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MOSCOW
(Unit 11)
I. READING AND DISCUSSING THE TOPIC
Task 1. Read the text “Moscow” and do the tasks following it.
Of all the towns and cities in Russia the largest and the most important is
Moscow, the capital of the Russian Federation, the seat of the Government.
Moscow has the population of more than 9 million people.
The history of Moscow began in 1147 with Yury Dolgoruky and since
then it has always had a leading place in the life of the country. Under the tsars
the Government of Russia was in St. Petersburg, though Moscow remained the
heart of Russia. In 1918 after the October Revolution the Soviet Government
moved to the Moscow Kremlin.
Moscow is important not only politically, but also as a scientific,
industrial and cultural centre of Russia. It has hundreds of scientific institutions
and higher educational establishments, Moscow University including. The Lenin
Library and the Library of Foreign Literature contain hundreds of thousands of
works written by the greatest authors of all times and countries.
Some of Russia’s biggest works and factories, motorcar works and textile
factories, are in Moscow.
Moscow is also a great transport centre. It has 7 big railway stations and
several large airports. Its two river ports join Moscow to five seas and many
foreign countries.
Moscow is beautiful. The citizens and tourists admire its straight and
broad streets and avenues. The heart of Moscow is Red Square. Here one can
see St. Basil’s Cathedral. It is the masterpiece of Russian architecture. But first
of all everybody knows Red Square because the Kremlin is situated here. Old
churches, monuments and modern housing construction in all districts make
Moscow a real living museum of architecture, art, culture and history.
The museums, art galleries, theatres and historical monuments in the
Russian capital make it very important for the world culture. The Pushkin
Museum of Fine Arts, the History Museum and the State Tretyakov Gallery are
worth visiting. And who has not heard of the Bolshoy Theatre, the Maly
Theatre, the Vakhtangov or Mayakovsky Theatres?
You know, I myself was in Moscow about 8 years ago and all I remember
is Red Square, escalators, carrying me to the trains in metro, the Zoo and
delicious ice cream. Of course, if I get to Moscow some day I will have to start
getting acquainted with the capital anew.
Active vocabulary
- a capital – столица
- population – население
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