6. Answer the following questions:

• Why did Gennady Ivanovich Nevelskoy become a seaman?

• How did he realize his dreams?

• Why did he move to the Far East?

•What was his main aim aboard the Baikal ship?

• How long did it take him to transport cargoes to the ports of the Russian-American company?

•How many days did he have in reserve to explore the Amur estuary and Sakhalin Island?

•What can you say about his personal life?

•What was he awarded for?

7. Translate into Russian the sentences with the key vocabulary.

8. Think why the first Russian ports at the Amur estuary and Sakhalin were named as Petrovsky, Nikolaevsky, Ilyinsky and Muravyovsky.

9. Say if the statement is true (t) or false (f):

• G. I. Nevelskoy was from a rich family. _______

• He was a university graduate._______

• Gennady dreamed about round-the-world trips since childhood. ______

• Konstantin became the Russian Emperor. _______

• G. I. Nevelskoy became the captain of the ship “Baikal" on his own initiative.

• He spent only 8 months and 23 days in the round-the-world navigation because he was very experienced. ______

• The Emperor said his well-known phrase because he was happy to return the Russian possessions. _____

•It was very dangerous for captain Nevelskoy and his team to establish Russian statehood among the local population of the Far East. ______

• People called him the “Amur Admiral” because he explored the Amur and its tributaries._____

10. Scan map №17. Describe the rout of the expedition of Captain g.I. Nevelskoy.

11. Translate an extract below. Explain what g.I. Nevelskoy guaranteed to the local population.

Near the Tyr cape, Nevelskoy made his historic statement to the Manchurians, the Gilyaks and the Golds: “On behalf of the Russian government I announce to everybody… that as far as… the whole of the Priamurskiy region till Korea border and Sakhalin island are Russian property, so neither unauthorized orders nor offence of the tribes, residing at the territory, can be permitted. Russian military posts are set up for this purpose in the Iskay bay and at the Amur estuary.”

Vocabulary:

unauthorized orders-самовольные распоряжения

offence of the tribes, residing at the territory -обиды обитающим племенам

12. Fill in the table about the life and discoveries of Gennady Ivanovich Nevelskoy:

Date	Vital events	Date	Events concerning his work in the Far East

13. Guess which map was made by G. I. Nevelskoy. Find differences between two maps and explain them.

14. Speak about the life and discoveries of G. I. Nevelskoy.

15. On your own. Use the Internet and other sources to find some information about geographical places named in honor of Nevelskoy.