Check list to module V

1. When did the East Slavs emerge?

2. What was the first East Slavic state?

3. Who were the founders of Kievan Rus'?

4. What was the source of Russian Christianity?

5. What was the result of Kievan Rus' disintegration?

6. By what time has Russia become the Russian Empire?

7. Who proclaimed the Russian Empire?

8. What way did Russia get access to the sea?

9. What is Catherine the Great famous for?

10. What were the reasons that brought the Russian monarchy to its downfall?

11. Why is Russia a semi-presidential republic?

12. What are the branches the federal government is composed of?

13. What is the president’s power?

14. What is the Federal Assembly responsible for?

15. What does judiciary branch include?

Module VI

Omsk – our native city

Vocabulary training

Read and translate the words and word expressions below

southwest Siberia, beyond the Urals, the Russian Empire, the seat of, the Governor General of Western Siberia

Classify the words into subject groups

Imperia, distance, capital, center, kilometres, southwest, imam, bishop

Remember the words and word combinations given below.

Proclaim - провозглашать

see of the bishop – епархия митрополита (епископа)

gold reserves–золотой запас

Read this text quickly and define the main idea of this text.

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Omsk is a city in southwest Siberia in Russia, the administrative center of Omsk Oblast. It is the second-largest city in Russia beyond the Urals. The distance from Omsk to Moscow is 2,700 kilometres.

In the Russian Empire, it was the seat of the Governor General of Western Siberia. For a brief period during the Russian Civil War in 1918–1920, it was proclaimed the Capital of Russia, and held the imperial gold reserves.

Omsk is the administrative centre of Siberian Cossacks, the see of the bishop (metropolitan) of Omsk and Tara, and the imam of Siberia.

Date: 2016-01-03; view: 781