Topical Vocabulary

adoption – принятие

reliable – надежный

to determine – определить

benefit – выгодa

the joint session – объединенная сессия

concurrently – одновременно

in accordance with – в соответствии с

to be entitled to smth. – иметь право на что-либо

provision - положение

amendment – поправка, исправление

supplement – дополнение, добавление

to endorse – одобрять, поддерживать

to supervise – смотреть, наблюдать

commissioner – специальный уполномоченный

thereto – кроме того, к тому же

wield – владеть

codes – кодекс, свод законов, моральные нормы

to stand out – выделяться, выступать

competence – полномочия, компетенция

set up - распорядок

spell out - указывать

continuous - постоянный

eliminate – устранять

Answer the questions:

1. When was State Sovereignty of Bashkortostan adopted?

2. What has Sovereignty given to the Republic?

3. What is the supreme representative and legislative body of the Republic?

4. Who determines the domestic and foreign policies of the Republic?

5. What Chamber makes Codes and Law?

Translate into English:

1. Принятие Декларации о государственном суверенитете Башкортостана открыло новую эпоху в развитии Республики.

2. Суверенитет дал Республике возможность независимо определять свою экономическую политику.

3. Государственное Собрание – Курултай Республики Башкортостан является верховным законодательным органом Республики.

4. Объединенная сессия обеих палат избирает председателя Государственного Собрания.

5. Государственное Собрание имеет право принять Конституцию, свод законов, любые поправки.

5. Sterlitamak

I live in Russia, in the Republic of Bashkortostan. Our Republic is located along the South Urals forming a natural border between Europe and Asia. There are over 20 cities and towns in the Republic. Sterlitamak is the second largest city of Bashkortostan after Ufa. It was founded in 1766. It stands on the banks of the rivers Sterlya, Belaya, Ashkadar. More than 260 thousand people live there.

Sterlitamak is a main industrial and cultural centre. It is a major centre of chemical industry not only of the Republic of Bashkortostan, but of the whole of Russia.

More than 50 thousand employees engage at 500 hundred industries and construction sites.

The largest factories are: the "Soda" Joint-Stock Company, the Petrochemical Plant Joint-Stock Company, the "Kaustik" Joint-Stock Company, and the «Avangard» Joint-Stock Company, the "Kauchuk" Joint-Stock Company.

Machine building also remains the main branch of industry. The "Machine-tool Building Factory" Joint-Stock Company produces not only machines, but quite a lot of consumer goods.

The "Inmash" Concern is known as the "factory of the future". It produces industrial robots, wood-cutting machines, shoe-making machines, mini-motors and other machines.

There is also the Leather-Processing Plant, the Foot wear factory, the Garment Factory, the Food industry companies.

Sterlitamak can be called a city of students. There are 9 industrial vocational schools, 8 secondary specialized educational institutions, the Pedagogical Academy, the branch of the Ufa Oil University, the Sterlitamak Law Department of the Bashkir State University, the branch of Al l-Russia Financial Institute.

Sterlitamak is a city of Sports. Sportsmen and sport fans can make use of 4 stadiums, 2 Physical Culture Houses with swimming pools, a ski-jump, gum halls, the city chess and draughts club, physical-training and fitness centre, the city tourist centre, numerous sport grounds, three children's and teenager's sport schools. There is the Physical Training College and the Physical Training Academy.

Sterlitamak is a big cultural centre. There are some theaters there: the Russian Drama Theatre, the Bashkir Theatre, the Dance Theatre, the Bashkir-Tatar Philharmonic Society.

There are some museums, cinema-theatres, the Park of Culture and Recreation, three Culture Palaces, the Republican Culture College.

The city becomes cleaner and more beautiful and very attractive.

I like my native town very much.