1) What did Karamzin say?
2) What buildings crested Moscow’s architectural image as a city of white stone?
3) When did a terrible fire rage in the city for several days?
4) A major feature of Moscow’s present development is the establishment of the industries requiring highly-skilled labour, isn't it?
5) Is transport or architecture a serious problem for all large cities of the World?
6) According to what Moscow complex zones are united by a system of general city?
7) What territory will retain its significance as a historical, cultural, educational and administrative public centre?
My Typical Day at School
My lessons always start at half past nine. Usually I come to school at ten past eight. I like to have enough time to get ready for the first lesson and chat with my classmates before the lesson starts.
Our lessons last 45 minutes. As I study in the sixth form, I usually have six lessons a day. Most lessons are so interesting that I lose track of time, but there are lessons where I may feel bored. It is so good that we have 15-minute breaks between the lessons! After the second lesson we go to the canteen to have a school meal. If it is a warm day we spend our breaks in the school yard.
At a quarter past two the sixth lesson is over which means we can go home.
Red Square has witnessed many important events in the life of Russian people. Visitors from home and abroad stream here to enjoy the beauty of the historic buildings and monuments. The Kremlin represents centuries of Russian history. Like the Tower of London the Kremlin was used as a fortress and a sovereign’s residence. Now it houses
the President’s office and a number of museums including the Armory Chamber and the Diamond Fund.In the centre of the square by the Kremlin wall is the Lenin Mausoleum, erected in 1930 by A. Shchusev.On the southern side of Red Square is St. Basil’s Cathedral (Vasily Blazheny), a masterpiece of ancient
Russian architecture. It was built in 1555-61 in memory of the victory over Kazan (1552). The monument
standing in front of the Cathedral tells us of the people’s victory over the Polish invaders in 1612.The
monument is the work of I. Martos (1752-1835). Not far from the Cathedral is what is called the Lobnoye
Mesto, a platform of white stone more than 400 years old. Red Square had been associated with trading. The first stone shops were built here in the 16th century.
Today on their site stands the State Department Store, better known as GUM.
If we walk up from St. Basil’s to the opposite end of the square we face a red brick building. This is the
History Museum. In the west Red Square is adjoining the Kremlin. Just on the other side of the Kremlin
wall we can see the building of the former Senate, an outstanding architectural monument built by Matvei
Kasakov (1738-1813), now the seat of the Administration of the President.