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1. 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.
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.
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