Khabarovsk
Pre-text exercises
Ex. 1. Read the following words and word-combinations:
settlement поселение
remote отдалённый
CIS (Commonwealth of СНГ (Содружество Независимых Independent States) Государств)
route маршрут
flight полёт, перелёт
cargo груз
enterprise предприятие
joint venture совместное предприятие
joint stock company акционерное общество
advanced передовой
experience опыт (жизненный)
achievement достижение
considerable значительный, важный
to be engaged in быть занятым чем-либо
comprehensive всесторонний
treasury сокровищница
canvas холст, картина
outstanding выдающийся, знаменитый
display показ, выставка
picturesque живописный
Ex. 4. Read the text.
Khabarovsk
Khabarovsk is one of the largest cities in the Far East and the administrative center of the Khabarovsk Territory. It is situated in the south of the region on the right bank of the Amur and stretches for 28 miles. The area of the city is about 154 square miles. The population of the Territory is under 2 million, over 650 thousand live in Khabarovsk.
The history of Khabarovsk goes back to the 19th century. It was a small military settlement founded by the soldiers of the 13th Siberian Battalion under the command of Captain Dyachenko. In 1893 the military post of Khabarovka was turned into Khabarovsk.
Nowadays Khabarovsk is a major transport center, which connects remote Eastern parts of Russia with the CIS and Pacific Rim countries. Its railway station, international airport, Amur river port are the largest in the Far East and Siberia. The Transsiberian Railroad built in 1916 is over 6000 miles long.
Khabarovsk airport with its international terminal is the second largest airport in Russia after Moscow. There are 40 domestic routes and regular flights to Japan, China, North and South Korea, the USA, Singapore as well as charter flights to many countries of the world. The Amur Shipping Company carries cargo to many seaports of our country and abroad.
Khabarovsk is an important industrial center of the region. The products of many enterprises are well known all over the world and exported to more than 50 countries, among them are Finland and Japan, Turkey and Bulgaria and others. Lately about 250 joint ventures, commercial banks and joint stock companies have been set up in the city.
Unique nature and rich natural resources attract foreign investors. Russian partners are interested in foreign capital, advanced know-how and managerial experience of other countries.
Khabarovsk is one of the largest educational and scientific centers in the country. There are nearly 80 schools, 15 universities and academies in the city which train specialists in the field of engineering, transport, education, medicine, commerce and finance, state and military service.
Achievements in science are very considerable. Scientific Research Institutes are engaged in the comprehensive study of the Far Eastern ecological systems, processes in the earth's crust. The scientists work out the scientific basis for fishery and fishbreeding, forestry and wood industry, geology and agriculture.
Khabarovsk is a large cultural center. Its Symphony orchestra, Drama, Musical and Youth Theatres are well known not only in Russia but also in many countries of the world.
The Museum of Regional Studies founded in 1894 is a treasury of historical documents and exhibits. The Khabarovsk Art Museum founded in 1931 has the richest collection of original works of antique art and Renaissance, canvases by Rembrandt, Rubens, Monet. Art works by outstanding Russian painters Repin, Levitan, Polenov and others are on display there.
Khabarovsk is a center of tourism. Annually thousands of foreign guests visit our beautiful, picturesque city, as there is much interesting to see in it.
Ex. 9. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.
Хабаровск - один из крупнейших городов Дальнего Востока.
Хабаровск расположен на правом берегу реки Амур.
Население города 650000 человек.
Военное поселение было основано в 1858 году солдатами капитана Дьяченко.
Военный пост Хабаровка был преобразован в город Хабаровск в 1893 году.
Хабаровск - главный транспортный центр. Он соединяет отдалённые районы Восточной Сибири и Дальнего Востока со странами СНГ и АТР.
Транссибирская магистраль была построена в 1916 году.
40 внутренних маршрутов и регулярные полёты соединяют российские и зарубежные города.
Продукция многих промышленных предприятий Хабаровска известна во всём мире.
За последнее время в городе создано много акционерных обществ и около 250 совместных предприятий.
Зарубежных инвесторов привлекают уникальная природа и богатые ресурсы Дальнего Востока.
Российские бизнесмены интересуются управленческим опытом и передовыми технологиями зарубежных стран.
Научно-исследовательские институты занимаются всесторонним изучением экологической системы Дальнего Востока.
Учёные разрабатывают основы лесной и лесоперерабатывающей промышленности, геологии и сельского хозяйства.
Художественный музей, основанный в 1931 году, имеет богатейшую коллекцию подлинников художников эпохи Возрождения.