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.pdfeducationa1 establishments. there are now more than ten higher educational establishments in the region. The year 1991 saw the opening of the Tyumen Institute of Arts and Culture, followed a little later by the Teacher Training Institute in Nizhnevartovsk.
A special role in the training of specialists is played by the State Oil and Gas University, which was reorganized this year from the Tyumen Industrial Institute, founded thirty years ago. The University has more than 7500 students in its sixteen faculties. Its 49 departments train specialists in 21 different fields. The staff includes 27 doctors of science and professors and 280 candidates of science and senior lecturers.
The institute's television center broadcasts regularly offering lectures in physics, higher mathematics and other subjects for extra-mural students. A department of education television was set up in 1972. The stereoscopy laboratory has produced some interesting work. It was become a base for setting up laser technology laboratories. The results of its work are now being applied in medicine and instrument making.
Many of the university's graduates are now in charge of geological expeditions and oil refineries or work in research departments. They include Russia's minister of fuel and power, Yuri Shafranik, the president of the first oil company "Yukos", Sergei Muravlenko, who plans Russia's oil strategy, and the head of the administration of the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district, Yuri Neyelov.
The region's second most important higher educational establishment is Tyumen State University, founded in 1973 on the basis of Western Siberia's oldest teacher training institute. It has 20 doctors of science and more than 200 candidates on the staff. More than 5000 students in fourteen different fields are studying at its eleven departments. There are three centers of training in the university structure – the humanities, physicomathematics and the natural sciences. It has recently introduced the subject of "management in the state sphere" for the first time in Russia. This combines legal, administrative, economic and sociological knowledge.
The University is constantly improving its laboratory and teaching facilities, such as language laboratories and computer classes. It takes pride in the university library, the nucleus of which was a collection of books belonging to the eminent Siberian educationalist I. Y. Slovtsov. The university under Professor Gennady Kutsev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, collaborates under various direct agreements in Canada, France and Germany. It organizes student exchanges and invites authoritative foreign specialists to give lectures. In November 1994, together with the regional museum and the St. Petersburg Institute of the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the university is to hold an international conference on "Problems of culturogenesis and the cultural heritage". Tyumen specialists have produced some valuable archaeological, ethnographic and culturological material.
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Nikolai Karnaukhov: The start of the development of oil and gas deposits in Tyumen Region has created a need to train professionals in different spheres of industry.
In the sixties there where as many as four institutes in the region, the Tyumen Agricultural Institute, and three pedagogical institutes located in Tyumen, Ishim, and Tobolsk.
The Medical and Industrial Institutes were opened in Tyumen in 1963. In 1994 the Industrial Institute received the status of a State Oil and Gas University owing to its national significance.
The Engineering and Construction Institute was founded on the basis of the Industrial Institute in 1971. In 1973 the Tyumen Pedagogical Institute was renamed the State University.
The Tyumen Institute of Culture and Art was formed on the basis of the Chelyabinsk Culture Institute in 1991.
At present there are 13 higher education institutions in the region at which more than 20000 students are now studying. The Surgut University, the Nizhnevartovsk Pedagogical Institute, and the International College in Tyumen have been opened in the region over the last two years. The regional institutions of higher education have their faculties and training-consultative points in the cities of Surgut, Nizhnevartovsk, Novy Urengoi, Nyagan, Noyabrsk, Langepas, Tarko-Sal, Khanty-Mansiysk, and Tobolsk.
These Basic institutions and their branches train specialists in all fields necessary for the region, for its industrial and cultural development, improvement of its environment, public order and education. The staff of the region's higher educational institutions boasts 156 Doctors of Science and 14 Academicians.
