The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Archangel Cathedral

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour Archangel Cathedral Assumption Cathedral Annunciation Cathedral St Basil’s Cathedral

Moscow Kremlin Cathedral Square Lobnoye Mesto A place of excution

Palace of Congreses Terem Palace Faceted Palace Ivan the Great’s Bell Tower The senate Building Armo ury

Kremlin Towers Kremlin Chimes Borovitskaya Tower a kay ss wer To Spa Nicolskaya Tower Trinity Tower

Tsar Bell ent to onum nd M inin a y M k zhars Po Monument to Prince Yuri. Dolgoruky Tsar Cannon Monument to Kutuzov Monument to Pushkin

Panorama Museum Of the Battle of Borodino Central Military Museum Historical Museum Pushkin Fine Art Museum Tretyakov Gallery

Ostankino TV Tower Russian Academy of Science State Lenin Library Moscow State University Hotel “Russiya” Vorobyevy Hills

Arbat Red Square Krymsky Bridge Tverskaya Street Manezhnaya Square

Victory Park Sokolniki Park Izmaylovo Park

Central Stadium In Luzhniki Krylatskoye Sport Complex

National Exhibition Center Moscow Zoo Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoi Bulvar

Answer the questions 1. When was Moscow founded? 2. Where can you see the monument to the founder of the city? 3. When was a new white-stone Kremlin built? 4. Who built new walls and towers of red brick? 5. When did a new town Kitai-gorod appeared? 6. What is now called the Boulevard Ring? 7. Who made Moscow the capital of the country? 8. By what time had Moscow been restored after the fire during Napoleon’s occupation?

Complete the sentences 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. banks Moscow is situated on the ______ of the Moskva River about nine million people The population of the city is _____ Prince Moscow was founded in 1147 by ______ Yuri Dolgoruky White, Caspian, Black The Moscow-Volga Canal links the city with _____ and Azov Moscow State University The heart of our educational system _____ is situated on the Vorobjovy Hills ______ The best ballet performances and operas are performed in the Bolshoi Theatre ____ the Tretyakov Gallery If you are fond of painting you can go to_______ Young people like to visit ____ Military Museum the Central The memorial to the 50 th anniversary of the end of the Second World War was erected on ______ Poklonnaya Hill ______ is the heart of Moscow Kremlin Many sport complexes were built for the Olympics Games In Krylatskoye 1980 _______ and Luzhniki nine Moscow has _______ railway stations Moscow Underground began to work in ____ and it has 190 ______ 1935 stations

The Moscow Kremlin § The moscow Kremlin is the ancient center of Moscow. It is on the left bank of Moskva River. The Moscow Kremlin contains fife examples of Russian architecture of the 15 th to the 17 th century: the cathedrals of Assumption, Annunciation, and the Archangel, Ivan the Great’s Bell Tower, the Terem Palace, the Faceted Palace, the Senate Building, the Great Kremlin Palace, the Armoury. The State Kremlin Palace was built between 1959 -1961. Of the 20 Kremlin Towers the most remarkable are the Spasskaya Tower with the Kremlin Chimes, the Nicolskaya, the Trinity, and the Borovitskaya Towers. We can see Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon The President of Russian Federation has his residence in the Moscow Kremlin

Complete the sentences § The Moscow Kremlin is the_____ § The Moscow Kremlin contains beautiful cathedrals______ § You can admire magnificent palaces_____ § There are ____towers in the Kremlin § The works of famous cast masters are______ § The Moscow Kremlin is the ______

Red Square § The name “Red” arose in the mid 17 th century. The main detail of the square Is St. Basil’s Cathedral. In front of the cathedral was a market place and the scenes of religious ceremonies the announcement of court verdicts from the Lobnoye Mesto. A monument to Minin and Pozharsky was erected opposite the Senate Tower. The Historical Museum was built at the end of the 19 th century. The Lenin Mausoleum was constructed on the square in 1930. Red Square is the witness events in the life of the Russian people

Answer the Questions What is the main detail of the square? Where were court verdicts announced from? What was erected opposite the Senate Tower? When was the Historical Museum built? What was constructed on Red Square in 1930?

Cathedral Square § Cathedral Square is the ancient center of the Moscow Kremlin. Here one can see the main Kremlin cathedrals. The Cathedral of the Assumption was built by Italian architect in 1479. This cathedral was the most important in ancient Rus. The first Russian Tsar Ivan the Great was crowned here. § The Archangel Cathedral built in 1509 served as the burial place of Russian Tsars and princes § The Cathedral of Annunciation was built in the late 14 th and early 15 th century § Ivan the Great’s Bell Tower built in 1508 was the Kremlin’s main watch Tower.

v. Assumption Cathedral v. Annunciation Cathedral v. Archangel Cathedral v. Ivan the Great’s Bell Tower v 1479 v 1508 v. Late 14 th and early 15 ht century

The Tretyakov Gallery § The façade of the building was built in 1906 according to the design by the Russian artist Victor Vasnetsov. It is a very popular museum consisting of the finest examples of Russian painting. The Founder of the Gallery Pavel Tretyakov began his collection in 1856. In 1882 he added to his collection the paintings of his brother. There are many sections in the Gallery. The halls devoted to the early 19 th century contain the canvases of Venitsianov, Brulov. The next section is devoted to the second half of the 19 th century. Here are some canvases of Repin, Surikov, Savrasov, Shishkin, Levitan

Other museums § Pushkin Fine Art Museum was founded by Tsvetayev, professor of Moscow University as a school of teaching the history of art. In 19201940 the museum received many paintings from the collections of Morozov, Shchukin. § Andrei Rublev Museum of early Russian Art is located at the Andronokov Monastery, which was founded in 1350. Frescoes by Andrei Rublev are preserved in the cathedral § The Historical Museum was built in 1874 -1883. The building is made in accordance with the forms of the 16 th century Rusiian architecture. After many years of reconstruction the museum opened its halls to people

Panorama Museum Of the Battle of Borodino § Panorama Museum was opened in 1962 to mark the anniversary of the Patriotic War. The building shows the Battle of Borodino. The museum has two small halls where there are paintings, sculptures showing the war of 1812. Then you go upstairs to the viewer’s gallery in the center of the hall and there is the Battle of Borodino all around you. More than one million people visit it every year. Near the museum there is a monument to Kutuzov. It was built by sculpture Tomsky

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. A. 1906 B. 1856 1882 C. 1360 D. 1874 -1883 E. 1962 F. 1812 1920 G. 1940 Patriotic War The construction of the Historical Museum Pavel Tretyakov began his collection The opening of Panorama Museum Pushkin Fine Art Museum received many paintings The foundation of Andronikov Monastery The façade of the Tretyakov Gallery was built H. Pavel Tretykov added his brother’s paintings to his collection

1. 2. 3. 4. The first Russian Tsar was crowned there It is on Red Square in front of St Basil’s Cathedral Here you can see the achievements of our country It served as a burial place for Russian tsars and princes 5. It is one of the most beautiful buildings situated on Vorobyovy Hills 6. They are the finest works of Russian cast masters 7. We can see it in front of Panorama Museum of the Battle of Borodino 8. They are on Spasskaya Tower 9. It is the ancient center of Moscow 10. It is situated in Victory Park Assumption Cathedral, monument to Minin and Pozharsky, National Exhibition Center, Archangel Cathedral, Moscow State University, Tsar Bell, Tsar Cannon, monument to Kutuzov, Kremlin Chimes, Moscow Kremlin, Poklonnaya Hill