Text 3 Stavropol

Stavropol was founded in 1777 by Alexander Suvorov. Now it is the regional center of Stavropol territory located in the South-West of Russian Federation on the North Caucasus. The city's economy is concentrated on heavy industry; it has factories that produce automobiles, cranes, furniture, and reinforced concrete. Light industry is also represented with the production of shoes and dairy products. Stavropol’ has air, rail (the Kavkazskaya-Divnoe-Elista rail line), and highway connections to other major cities. It is also linked by bus routes within northern Caucasia. Buses provide important linkages because of the mountainous nature of the area.

The city has technical-training institutes for medicine, education, art, and construction. The city was founded in 1777 as a fort for the Russian army. It was established as a city in 1785, and in 1822 became the center of the North Caucasus Territory. From 1935 to 1943 it was known as Voroshilovsk. Originally Stavropol was a fortress and now one of the sights of the town is its ruined wall in the center of it. Historical exhibits concerning that period you can find in Prave Museum of Local Lore near the central square. It's advisable to start doing the sights just from this place. Building of the local government faces the square. Lermontov Library is opposite it. Lermontov Theatre is not far from the square. It's just from the other side of the government's building. And both of them are surrounded by trees, bushes and flower-beds.

The central and main shopping street is Karl Marx Street. It leads from the center to the Railway Station. Cinemas, Universities, Art Museum and Art Gallery, Bus Station, churches are also in the center of Stavropol. The building of circus is on the way to the Railway Station. The ground near the monument to the soldier of the Civil War provides a panoramic view of the suburbs. The districts in the South-West and in the North-West are rather new. In the South-West district there are a great number of schools, shops, places for rest and recreation. A large park joins the South -West and the North-West districts together. The North-west district is the industrial part of the town. There are a lot of factories, plants and works. Also some hospitals are there.

Stavropol is one of the greenest towns in the country. It's surrounded by forests and also there are some green islands within it.

Questions:

1. Do you live in Stavropol? Where do you live?

2. Where can you find historical exhibits?

3. What is there not far from the square?

4. What is the central and main shopping street?

5. Where can you see a panoramic view of the suburbs?

6. How many districts are there in Stavropol?

7. What is the industrial part of the town?

8. Stavropol is one of the greenest towns in the country, isn’t it?

9. Do you like this town?

10. What is the difference between words town and city?

Vocabulary:

to be founded быть основанным

the North Caucasus Северный Кавказ

originally первоначально

fortress крепость

ruined wall разрушенная стена

square площадь

to face выходить фасадом на

library библиотека

bookshop книжный магазин

to surround окружать

tree дерево

bush куст

flower-bed клумба

main основной, главный

shopping street торговая улица

railway station ж-д вокзал

cinema кинотеатр

art museum художественный музей

art gallery художественная галерея

bus station автовокзал

church церковь

circus цирк

monument памятник

to provide a panoramic view открывать вид

suburbs окрестности

district район

place for rest and recreation место для отдыха и развлечения

industrial part промышленная часть

factory фабрика

plant завод

hospital больница