Vocabulary list
Aa
abolish v - аннулировать, отменять, упразднять
abundant adj - обильный, богатый, имеющийся в изобилии
accomplish v -совершать, выполнять; достигать
achievement n - достижение, успех (в чем-л. - in)
advance v - продвижение вперед
alarm v - встревожить, взволновать; напугать; насторожить
allegedly adv - будто бы, якобы
Amur affair n –Амурское дело
angle n -угол
anxious adj - озабоченный, беспокоящийся ( for, about - о)
arable adj- пахотный
associate v - связывать
attempt n-попытка
Bb
badger n - барсук
barely adv - едва, лишь
bay n –залив
bayonet n – штык
bird cherry n - черёмуха
bird flu adj - птичий грипп
blow up v- взрывать
boast v - хвастать(ся), кичиться, похваляться
boundary n -граница, межа
bribe n – взятка
bristle v- bristle
buckwheat n - гречневая крупа
Cc
cargoe n - груз
carpenter n - плотник, столяр
census n- перепись
charter n - хартия, грамота; привилегия
charitable adj – благотворительный
citizen n- гражданин
citizenship n - гражданство
clash n -конфликт, столкновение, стычка
сlerk n –писарь, конторский служащий
coat of arms n - герб
cognitive adj – познавательский (познавательный)
come of age v - стать совершеннолетним
community n-сообщество
сonceiving adj -мыслящий
concerning adv- касательно, относительно
condition n- условие
consequence n - (по)следствие, результат (чего-либо)
сontribution n-вклад
convenient adj -удобный
copper ore n - медная руда
сourse n –маршрут, курс
craft n – ремесло
crew n – команда, артель, бригада
cruel adj –жестокий
current n – течение
curd tart - ватрушка
cut off v -обрезать, отрезать; отсекать
Dd
damp n – сырость
decay n- угасание, ослабление,
deciduous forest adj - лиственный лес
deed n - действие, дело, поступок
degree степень
defeat v- разгром
deliberately adv - осознанно, обдуманно;
deliver v - доставлять
demand v - требовать
deposition v - смещение с должности; свержение с престола
depression n-низина, впадина
descendant n - отпрыск, потомок
describe v -описывать
determine v- определять
development n -развитие
direction n- направление
discovery n –открытие
disposal plant n- завод по переработке чего-либо
distinguish v – отличать
drive off v– заставить отступить
dugout - долблёная лодка
Ee
eagerly adv - охотно
earth-house n - землянка
emerge v - появляться
emissary n -эмиссар; агент
engage v -обручать(ся)
enthroning n –восхождение на трон
entire adj -целый, цельный; единый
entrepreneur n - предприниматель
estate n – имущество; поместье, имение
exchange n -обмен
expansion n-расширение
expensive adj-дорогой
exploration n- обследование, исследование
explore v - исследовать; обследовать
extend v – расширять
evaluate v - оценивать; устанавливать стоимость; определять количество
Ff
fabric n- ткань, материал, материя
fairness n - равноправие
faithfully adv- верно
false adj - ложный, не настоящий
Far East –Дальний Восток
feat n- подвиг
ferryboat n-паром
firewood n - дрова
flap v- хлопать, шлепать, ударять
forcibly adv -принудительно; с применением насилия
foreman n -мастер; бригадир; десятник
foresight n - предвидение
fort n -форт, крепость
fortuitous adj - случайный
frontier n - граница, кордон, рубеж
fundamental adj -основополагающий
Gg
galvanized iron adj – оцинкованное железо
give free rein (to) v -предоставлять полную свободу (кому-л./чему-л.)
goal n- цель
goods n-товары
governing n-правление
grandeur n - грандиозность; великолепие; богатство
Great Tumult n– Смутное время
Hh
hay n – сено
haystack n - стог сена
head (up) v - возглавлять, руководить, управлять
hire v –нанимать на работу
Holy See n – Ватикан
Home Secretary n- министр внутренних дел
humility n - повиновение, подчинение, покорность, смирение
hut n - лачуга, хибар(к)а
Ii
idle adj- гулящий
immortalize v - увековечить
impassable adj - непроезжий, непроходимый
importance n -важность
influx n- наплыв (большого количества людей)
interrupt v- прерывать; нарушать
invader n -захватчик, оккупант
investigate v- расследовать; получать сведения
inviolability n - неприкосновенность
island n-остров
issue n - предмет спора, разногласие
Jj
junction n - слияние
Kk
kingdom n - королевство; империя, царство, государство
Ll
last v-длиться
lay out v – тратить деньги
lead ore adj– свинцовая руда
liberal education adj - гуманитарное образование
life-guards n - лейб-гвардеец
link n – (связующее ) звено
literacy n – грамотность,образованность
Mm
magnanimity n - великодушие, благородство
mandate n - поручение
manor n -имение
march n –поход
marble n мрамор
mark v–отличать, характеризовать, выделять
manufacturer n - промышленник, производитель
merit n -заслуга
minority n – меньшинство
moss n - мох
multiyear ice adj - многолетний лёд
murder v-убивать, совершать зверское убийство
mustiness n - плесень
Nn
National Guard n-народное ополчение
negative profit n -потери
Oo
oat v - овес
occasional adj -периодический
occupy v-захватывать, завоевывать
offer v-предложить
official- n - должностное лицо; чиновник
origin n- происхождение
orthodoxy n – православие
outburst n - взрыв, вспышка
Pp
pageant n-пышное зрелище
particular adj –особенный, особый, специфический
perfect v- преуспеть, выполнять
peril n – риск; опасность
perish v- погибать, умирать
permanent adv- надолго, постоянно
persistent adj –упорный, настойчивый
petition n – прошение
planking logs adj – бревна обшитые досками
pood n- пуд ( старая русская мера веса, равная 16,38 кг)
population n –население, жители
precious adj- драгоценный; большой ценности
prerequisite n- необходимое условие, предпосылка
prince n-князь
pursue v – проводить (напр. Политику)
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Rr
raccoon n- енот
rampant adj - безудержно растущий, распространяющийся
