingrad
  the country have …                              5) … the turning point in the Great
  6) Volgograd stands …                           Patriotic War
  7) The city stretches …                         6) … come to work in the scientific
  8) In 1942-43 a bitter battle was …             centre
  9) This battle was …                            7) … as “the Window to the West’
  10) Nazis turned the city into …                8) … heaps of brick and metal
                                                  9) … in 1147
                                                  10) … over 70 km along the Volga
                                                  river

      3.5 State if the following sentences correspond to the text. Correct them if
necessary
    1) Moscow was founded more than 8 centuries ago by Peter the Great.
    2) Railways, waterways and airlines connect Moscow with all towns and cities of
    Russia.
    3) Moscow is a port of five seas.
    4) The Kremlin is the place where the Russian Federation government is situated.
    5) In Moscow there is the oldest Metro in the world.
    6) St. Petersburg is much older than Moscow.
    7) It stands on the swampy lands.
    8) Many architects from all over the world were brought to St. Petersburg to build
    this beautiful city.
    9) During the Great Patriotic war the city was renamed to Leningrad.

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