Crossword II Down:

1. A low-growing plant, smaller than a tree.

2. Product that is bought and sold.

3. The making of goods on a large scale.

4. Wood cut and made suitable for building.

5. The degree of heat or cold.

6. The average conditions of the weather in a place.

7. The work of getting minerals.

8. The wide mouth of a river into which the tide flows.

9. An advantage, an improvement.

10. A place from which activities are controlled and from which orders are sent out.

11. Black mineral which burns and supplies heat.

12. A group of the same kind.

13. A capital of the Far Eastern Federal Okrug.

14. All the animals found in a certain area or period.

Across:

1. An area of land, a region.

2. A tree with cones.

3. The degree of moisture.

4. All the wealth of a country and all its means of defense.

5. One of the biggest oblast in Russia where the fish industry is the most developed.

6. A group of families living as community under one or more chiefs.

7. All the plants of a particular region.

8. The total number of inhabitants of any town or country.

9. The land near the line that separates one country or state from another.

10. A brilliant precious stone.

11. A sort, a kind.

12. The power or right to give orders.

Contents

Предисловие 3

I. THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 4

Text Flora and fauna of the Russian Far East 5

Text Mineral resources. Population 6

II. THE KHABAROVSKY KRAI 16

III. THE ECONOMY OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 21

Text 1. General Economic Profile of the Russian Far East 21

Text 2. Extra information on the economy of the Russian Far East 23

Resource Potential 23

Agriculture 23

Industry 24

Construction 27

Transport 27

Foreign Relationships of the Russian Far East 28

Text 3. The Economy of the Khabarovsky Krai 29

Text 4. The Rusian Far East economy through the figures 34

IV. STUDY THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT

THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 39

Text When did the pioneers first appear in the Far East? 39

Text What geographical discoveries were made as the pioneers went

on their travels? 40

Text Who was Bering after whom a sea, a strait and an island were

named? 40

Text From the history of the Far East 41

Text The history of the origin of the Far Eastern Minority Tribes 43

Text Mighty Amur 44

Text Two banks of one river: Russia and China. Problems of ecology 45

Text Amur tiger 47

Text Far Eastern leopard 48

Text Bears 50

Text Kunst and Alberts 53

V. CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE 54

Test 54

Crossword I 57

Crossword II 58