The Russian Federation. Акопян Л.Г. - 36 стр.

President controls only the executive branch – the government, but not the Supreme
Court and Federal Assembly.
     The legislative power belongs to the Federal Assembly comprising two chambers:
The Council of Federation (Upper Chamber) and the State Duma (Lower Chamber).
Each Chamber is headed by the Speaker.
     The executive power belongs to the government (the Cabinet of Ministers) headed
by the Prime Minister.
     The judicial power belongs to the system of Courts comprising the Constitutional
Court, the Supreme Court and Federal courts.
     Our country has a multiparty system. The largest and most influential political
parties are the “Unity”, the Communist Party, “The Fatherland – All Russia”, “ The
Union of the Right Forces”, “The Apple”, Liberal-Democratic and some others.

      7.5 State if there are answers to the following questions in the text read.
     1) What is the climate in Russia like?
     2) What is the national symbols of Russia?
     3) What does the State Duma consist of?
     4) What does the Federal Assembly consist of?
     5) Russia is the constitutional republic with the President at the head, isn’t it?
     6) How many time zones are there in Russia?
     7) In Russia parliament there are many parties, aren’t there?
     8) What branch of the country government does the President control?
     9) What branches of the country government are not controled by the President?
     10) What is the foreign policy of the Russian Federation?

      7.6 Write down the contents of the text read above (Russian or English).




      7.7 Text 3. Title the text being read by the teacher.

     The Orenburg foundation took place three times. First it was founded in August
1735 by the statesman Ivan Kirilovich Kirilov on the site of the present Orsk. Then it
was founded in August 1741 by the state expedition headed by prince V. A. Urusov on
the site of present village Krasnaya Gora (near present Saractash). Finally in 1743
Orenburg was founded on its present site by the prominent Russian statesman Ivan
Neplyev.
     Orenburg was not only a fortress but also an important centre of commerce
between Russia and Asia. Always the population of Orenburg was multinational. During
the peasants’ uprising in 1774 Orenburg was besieged by the Pugachev’s army. The
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