Sights of Belgorod

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Sights of Belgorod
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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.
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My native town You are like a flower. My
native town You are like a song. My native
town Youve become much better, Oh, Belgorod,
We love you Best of all.
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Belgorod is an educational and cultural
center. Belgorod has several higher educational
centers. Academies, Universities, colleges,
schools.
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There are many museums
Diorama museum
Belgorod State Museum of Fine Arts
Literature museum
Belgorod Land Study Museum

Belgorod State museum of folk culture
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The city has a Drama Theatre, a Puppet
Show Theatre, a Philarmonic Society, several
concert halls, cinemas, a lot of libraries.
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Cathedrals of Belgorod
Preobrazhensky cathedral

The Temple of Archangel Gabrie
Nicola- Ioasafovsky cathedral
Smolensk? cathedral
The Temple of George the Winner
The cathedral of Matrony Moskovskoi
Krestovozdvizhensky church
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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 Major-General M.P. Lebed
The bust to the tankman A.I. Popov
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Sports complex of Svetlana Khorkina
stadium salyut
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There are many transports in Belgorod buses,
trolleybuses, cars.
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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
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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.


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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.
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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.
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There are a lot of beautiful museums in my city.
My favourite place is Diorama museum. It is
the largest museum in the country. Its 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.
Diorama museum
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Belgorod Land State museum was founded
in 1924. Its 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 Land Study Museum

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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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.
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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 didnt 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.
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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 litejno-mekhanichesky plant, state
bank. In Frunze street there are many
trolley-buses and buses routes.
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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.