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Read, translate in-writing texts about Luhansk and Odessa, answer the questions after each text.

Luhansk

Luhansk is one of the regional centres of Ukraine. It is situated on the banks of the Luhan and the Vikhova Rivers. The city is large industrial centre. It is called the cradle of southern metallurgy. Such branches of industry as machine building, locomotive building, coal-mining. Light and food are well-developed there.

There are five higher educational establishments in the city. There are also two theatres – the Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre and the puppet theatre – in Luhansk. Beside them there is the philharmonic society, a circus and different museums in it. The most famous of them is the museum of V.I. Dal.

The place, where Luhansk is situated now, was inhabited in the first half of the 17^th century. In the 17^th-18^th centuries that territory was owned by the Don Cossacks Army.

Luhansk as a town was founded in 1795. Nowadays it is a modern city with new districts, wide streets and marvelous parks.

Questions

1. What rivers is Luhansk situated on?

2. What kind of city is it nowadays?

3. What branches of industry are well developed in Luhansk?

4. how many theatres are there in Luhansk?

5. Is it a modern city of Ukraine?

Odessa

Odessa is the Black Sea gateway to Ukraine. It is the country’s largest commercial Black Sea port and a large industrial city. Odessa is a crossroads of cultures, languages and trade.

In the 18^th century Russia took this region and constructed a new port at Odessa. It was named after the ancient Greek colony Odessos. By the 1880-s it was the second-biggest Russian port and an important industrial city.

The beauty of Odessa is in Prymorsky boulevard with its beautiful buildings and the Potemkin Steps. The 193 steps, built between 1827 and 1841, descend from the statue of Duc de Richelieu. At the eastern and of Prymorsky boulevard Pushkin statue and a British cannon since the Crimean War stand in front of the Odessa City Hall.

Several of the city’s fine museums are the Museum of Maritime History, the Literature Museum, the Pushkin Museum, the Museum of Western and Oriental Art and others.

Odessa is famous for its beaches. The southern beaches are less crowded and more picturesque than the northern ones. The Arkadia area is the most popular and has lots of restaurants and activities.

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