ГДЗ по Английскому языку 7 класс учебник Кузовлев В.П., Перегудова Э.Ш., Лапа Н.М. номер 2

2. В твоей культуре. Вот несколько фактов из истории Санкт-Петербурга 1) I b факты в хронологическом порядке 5) St Peterburg was founded by Peter the Great оп May 27, 1703 1) The Peter and Paul Cathedral was designed by Domenico Trezzini at the beginning of the eighteenth century 2) The Mikhailovsky Castle was built by Vasili Bazhenov and Vincenzo Brenna at the beginning of the nineteenth century 4) The magnificent kazan Cathedral was built in 1811 7) The Dutch Church was housed un the beautiful building is Newsky Prospect in 1831-1837 3) St Isaac's Cathedral was decorated by famous Russian painters in the middle of the nineteenth century 6) The Victory Monument was created in 1975 2) Работа в парах. Обратитесь к учителю за дополнительной информацией о достопримечательностях Санкт-Петербурга St. Petersburg was the first Russian city built in imitation of western European cities. Its magnificent palaces, handsome public buildings, and wide public squares resemble those of such cities as London, Paris, and Vienna. In the early 1800 s, a commission that included noted Italian architect Carlo Rossi established a design for the centre of the city that includes a series of squares The city has had three names. Czar Peter I (the Great) founded it in 1703 as St Petersburg. After Russia went to war against Germany in 1914, at the start of World War I, the name was changed to Petrograd. The country's officials chose this name, which means Peter's City in Russian, to get rid of the German ending burg In 1922, the Soviet Union was formed under the leadership of Russia. In 1924 the Soviet Unions Communist government renamed the city in honour of V. I Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Communist Party. In 1991 — as Communist influence in the Soviet Union declined — the people of the city voted in a nonbinding referendum tu restore the name St. Petersburg. In September 1991 the Soviet government officially approved the name change. In December 1991 the Soviet Union was dissolved, and Russia became an independent nation The city lies on a marshy lowland where the Neva River empties into the Gulf of Finland, at about 60° north latitude. Because of its far northern location, St

Petersburg has very short periods of daylight in winter. For about three weeks in June, it has “white nights" during which the sky is never completely dark The centre of St. Petersburg is on the southern bank of the Neva. This area includes the main business district and most of St. Petersburg's famous buildings Many fine examples of baroque and neo-classical architecture have been preserved in the а: са, and few modern structures have been built there. The city has about 900 small rivers and canals and about 400 bridges The historic Winter Palace (i1uw the Hermitage Museum)» completed in 1762 stands in the centre of the city. The palace was the winter home of the czars. The General Staff Building, designed by Rossi and completed in 1829, stands across Palace Square from the Winter Palace. Several blocks away is the Cathedral of St Isaac of Dalmatia, whose massive golden dome dominates St. Petersburg's skyline. The Peter and Paul Fortress, beyun in 1703, is the oldest building in St Petersburg. Many Russian czars are buried in a cathedral at the fortress Tlic centre of St. Petersburg is surrounded by old residential areas that have stone or brick apartment buildings. Near the outskirts of the city there are thousands of modern concrete apartment buildings. The western section of St Petersburg is the chief industrial district of the city Several luxurious palaces built in the 1700 s still stand in three suburbs of St Petersburg—Pavlovsk, Petrodvorets, and Pushkin. These palaces, famed for their architectural excellence, were summer homes of the czars. Today, they are popular resorts and tourist attractions 3) Что ты расскажешь туристам о достопримечательностях Петербурга? 1) The Winter Palace was built and designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli 2) The Hermitage museum was founded in 1764 3) The Summer Gardens were decorated with wonderful sculptures in the eighteenth century 4) The famous St Petersburg bridges were designed and decorated by well-known architects 5) The Catherine Palace was designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli for Tsarin> Elisabeth 6) The Peterhof palaces were restored and redecorated after the Great Patriotic War