Over the last 20 years they have trained more than 100000 highly qualified specialists in 68 professions. A total of 75 percent of their graduates work in Tyumen Region. Many occupy leading posts in the management and economic structures in the city, the region and the country:
Y. Shafranik – the Fuel and Energy Minister of the Russian Federation; A. Putilov – President of the Russian joint stock company Rosneft;
V. Remizov – Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Russian joint stock company Rosneft;
S. Muravlenko – President of the joint stock company "Yukos";
V. Bogdanov – Director General of the limited liability company "Surgutneftegaz";
I. Levinzon – Director General of the joint stock company "Purneftegazgeologia";
V. Andreyev – Director General of "Krasnoleninskneftegeologia";
V. Chepuski – Director General of the industrial association "Sibnefteprovod".
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There arc more than 30 research and design institutes in Tyumen Region, including three institutes of the Siberian branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences – Institute for the Problems of the Development of the North, Institute of the Mechanics of Multiphase System, and the Institute of the Earth Cryosphere.
In addition, there are three institutes of the Russian Agricultural Academy, the research institute of the Siberian branch of the Academy of Medicine Sciences, and 23 branch research institutes.
More than 8000 people work in the above mentioned scientific institutions, 380 of them have scientific degrees and rank. The work of its staff is aimed at finding solutions to the economic development of the Western-Siberian region.
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34. Read the text about the Omsk State Technical University and try to retell it:
THE OMSK STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
On the 21-th of November the Ma- chine-Building Institute was founded in Omsk. There were only two departments at that time: technological and mechanical. They trained engineers on 6 specialities.
In 1963 the Ma- chine-Building Institute was renamed into
the Polytechnic one with 7 departments on 12 specialities. The post graduate courses were opened also at that time.
Since 1993 the Omsk Polytechnic Institute was called the State Technical University. Now the State Technical University trains specialists at 12 departments (9 day-time and 3 part-time departments) on 22 specialities. The post graduate courses and courses of Ph. Degree trained scientific research workers.
The Omsk State Technical University is one of the leading educational centre in Russia, a scientific and educational centre of the West Siberian Region.
In 1991 the Regional Centre of training qualified specialists was opened
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in the field of management.
The purpose training of radioengineers and other specialists has been opened since 1983. During the period of 1990-1991 849 specialists have graduated from the University on the base of contracts with industrial enterprises.
There are 8 buildings for students study, one computing centre, a stereolaboratory, 7 students hostels, a students dining hall, a medical centre, a sanatorium for students, a sports camp in the beautiful zone of the Omsk Region – Chernoluchje." The University’s library is one of the biggest in Omsk. It contains 1091485 volumes of educational and scientific literature.
The Omsk State Technical University is proud of 12 Academicians and correspondent members of the Russian Academy of sciences.
The Omsk State Technical University is famous for its student’s traditions. The student’s amateur activities are known to many music fans in Omsk: there is a student’s violin ansemble, the folk University Chorus which recorded its performance of Mozart Requiem with Omsk symphony orchestra. There is student’s drama, vocal KVN studio and other ansembles.
Among the famous graduates of the Technical University there are 9 Laureates of State Prizes, 50 Laureates of different other Prizes. Many graduates of the University are at the head of the industrial enterprises; some of the graduates are famous social leaders. Many graduates work in the different fields of science and culture in Russia, Western Siberia and Omsk.
The international contacts include educational and scientific cooperation with different countries of the world: among them the USA, England, Germany, China and others.
The Omsk State Technical University is proud of its sportsmen among students and teachers. They take an active part in mass sports competitions of international and local importance. There are many famous sportsmen of Russia Prizes and International masters in chess, wrestling and other fields of sports activities.
35.Answer the following questions:
1.When was the Machine-Building Institute renamed into Polytechnic one?
2.How many departments are there in the Omsk State Technical University?
3.What was opened in 1991 in the Omsk State Technical University?
4.What is the University’s library famous for?
5.What are the student’s amateur activities in the Omsk State Technical University?
6.Are there any Laureates of State Prizes among the graduates of the Omsk State Technical University?
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7.What can you tell about the international contacts?
8.How many buildings are there for students study?
9.What can you tell about sportslife of the Omsk State Technical University?
