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UNIT VI. MURAVYOV’S AGE

Lesson 15. Political Situation in the East at the Beginning of the 19^th Century

1. What do you know about the settlement of the Amur area in the 19th century? Choose a correct answer to complete a sentence.

• The settlement of the Amur area was organized by

a) N.N. Muravyov b) G.I. Nevelskoy

• Nikolay Nikolaevich Muravyov was

a) a Governor - General b) an Admiral

• Gennady Ivanovich Nevelskoy was

a) a round-the world explorer

b) a captain

• N. N. Muravyov and G. I. Nevelskoy were

a) friends b) associates

• Success in joining the Amur territory back to Russia was achieved thanks to

a) the wise policy of the Russian government

b) a tandem of N. N. Muravyov and G. I. Nevelskoy

• It was decided to start the exploration of the Far East because

a) the time came

b) the other countries could occupy this territory

• The first settlers were

a) Cossacks b) peasants

• The main problems for the first settlers were

a) threat from China and the USA b) lack of knowledge about the land and climate

2. Study the key vocabulary:

impetuous - стремительный

predominating influence – господствующее влияние

deterioration of relations – ухудшение отношений

to estimate the threat – оценивать угрозу

to suffice (for) - быть достаточным, удовлетворять

to bother about the uncertainty of an estuary - беспокоиться о неопределенности устья

to deprive of the entire Siberia – лишиться всей Сибири

to capture - захватывать силой; брать в плен

self-willed - произвольный

to secure - обеспечивать безопасность

3. Replace the following words with the synonyms:

Impetuous, predominating, to estimate, to bother, estuary, to deprive, entire, to capture;

4. Fill the gaps with the words and word-combinations from the key vocabulary:

•During World War II Russia could _____________________________ Russian territory.

• Our frontier guards must __________________________________________ of our country.

• Stalin could not ______________________________ of aggression from the Fascist Germany.

•During the economic crisis the development of our country is not so ___________________ as it was before.

•Such measures would __________________________________to stop business corruption.

•Your deeds can’t be ________________________________________ to solve this problem.

•G8 has the __________________________________________________________in the world.

•You should not ________________________________________________as it is not so deep.