B. There are many national holidays in Russia. Match the dates with the holidays
HISTORY OF RUSSIA
C. Use the dictionary to find the meaning of the following words:
to found/to establish, to destroy, to rule, efforts, to invade, to divide into.
D. Can you say what these dates mean in the history of Russia? Use the dates to complete the sentences below.
| 1552 | 1762 to 1796 30 December 1922 27 May, 1703 | on 22 June 1941 on 7th November, 1917 in December 1991 |
1) Tradition says in … the Viking Rurik came to Russia and founded the first Russian dynasty in Novgorod.
2) Vladimir “the Saint” became Christian in...
3) In …, Kiev was destroyed by the Mongols.
4) After the final battle of Russo-Kazan Wars in ... Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) transformed Russia and Tatar khanates into a multiconfessional state.
5) Tsar Peter I of Russia founded Saint Petersburg on …as the capital of the Russian Empire.
6) Catherine II (Catherine the Great), who ruled from …, continued the efforts to establish Russia as one of the Great Powers of Europe.
7) Napoleon’s efforts to invade Russia failed in ….
8) On 7th November …Vladimir Lenin headed the Bolshevik Revolution.
9) After victory in the Civil War, the Russian SFSR together with three other Soviet republics formed the Soviet Union on ….
10) On …, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union that was the beginning of the Second World War.
11) The USSR was divided into fifteen independent republics….
LANGUAGE SKILLS: SHOWING LACK OF CERTAINTY & SURPRISE
D. Make up short dialogues expressing lack of certainty and surprise. Use prompts given below.
e.g.If I remember rightly, Vladimir Lenin studied in Kazan.
Really? It’s news to me. When was it?
1) There are more than 200 holidays in Russia and only 7 are state ones!
2) In 1240 Kiev was destroyed by the Mongols.
3) The first animal in space was a Russian dog, Laika.
4) Viking Rurik founded the first Russian dynasty in Novgorod.
5) 13 cities in Russia have population over 1 m.
6) The USSR was divided into fifteen independent republics.
7) The Russian Federation is home to as many as 160 different ethnic groups.
| SAYING NUMBERS | Numbers | |
| 100 a/one hundred 1000 a/one thousand 1 000 000 (1m ) a/one million 3 000 000 000 (3bn) three billion | ||
| Bigger numbers | ||
 3 560 three thousand five hundred andsixty (BrE)
sixty (AmE)
 598, 374 five hundred and ninety-eight thousand, three hundred and forty-
seven(BrE)
ninety-eight thousand, three hundred forty-seven(AmE)
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| Decimals | Vulgar fractions | |
| 16.5 sixteen point five 17.38 % seventeen point three eight percent 0.185 (nought) point one eight five | 1/8 a/one eighth 3/8 three eighths 1/2 a/one half 3/4 three quarters 20/83 twenty over eighty three | |