10.Is the Omsk State Technical University one of the leading educational centre in Russia, a scientific and educational centre of the West Siberian Region?
36. What do these figures mean?
7500, 27, 1973, 100000, 49, 13, 8000
37.Choose the right answer:
1.The main trends of scientific research are connected with:
a)global problems;
b)local problems;
c)cultural problems.
2.What subject combines legal, administrative, economic and sociological knowledge?
a)philosophy and social science;
b)management in the state sphere;
c)jurisprudence.
3.There are special programs where a great attention is paid to:
a)climate;
b)mineral resources;
c)ethnography.
4.How many research and design institutes are branches of the Russian Academy of Sciences?
a)about 30;
b)less than 30;
c)more than 30.
38.Tell about universities in your region. You may take the texts you have read as a sample.
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39.Make an advertisement of the Institute you study at. Use the plan.
1.The name of the Institute? Location (city, region).
2.Faculties and specialities which one can get after the graduation.
3.Opportunities for continuing education (post-graduate departments, degrees which one can get).
4.Extra courses (Foreign languages, computing etc.).
5.Where do graduates from the Institute work (in Russia and abroad).
6.Contacts with other educational institutions (in Russia and abroad).
7.Extra opportunities for studying (library, Internet and computer centres, laboratories, places where students have their practice).
8.Your own reasons for having chosen this Institute.
40.Look through these texts and try to guess what universities are described here:
A.That University was founded in 1942. Today it trains specialists at 12 departments on 22 specialties. There are 8 buildings for student's study, one computing center, a printing center, a stereolaboratory, a medical center, a sanatorium for students.
The whole number of scientific researches is carried out in the fields of machine building, radio engineering, computing, measuring technique, chemical engineering and energetic. The University is proud of 12 Academicians and correspondent members of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
B.This very University is one of the youngest high educational institutions in Siberia. The University has plenty to offer to make it your choice: you may be a full - time student or you may study by correspondence.
There is a well-stocked library center, equipped with a large range of literature to meet the needs of students and to support the teaching and the research. All the students spend weeks on teaching practice in demonstration schools. Here they take on active part in discussing criticism - lessons under the guidance of the supervisors on school - practice. The university is proud of its sportsmen among teachers and students. The sportsmen take an active part in mass sports competitions of international and local importance.
C.University programs are delivered in full-time, part-time and extramural models through lectures, seminars, practice classes including individual studies in libraries. The University full-time program's last for five years (with the exception of that at the commerce Division, which lasts for four years) and
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usually involve modules of disciplines: general humanitarian disciplines, subject
– general disciplines, specialist or subject – specific disciplines.
The university offers also the possibility of study at postgraduate level and awards degrees including Candidate and Doctor's degrees in Mathematics, Computer science, Physics, Chemistry, Law, Economics, Labor Economics; as well as Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, and Marketing.
41. Translate this text without using a dictionary:
Знаете ли вы, что первая школа в Омске была открыта спустя полвека после основания города – в 1765 году? До этого дети обучались в Тобольской гарнизонной школе.
Омская школа имела усиленный курс обучения, поэтому в ней продолжали обучение способные дети из других близлежащих крепостей. Учебное заведение готовило писарей и топографов. Кроме основ грамоты и арифметики здесь велись занятия по воинской службе и музыке.
42. Could you answer why first years there was no school in Omsk? These words can help you guess:
the Cossacks the exiles the prisoners only males
population of the first fortress
43.How many numerals can you find in the text?
44.How many universities are there in Siberia, in Omsk, in your native city?
45.Translate the text and explain why Tomsk and Athens may be compared:
ПЕРВЫЙ УНИВЕРСИТЕТ СИБИРИ
В огромном крае, население которого быстро увеличивалось, не только не было ни одного высшего заведения, но и простых было мало.
Открытая в 1872 году в Омске учительская семинария явилась первым учебным заведением в Западной Сибири, готовившим преподавателей. Но так как нужда в образованных людях росла с каждым днем, остро
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стал вопрос об открытии своего университета. Несмотря на то, что звучали голоса и против этой идеи, царское правительство решилось пойти навстречу интересам далекой сибирской окраины.
