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Sights of Belgorod
Belgorod is one of the oldest towns in the country.
It has a long and interesting history which back to
the ancient times. Originally it was a very small
settlement of Slavs atop the chalky hill overlooking
the Seversky Donets River which was a deep and
navigable river in the 16th century.
My native town
You are like a flower.
My native town
You are like a song.
My native town
You’ve become
much better,
Oh, Belgorod, We
love you Best of all.
Belgorod is an educational and cultural center.
Belgorod has several higher educational centers.
Academies, Universities, colleges, schools.
There are many museums
Diorama museum
Belgorod State Museum of Fine Arts
Literature museum
Belgorod Land Study Museum
Belgorod State museum of folk culture
The city has a Drama Theatre, a Puppet Show
Theatre, a Philarmonic Society, several concert halls, cinemas,
a lot of libraries.
Cathedrals of Belgorod
Preobrazhensky cathedral
The Temple of
Archangel Gabrie
Nicola- Ioasafovsky
cathedral
Smolenskу cathedral
The cathedral of
Matrony Moskovskoi
The Temple of
George the Winner
Krestovozdvizhensky
church
There are many monuments.
Bust to the General of
the Army N.F. Vatutin
A Monument to the General of the
Army J.R. Apanasenko
Bust to the MajorGeneral M.P. Lebed
The bust to the
tankman A.I. Popov
Sport’s complex of Svetlana Khorkina
stadium salyut
There are many
trolleybuses, cars.
transports
in
Belgorod: buses,
Now Belgorod is an industrial center.
There are many plants and factories; for example:
the Belgorod Vitamin Factory, the Belgorod Clothing
factory and others.
Belgorod Shoes factory
The Belgorod Asbestos and Cement Plant
The Instrumental Engineering Plant
Central park
There are a lot of
beautiful parks in my city.
My favourite place is the
Central park. It is the largest
park. There are many
attractions. I spend my
spare time there. I go for a
walk, take various rides. I
buy souvenirs and eat
Russian traditional food. I
have a lot of fun in this park.
Victory park
My favourite place is
Victory park. It is a very
beautiful park. You can see a
lot of wonderful fountains,
attractions. I like to spend my
free time here. I can walk, go
boating. There is a zoo in
Victory park. I always enjoy
the animals. I have a lot of
fun in this park.
Gagarin park
My favourite place is
Gagarin park. It is a very
popular place for my friends.
We can do a lot of interesting
things there. This park is very
beautiful.
You can see wonderful
fountains, attractions. I like to
spend my free time here.
I go for a walk. I have a lot of
fun in this park.
Diorama museum
There are a lot of beautiful
museums in my city. My
favourite place is Diorama
museum. It is the largest
museum in the country. It’s
devoted to the Battle of Kursk
Bulge. There are a lot of unique
collections there such as:
collection of awards and medals
of the period of the Second
World War, collection bronetank
technics and the weapon of the
period of the Second World War.
I like to spend my free time here
and get a new information.
Belgorod Land Study
Museum
Belgorod Land State
museum was founded in 1924.
It’s first director was Paul
Ivanovich Baryshnikov. It is
situated in Popov Street. Here we
can find information about
Belgorod region, such as relief,
minerals, animals. There are a lot
of photos, maps, documents
which tell us about the history,
famous people, different
interesting events of our region.
On visiting the biological halls
you get acquainted with the flora
and the fauna of the Belgorod
region.
Belgorod State Museum of Fine Arts
In this museum you can
see fine collections of
Belgorod artists. Our fine art is
represented by Kosenkov,
Ignatiev, Mamontov, Legeza
and others. On visiting the
halls you get acquainted with
the biography and creativity of
Belgorod artists and sculptors.
Belgorod State museum of folk
culture
Belgorod State museum of folk
culture was opened in 1999.
Shaternikova Nadezhda
Ivanovna is the director of
museum. Here you will find the
Belgorod national collections of
furniture, dress, ceramics and
glass, musical instruments. This
museum tells us the story about
traditions, customs, holidays in
our region.
