Тема 4. EKATERINBURG

Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Ural Region, is situated on the Isset River. It was founded in 1723 by Tatischev. In 1924 it was given the name of Sverdlovsk. In 1991 the former name was returned.

Nowadays Yekaterinburg is a large industrial, scientific and cultural centre of the Urals. Its population is more than two million people.

From the very beginning the town grew and developed as a centre of in­dustry. At present Yekaterinburg is one of the largest industrial centres of our country. There are many plants and factories in the city.

Yekaterinburg is a large cultural centre. There are a lot of theatres, museums, historical places in our city. We have the Opera House, the Drama Theatre, the Musical Comedy Theatre, the Children's Theatre, the Puppet Show and others. The picture Gallery is famous all over the world.

Yekaterinburg is also a centre of learning in the Urals. One can find many Universities, Academies and Institutes here. Ural Branch of Academy of Sciences carries out a lot of important research. There are lots of educational establishments in Yekaterinburg and about 70 scientific research institutes. The Academy was founded in 1932. The Ural State University was the first Univer­sity in the city.

In the centre of the city there are many banks and offices.

Yekaterinburg is divided into several districts. They are connected with each other by the city transport. There are such means of transport as trams, trolleybuses, buses, taxis. The underground is being constructed in the city now. The city traffic is heavy during the day. The streets of Yekaterinburg are wide and straight.

There are many places of interest in our city. The tourists like to visit 1905 square, the Historical Square, the Eternal Flame and others. All of them are the places of our history.

Тема 5. OUR INSTITUTE

I am a first-year student of Ural Institute for the Railway Transport. We study spe­cialities in economics, management and psychology. At present the Institute trains more than one thousand students. Education is carried out in full-time, part-time and correspondence forms.

I study at the Law Department (Economics, Psychology, Management). My future profession is a manager. We learn many disciplines, such as: philosophy, logics, ethics, aesthetics, religion science, math­ematics, computer, statistics and foreign languages.

In their second - fourth years students get profound training for their future specialities. At the Law Faculty they study theory of state and law, constitution­al, Roman, civil and criminal law and other subjects.

At the Faculty of Economics students study the world economics, interna­tional economic relations, finance, credit, taxes and taxation, audit, banking leg­islation and so on.

At the Faculty of Psychology the main subjects are general, experimental, social, medical, pedagogical, age psychology and a number of special courses.

At the faculty of Management the students study industrial management, innovation management, statistics, finance.

Twice a year we come to the Institute to listen to the lectures and take ex­aminations.

Тема 6. MOSCOW

Moscow is the capital of Russia. It is situated in the centre of the European part of Russia on the Moscva river. It has a population of about 9 million peo­ple. Its territory covers 1000 square kilometres. Moscow is more than eight cen­turies old. It was founded in 1147. It is the largest city in the country and one of the most important industrial, political, cultural and scientific centres in the world.

Moscow is famous for its places of interest, such as: the Red Square, the Kremlin - the seat of the Russian government, the Tretyakovsky Gallery, the Historical Museum and many others. Many beautiful monuments and parks, fashionable shops and modern hotels, theatres and churches decorate the city.

Moscow has multi-economic industry. Its main branches are: machine-build­ing, metal-processing and automobile-building industries.

Moscow is a large educational centre. There are more than 80 Higher Educa­tional Establishments there.

Moscow preserves the beauty of its rich historical past and creates a new image of the modern nowadays.

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