II. Use the words from the text to complete the sentences.

Wise	Pechenegs	Cathedral	Golden Gate	baroque
Kyivan Rus	mosaic	architecture	sarcophagus	burial vault

1. The Saint Sophia's ________ was built in Constantinople in 537.

2. The Saint Sophia's Cathedral was built in Kyiv in 1037 during the reign of Yaroslav the ____________________________.

3. The Cathedral was built on the site where the_________ were defeated.

4. The cathedral was rebuilt in the style of Ukrainian_____________ .

5. B. Khmelnytsky made his entry into the capital through the ______________ in 1648.

6. The Andrew Church is a monument of Ukrainian __________of the 18^th century.

7. The Golden Gate was the main gate of the ___________.

8. The_______ of the Goddess Oranta is 5.45 meters high.

9. In the Cathedral there was a ________of Yaroslav the Wise and Volodymyr Monomakh.

10.The marble ___________of Yaroslav the Wise is of unique value.

III. Are the statements true or false?

1. St. Sophia's in Kyiv was built in 500 years after the Saint Sophia in Constantinople.

2. The Cathedral is thirty-seven meters high.

3. Yaroslav the Wise entered Kyiv through the Golden Gate.

4. The frescoes represent the family portrait of Volodymyr Monomakh.

5. The first Ukrainian school was situated in the St. Sophia's cathedral.

IV. Answer the questions.

1. When was first St. Sophia's Cathedral built?

2. What does "Sophia" mean in Greek?

3. What do you know about the frescoes of the interior of St. Sophia's?

4. Who made his triumphant entry into Kyiv through the Golden Gate in 1648?

5. What are the branches of the Sophia's Museum?

Unit Eleven Glukhiv

I live in Glukhiv. It is an ancient town founded in 992. It is a district town known since 1152 as a town of the Chernigiv Principality. The name comes from "glukhyi" lonely, remote. It is the hometown of Ukrainian painters Anton Losenko, Konstantyn Lomykin and Mykola Murashko; composers M.Berezovskyi and D. Bortnianskyi. In 1738 the first in Ukraine school of singers was opened in Glukhiv.

Glukhiv has its long and glory history. During its history the town knew many famous and tragical times. As a fortress on the southern boundary of the Kyiv Rus Glukhiv defended the state from Polovtsy and was ruined by different enemies. It burnt in fires. It was conquered by Mongolo-Tatars and Poland. But each time Glukhiv revived.

The XVIII-th century when the town became the capital of the left bank Ukraine may be called "The golden age" for Glukhiv, Magnificent palaces beautiful churches, the unique singers school, a well-known theatre were built in Glukhiv. Many famous people visited the town: Tsar Peter I, T.G.Shevchenko, M.V.Gogol and others.

Now Glukhiv is not a large industrial city. It is a typical Ukrainian small town. The population of Glukhiv is about 40 thousand people, It is situated on the banks of the river Esman. Glukhiv is very picturesque with its cozy, calm and clean streets, in summer Glukhiv is buried in verdure.

In Glukhiv there are some plants and factories. There are also some secondary schools, a medical school, a technical college, a pedagogical college, a vocational school, a sports school and an art school. There is a palace of culture, a hospital, museums, a stadium, a bus and a railway stations in Hlukhiv.

Hlukhiv is known for its Institute of Bast Crops which is very active in the field of hemp cultivation in Ukraine and for the Hlukhiv State Pedagogical University. We'll celebrate 130-th anniversary of our University in 2004. Many famous people studied here. Among them are S. Sergeyev-Tsensky, O.Dovzhenko, S. Vasylchenko, M. Palashchenko and others.

Hlukhiv is rich in historical monuments such as Saint Nikolai Church founded in the 16-th century (now it is being reconstructed); Saint Anastasia Church; Spaskaya Church and others.

Hlukhivites are cordial, friendly and hard-working people who are proud of their town.