Volkhonka Street
In Moscow's Central Administrative District, Catherine the Great, lived in a wooden palace near between Prechistenskaya Embankment and the street. Towards the end of the 18tn cantury the Znamenka Street, lies one of the oldest streets in the city - Street.
There are many landmarks in this 620-metre-long Its history is exciting. During the 14th century, aver street. Near Prechistenskye Vorota Square stands the 600 years ago, the street connected the Kremlin with Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. You can also find the village of Semchinskoye. However, up unt 1658 many important museums and galleries in Volkhonka the actual name of the street was "Chertolskaya" Street, There's the Pushkin State Museum of Fine This is because ended at the border of the city in Arts. There's also the State Art Gallery of the Chertolye area.
People's Artist of the USSR Ilya Glazunov. All this The street was popular among merchants, makes Volkhonka Street one of the most craftsmen and government officials. During the reign streets in Russia. of Ivan the Terrible in the 16th century, royal servants, officials as well as nobles built their houses along that street. During the reign of Aleksey Mikhailovich in the 17th century, the street changed its name to Prechistenskaya. However, local people preferred to call it just Prechistenka.
In the 17th century, the noble Prozorovsky, Sheremetev and Yushkov families moved into houses along Prechistenka. In the 18th century, Empress
Read the text again and answer the questions.
1 How many times did the street change its names? What
were they?
2 Where did the street lead to during the 14th century? 3 Who lived in that street in the 16th century? 4 Who lived in that street in the 17th century? 5 Name three landmarks people can find in that street.
ответьте на вопросы
1 where / you / practise (at the athletics stadium)
Where are you going to practise? I am going to practise at the athletics stadium.
2 we / watch / the match
Are we going to watch the match? Yes, we are going to watch the match
3 what time /it/ start (at two o'clock)
What time is it going to start? It is going to start
at two o'clock.
4 who / she / support (Bayern Munich)
Who is she going to support? She is going to support Bayern Munich.
5 they / sponsor / the team X
Are they going to sponsor the team? No, they aren't going to sponsor the team
6 you/buy/ a ticket
Are you going to buy a ticket? Yes, I am going to buy a ticket
7 when / he / play (on Tuesday)
When he is going to play? He is going to play on Tuesday.
2. An interesting film was shown on TV yesterday.
3. I will be punished tomorrow.
4. Ann will be taken to Chicago in summer.
5. Every Saturday she is shown a new film.
6. Was he often visited?
7. I will be given a lift tomorrow.
8. The breakfast has just been cooked by my mother.
9. My father said that the house would have been built by September.
10. He said that the pizza would be delivered in ten minutes.
11. We did not know why he had been offended.
12. I am recognized.
13. What fruits have been bought at the market?
14. Where was he? He was looked for.
15. I am much spoken about at work.
16. What was he killed with?
17. What was he told?