7. Complete the text using the words:

Palace Supreme

Empress reconstructed

Visit residence

Parks

1. Mariinsky Palace is near the premises of the ________ Rada.

2. Mariinsky Palace is the official __________ of the President of Ukraine.

3. The _______(originally Tsarist Palace) was designed by V.V. Rastrelli (1700-1771) in the rococo style.

4. It was built in 1750-1755 for __________ Elizabeth (1709-1762).

5. It was renovated in1870 for the _______ of Oleksandr 2 and Maria Oleksandrivna.

6. Destroyed during the Second World War, the palace was _________ in 1945-49 by P. Aleshin.

7. In front of the palace there is one of the oldest and most attractive ________ of the city.

Saint Sophia’s

8. Complete the text using the words:

Legend baroque

Cathedral church

Victory majestic

Highlight reign

National museum

1. Saint Sophia’s is a _________ treasure of Ukraine.

2. St. Sophia’s Cathedral is the Kyiv’s oldest surviving________. Today it is a museum.

3. The exhibits of the _______ include models of ancient Kyivan Rus’ towns.

4. Saint Sophia’s is the __________ of many visitors’s stay in Kyiv.

5. The _______ 130domed church was named after the Constantinople’s Saint Sophia’s.

6. St. Sophia’s Cathedral was built in 1037 during the ________ of Yaroslav the Wise.

7. It was built to commemorate the ______ over the Pechenegs and to glorify Christianity.

8. _________ has it that this was the site where Yaroslav the Wise defeated the horders of Pechenegs.

9. The ________ is 37 meters long, 35 meters wide and 29 meters high.

10. In1707 the Cathedral was rebuilt in the style of Ukrainian ________(sky-blue and white colors).

Holy place

9. Complete the text using the words:

Frescoes Queen

Sarcophagus worship

Center Princes

Mosaic manuscripts

Portrait library

1. Saint Sophia’s became a holy place of _________ for ancient Kyivities.

2. It was a major cultural and political ________ of Kyivan Rus.

3. The first _________ and school were situated in the Cathedral.

4. It was the center for the writing of _________.

5. Sophia’s has rich __________ and mosaics, many of them still are intact (260 sq.m.)

6. The ________ of the Goddess Oranta is 5.45 meters high.

7. The fresco paining represents the group ______ of Yaroslav’s family.

8. It includes Anna, the future _________ of France and Elizabeth- the future Queen of Norway.

9. There is a burial vault of Grand ________ Yaroslav the Wise, Volodymyr Monomakh and others.

10. The marble__________ of Yaroslav the Wise with fine ornamentation is of unique value.

The Golden Gates