Words to remember

candle plant [‘kændl pla:nt] – парафиновый завод;

coat of arms [k әut әf a:mz] – герб;

to deliver [tә di' liv ә] – доставлять;

to distribute [tә di' stribju:t] – распределять;

exile [ek’sail] – ссылка;

excavation [ekskә ‘veiʃn] – раскопки;

flourmill [‘flauәmil] – мукомольный завод;

greenery [‘gri:n әri] – зелень, растительность;

highway [‘haiwei] – автострада, шоссе;

landmark [‘lændma:k] – веха, ориентир;

mansion [‘mænʃn] – большой особняк, дворец;

raft [ra:ft] – плот;

rope works [rәup wә:ks] – веревочный завод;

sawmill [‘so:mil] – лесопилка;

sheepskin plant [ʃi:pskin pla:nt] – овчинный завод;

soap works [sәup wә:ks] – мыловарный завод;

tan-yard [tæn ja:d] – дубильный завод;

trial [traiәl] – суд;

undergo [ʌndә’gәu] – испытывать, подвергаться;

uprising [ʌp’raiziη] – восстание

Exercises

1. Agree or disagree! (Use That's right (you are right); Sorry, that's wrong (you are wrong).

a) The place where Chita is situated was not inhabited from ancient times.

b) 1653 is considered to be the year of Chita's foundation.

3. On the left bank of the river Chita the people of Beketov built some houses which were the beginning of the town of Chita.

3. The first written information about Chita was the information about the population of Chita.

3. Since 1721 a lot of state criminals were exiled from Russia to Dauria, through Chita.

f) In 1762 a lot of people have already lived in Chita.

2. Complete the sentences:

1. Decembrists' stay in Chita was ...

1. In October 1826 the first participants of the uprising in Senatskaya Square…

1. Some wives of Decembrists ...

2. Pushkin's poem «The Message to Siberia» gave ...

3. Towards the end of 1829 ...

f) On July 11, 1851 Chita became...

g) There were already ... houses and ... people living in it.

3. Answer the following questions:

1. When did the first industrial enterprises appear in Chita?

1. They were all rather small, weren't they?

2. Did the revolutionary events of 1905-1907 find their supporters in Chita?

3. What are the names of fighters against tsarism in our parts?

The news about the victory of the revolution of 1917 was met by people of Chita and Zabaikalye with great joy. wasn't it?

Why didn't the local Soviets manage to take power into their hands at once?

g) Was the Great Patriotic war the great trial for all people of our country?

h) Are the names of people from Zabaikalye or from the whole country written on stone walls of the Memorial in Chita (in Pobeda park)?

Say everything you can about the postwar development of Chita (a sentence or more for each pupil).

Prove that: -

a)... the place where Chita is situated was inhabited from ancient times; b)... Moskovski highway played an important role in the history of Chita;

3. ... the population of Chita began to grow in 1801-1803;

3. ... the Decembrists made a great contribution to the development of our town.

6. Describe!

1. Chita's coat of arms.

1. Chita at the beginning of the twentieth century(plants, streets, houses).

2. Postwar Chita.

7. Say what events in the history of Chita the following dates are connected with:

1653, 1687 – 1689, 1721, 1762, 1801 – 1803, 1826 – 1827, 1851, 1858, 1891, 1899, 1957, 1972.

8. Develop the idea of RA. Kropotkin's words: «The history of a small town of Chita was the history of the whole country».