Literature museum
In this museum we can get
acquainted with the biography
and creativity of famous writers.
I go to the museum. I get
information about people,
events, I discover the secrets of
the past. I enjoy visiting
interesting places of my town. I
study well. Teachers, a computer,
TV, books, parents, libraries,
museums help me to get good
marks.
Drama theatre
I am a theatre-lover I prefer to
visit Drama theatre. It is my
favourite place. I like to sit in the
pit. I try to buy a ticket
beforehand. In the foyer on the
walls I see the photos of the
famous and popular actors and
actresses. I like the performance
and I applaud the actors. I like to
discuss the play if I see it with
my friends.
The Puppet Show Theatre
This theatre is next to
our school. It is a
beautiful building.
Children, pupils and
their parents like to go
to it. You can see
beautiful performance.
The actors work with
dolls.
The center of Belgorod is
Sobornaya Square. It is the most
beautiful place in Belgorod. I usually
visit this square. In Sobornaya Square
we have meetings, holidays, parades,
concerts. Every year there is a very
big New Years Tree in the center of
Sobornaya Square. I like to come to
this square to look at the tree. I like
to spend my free time here.
There are many streets in Belgorod. Most of the
streets are not wide. My favourite street is
Khmelnitsky Street
Khmelnitsky Street is one of the central
streets of Belgorod. It is one the longest and
busiest streets in the city. The traffic is very
heavy in Khmelnitsky Street.
There are so many buses, trolley-buses,
cars. Khmelnitsky Street is one of the most
beautiful streets in Belgorod. There are a lot
of fine buildings in it. Khmelnitsky Street is a
shopping centre. You can buy clothes, shoes,
toys in it.
Popov Street
I would like to tell you about my
favourite street.
This Street stretches from south to north and
begins from the Victory Park. Before the
Revolution this street joined to the market and was
called Old Moscow Street. And it was the main road
to Moscow. In 1928 it was renamed into Pioneer
Street. This street was called Popov Street in
honour of brave and fearless tank-man senior
Lieutenant Andrey Ivanovich Popov. There is a
Medical college by Vinogradskaya the scientific
library, the department store “Belgorod”, musical
school and art exhibition on this street.
Shershnyov Street
Shershnyov street is a beautiful quiet
street. In August 1963 Sadovaya Lane
was renamed in Shershnyov street.
Nikolay Shershnyov was a worker, a
komsomol member from Leningrad. He
was called up to the Soviet Army during
the Great Patriotic war. He took part in
battle og Kursk Bulge in 1943. He didn’t
see his victory, he was killed. Later he
was rewarded with the order of Lenin,
posthumously. There are a lot of sigh
in Shershnyov street: cinema ‘Raduga’,
Puppet Show Theatre, school №20.
Frunze Street
Frunze Street is a very long street of our
city. Its extent is more seven kilometers. It
begins from railway terminal and pulls over
all city.
Many historic facts are connected
with this street.
The memorial board tells us about heroes
of Civil War and Great Patriotic War.
Frunze Street crosses with the street
Kirov There are many enterprises: cement
factory,
experimental
litejnomekhanichesky plant, state bank. In Frunze
street there are many trolley-buses and
buses routes.
I. Put in gaps appropriate words.
1. The name "Belgorod" in English means …
.
2. The population of the city is near …
thousands of people.
3. Belgorod Region is rich mineral resources: ….
4. The heart of Belgorod is ….square
5. In front of Administrative House there is …..
and named after
the great Russian actor…….
6. The halls of the museum acquaint its visitors with collection of
documents, armory, …
, clothes.
II.
Answer the following questions.
l. How can you characterize Belgorod now?
2. What educational buildings do you know?
3. What monuments are situated in the square?
4. What can you tell about Diorama Museum?
III.
Wright down 5 types of questions to the sentence:
Belgorod Land Study Museum presents great historical interest.