- •History of russian seafaring
- •Unit I How Russian explorers reached the Pacific Ocean,
- •Exercises
- •VII. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VIII. Grammar revision
- •IX. Answer about the article
- •X. Insert prepositions
- •XI. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XII. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XIII. Give English equivalents
- •XIV. Tell your classmates about how Russian explorers reached the Pacific Ocean
- •Unit II
- •The Azov campaigns of Peter the Great and the founding of
- •The Russian Navy,
- •Exercises
- •VII. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VIII. Grammar revision
- •IX. Answer about the article
- •X. Insert prepositions
- •XI. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XII. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XIII. Give English equivalents
- •XIV. Tell your classmates about the Azov campaign of Russia unit III The expedition of Bering and Chirikov,
- •Exercises
- •VI. Give Russian equivalents
- •VII. Grammar revision
- •VIII. Answer the questions
- •IX. Insert prepositions
- •X. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XI. Give English equivalents
- •XII. Translate into English
- •Unit IV The second Kamchatka expedition,
- •Exercises
- •I. Read and translate the information using the vocabulary
- •II. Translate the verbs, give the three forms
- •III. Give Russian equivalents
- •IV. Grammar revision
- •V. Answer the questions
- •VI. Insert prepositions
- •VII. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •VIII. Agree or disagree to the following statements
- •IX. Give English equivalents
- •X. Translate into English
- •Unit V Mikhail Lomonosov,
- •Exercises
- •VII. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VIII. Grammar revision
- •IX. Answer about the article
- •X. Insert prepositions
- •XI. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XII. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XIII. Give English equivalents
- •XIV. Tell your classmates about a great Russian scientist or explorer unit VI Admiral Spiridov and the battle of Chesma,
- •Exercises
- •VII. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VIII. Arrange the following in pairs of antonyms
- •IX. Grammar revision
- •X. Answer about the article
- •XI. Insert prepositions
- •XII. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XIII. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XIV. Give English equivalents
- •XV. Tell your classmates about the victory of the Russian fleet in the battle of Chesma
- •Unit VII
- •The first voyage of Russian seamen round the world
- •(I. Krusenstern and y. Lisyansky),
- •Exercises
- •VII. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VIII. Grammar revision
- •IX. Answer about the article
- •X. Insert prepositions
- •XI. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XII. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XIII. Give English equivalents
- •XIV. Tell your classmates about the first Russian round-the-world expedition unit VIII The first voyage of Russian seamen round the world,
- •Exercises
- •VII. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VIII. Grammar revision
- •IX. Answer about the article
- •X. Insert prepositions
- •XI. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XII. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XIII. Give English equivalents
- •XIV. Tell your classmates about the first voyage of Russian seamen round the world
- •Unit IX
- •The discovery of the Antarctic Continent
- •By f. F. Bellingshausen and m. P. Lazarev,
- •Exercises
- •VII. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VIII. Answer about the article
- •IX. Insert prepositions
- •X. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XI. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XII. Give English equivalents
- •XIII. Tell your classmates about the discovery of the Antarctic continent by Russian seafarers unit X Admiral Dmitry Senyavin,
- •Exercises
- •V. Give Russian equivalents
- •VI. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VII. Grammar revision
- •VIII. Answer about the article
- •IX. Insert prepositions
- •X. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XI. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XII. Give English equivalents
- •XIII. Tell your classmates about Dmitry Nikolayevich Senyavin unit XI Brig Mercury,
- •Principal dimensions of the ship:
- •Exercises
- •VII. Answer the questions
- •VIII. Insert prepositions and adverbs
- •IX. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •X. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XI. Give English equivalents
- •XII. Tell your classmates all you know about the feat of the brig’s crew unit XII the far eastern territories
- •Exercises
- •VII. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VIII. Answer about the article
- •IX. Insert prepositions
- •X. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XI. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XII. Give English equivalents
- •XIII. Tell your classmates about the history of the Russian Far Eastern territories unit XIII Arctic Politics
- •Exercises
- •VII. Arrange the following in pairs of synonyms
- •VIII. Arrange the following in pairs of antonyms
- •IX. Grammar revision
- •X. Answer about the article
- •XI. Insert prepositions
- •XII. Insert the proper words, see the words below
- •XIII. Say in one word, see the words below
- •XIV. Give English equivalents
- •XVI. Tell your partner about the Arctic
IX. Insert prepositions
The article refers … the annexation of the southeast corner of Siberia.
The two areas involved are … the Amur river and the Stanovoy Range and the territory which runs … the coast … the Korean border.
In 1643 Russian adventurers spilled … the Stanovoys.
… the treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) the two empires recognized the Stanovoy and the Argun River as their border.
This remained stable … 1840s.
They were followed … Russians like Shelikhov and Resanov.
They were mainly concerned … the new Russian colonies in Alaska.
Nevelskoy proved that the Strait of Tartary was connected … the Amur’s estuary … a narrow section.
In 1787 the coasts of the strait were charted … La Perouse.
Nevelskoy passed the strait … the north.
Nevelskoy also established other forts … the mouth of the Amur.
Muravyov converted 20,000 mining serfs … Cossacks.
In 1858, in Aigun, Muravyov presented the local governor … a treaty.
This treaty assigned all the land north of the Amur … Russia.
and declared the area east of the Ussuri River and south of the Amur to be a Russo-Chinese condominium until further negotiations.
Muravyov founded Khabarovsk … the mouth of the Ussuri.
… July 2, 1860 the military supply ship Manchur, … the command of Captain-Lieutenant Alexey Shefner, called … the Golden Horn Bay to found an outpost called Vladivostok.
Admiral Yevfimy Putyatin made a separate deal … the Chinese.
… the frontier he found that the Chinese had rejected the treaty.
… the Russo-Chinese Convention .. November 14, 1860, all the lands north … the Amur and east … the Ussuri ceded … Russia.
… pure diplomacy the Russians took advantage … Chinese weakness.
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It was the northern … of the Chinese-Korean-Manchur world.
In 1643 Russian … spilled over the Stanovoys.
The two empires recognized the Stanovoy and the Argun River as their…
… number of British, French and American vessels began entering the Pacific.
This raised the problem of naval … of the east coast of Siberia.
He … that the Strait of Tartary was not a gulf, but indeed a strait.
The Tartar Strait was a … to European explorers.
The Tartar Strait, when approached from the south, becomes increasingly …
In 1787 the coasts of the strait were … by La Perouse.
Later two more European seafarers failed to … the strait.
In 1850 Nevelskoy … Nikolayevsk-on-Amur.
Nikolay Muravyov … 20,000 mining serfs into Cossacks.
The Chinese declared this to be …, but did nothing.
The … minister Alexander Gorchakov decided that it was time to “activate Russian Far Eastern policy”.
On July 2, 1860 the military supply ship Manchur called at the Golden Horn Bay to found an … called Vladivostok.
Major-General Nikolay Ignatyev was assigned to … the Russian weapons and instructors.
At the frontier he found that the Chinese had … the treaty.
The Russians took … of Chinese weakness.
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