В Сибири весть эта вызвала необычайный подъем, вследствие чего между городами разгорелся спор – где быть первому университету? Претендовали на эту честь Тюмень, Тобольск, Омск, Томск, Красноярск и Иркутск. У каждого были свои доводы. Спор, как известно, решился в пользу Томска, получившего благодаря этому наименование «сибирские Афины».
22 июня 1888 года здесь в торжественной обстановке состоялось открытие университета, по случаю чего была выбита памятная медаль. В центре ее – изображение университета, вверху красуется звезда в лучах, а внизу помещен томский городской герб.
Так в Сибири появился первый университет.
(По И. Петрову)
46. Find the proper English equivalents for Russian words:
специальный (special/specific)
кадетский корпус (military school/cadet corps) грамотный (grammatical/literate)
уездный (regional/territorial)
чиновник (government official/bureaucrat) курсант (student/military man)
гимназия (gym/grammar school) кадет (cadet/officer)
47. Divide into 2 or 3 groups and translate the text into English:
СИБИРСКИЙ КАДЕТСКИЙ КОРПУС
Когда в 1807 году командир отдельного Сибирского корпуса гене- рал-лейтенант Григорий Иванович Глазенап приехал в Сибирь, он был поражен невежеством и полным отсутствием образования среди казачества. Нужны были грамотные офицеры и чиновники, а на всю Сибирь имелось только две гимназии, три уездных училища и две специальные школы. В Омске тогда была только Азиатская школа, выпускавшая переводчиков и топографов. 1 мая 1813 года по инициативе Глазенапа открывается первое учебно-военное заведение – Войсковое казачье училище. В училище принимались в основном дети казаков и содержались на средства казачьего войска.
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С годами не раз менялось название этого заведения: кадетский корпус, военная гимназия, Омский кадетский корпус, Высшее общевойсковое командное училище. Росло количество воспитанников, менялись структура и сроки обучения, но неизменным оставалось сочетание общего образования с военным, воспитание кадет (гимназистов, курсантов) в духе преданности Отечеству.
Из стен этого заведения вышли известные ученые и общественные деятели: исследователь Сибири и Средней Азии Г. Н. Потанин, казахский просветитель Ч. Валиханов, исследователь Западной Сибири Г. Е. Катанаев, ученый И. Н. Шухов, один из руководителей советского государства В. В. Куйбышев, а также его брат командир Красной Армии Н. В. Куйбышев. Здесь постигали азы военной науки будущий лидер белого движения генерал Л. Г. Корнилов и Герой Советского Союза генерал Д. М. Карбышев, здесь преподавал Герой Советского Союза Л. Н. Гуртьев.
48.Continue the text, saying a few sentences about one of the most famous graduates of Omsk Military school. Use the information at the back of the book.
49.Fill in the crossword:
3 4
5
2
1
1.A division or branch of a whole.
2.A title given to one, who has finished a course of studies and satisfied his teachers in the examinations.
3.One, who watches over, manages, directs.
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4.A contest, a trial of skill or knowledge, a meeting, at which skill or knowledge is tested.
5.The building, in which the work of society or organization is carried on.
50.Compare 2 higher schools and fill in the table:
Items |
The 1st higher school The 2nd higher school |
Tuition (grants, scholarship) Quality of education (subjects, teaching staff, computers, labs etc.)
Prospects of promotion (salary, work experience) Different clubs, sport camps, art centres etc.
51. Describe any institute or university you like. You can describe the institute you study at. Use the following plan:
Introduction
Paragraph 1
Set the scene (name and location of the place/building, reason(s) for choosing the place/building)
Main Body
Paragraph 2, 3
Overall look and particular details (first look and specific details)
Conclusion
Paragraph 4
Feelings, comments, final thoughts plus recommendation.
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