range n – хребет (горный)
reach v-достигать
recently adv - недавно
recognition n –признание
refined adj -утонченный
relation v -отношение
release v- избавлять, освобождать
render v- предоставлять
repulse n - отпор, отражение
replace v-сменить
request n –просьба, требование, запрос
rout n - маршрут
rule v- управлять, руководить; контролировать
rumor n – слухи
run out of v - растратить
Ss
saboteurs n – диверсант, человек ведущий подрывную деятельность
sea-craft n -искусство кораблевождения
securing v - закреплять
settle v-населять, заселять
sewage n- сточные воды; нечистоты
shipyard n - верфь, судостроительный завод
shuttle n- челнок
sieve n - решето, сито
solve v -решить
sovereign n- правитель
span n- пролет (моста)
splash v - плескаться, брызгаться
split v – разделывать на части
squadron n – эскадрон, артиллерийский дивизион, эскадра
starvation n -голод; голодание
stockholder n - акционер
stronghold n -оплот
sublieutenant n-младший лейтенант
substantially adv - значительно
successor n- преемник
surround v - окружать; обступать
superintendent n - управляющий
supplementary adj - добавочный, дополнительный
supply v –снабжать, обеспечивать
support n -опора; основание
suppression n- подавление
Tt
taxation n - обложение налогом; налогообложение; взимание налога
tеam n- группа людей, команда, бригада, артель
terms n - условия соглашения, договора
thief - вор
toil n - тяжелый труд
toll n - пошлина, сбор
trade n -торговля
transaction n - сделка
trapper n -охотник, ставящий капканы
treasury n- казна
Uu
ultimately adv -в конечном счете, в конце концов
untimely adj – несвоевременный, преждевременный
uprising n –восстание, мятеж
Vv
vain adj - напрасный, тщетный
value n-ценность
violent adj – вспыльчивый, агрессивный
volume n -том
Ww
warrant n - чек, правомочие, купон (облигации, акции)
warrant officer n- приказ о присвоении звания уоррент-офицера
waste n- пустырь
whereas adv -тогда как
whereby adv -в соответствии с чем
whimsical adj - прихотливый, капризный
wood-shed n - сарай
wound n –рана, ранение
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- Сontents
- Введение
- Introduction
- Unit I. Introductory part
- 1. Fill in the table:
- 2. Study the key vocabulary:
- 3. Scan the text. Political Situation in Russia in the 17th Century and Prerequisites for the Exploration of the Far East
- 4. Answer the following questions:
- 5. Complete the sentences:
- •Moscow was occupied by ___________________________ .
- Unit II. Movement to the far east Lesson 1. Expeditions of Ivan Moskvitin and Vasily Poyarkov
- 2. Study the key vocabulary:
- 3. Make up sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 4. Complete the sentences with the correct key vocabulary item:
- 5. Translate into English:
- 7. Scan the table. Analyze the peculiarities of the expeditions. What differences and similar features have you found?
- 9. Explain the meaning of the following expressions from the text.
- Lesson 2. Yerofey Pavlovich Khabarov: a Successful Commercial Man and “Getter” of Russia
- 1. History test. Choose the correct variant to complete the sentences:
- 2. Read the text and explain the meaning of the word “khabar”. What does the word “khabar” mean?
- 3. Study the key vocabulary:
- 4. Match the following word-combinations with their definitions:
- 5. Make up sentences with the key phrases.
- 6. Scan the table. The Most Important Periods of y. P. Khabarov’s Biography
- 11. Find out about his Amur trip. What other trips did he undertake?
- 12. Explain why his way was shorter and better. Use maps.
- 13. Translate into Russian. Which natural riches of the Far East was Khabarov impressed by?
- 14. On your own. Use the Internet and other resources to find information about the character of y.P.Khabarov. Prove that he was a successful Russian commercial man.
- 15. Read the text and analyze all achievements of y. P. Khabarov. Explain why historians name him the “getter” of Russia.
- Importance of Khabarov’s discoveries
- 16. Say what impressed you most in Khabarov’s fate.
- 17. Imagine you are a guide-interpreter. Make a presentation about the monument to y. Khabarov. Use the information from the text.
- Vocabulary:
- 18. Write an essay on the following theme: “The city of Khabarovsk was named so because …”.
- 1. Study the key vocabulary:
- 2. Replace the following words and word-combinations by the synonyms:
- 3. Make up the sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 4. Scan the text and translate into Russian the sentences with the key vocabulary. Semеn Ivanovich Dezhnev
- 5. Answer the following questions:
- 6. Complete the sentences:
- 7. True or false? Write “t” if true, “f”, if false:
- Part II
- Vladimir Vasilyevich Atlasov
- 5. Prove that:
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- 7. Fill in the table:
- 8. Look at the map. Speak how the territory of Russia changed in the 17th century due to expeditions of famous Russian explorers.
- 9. Make a presentation about one of five famous explorers of the Far East.
- 1. Study the key-vocabulary:
- 2. Replace the following words and word-combinations by the synonyms:
- 3. Fill in the correct key word or word-combination:
- 3. Make up the sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 4. Scan the text and translate into Russian the sentences with the key vocabulary. Albazin Fortress
- Lesson 5. Fatal Consequences of the Nerchinsk Treaty
- Нерчинский трактат
- 9. Replace the following words and word-combinations by the antonyms:
- 10. Complete the following sentences with the correct key word or word-combination:
- 11. Make up the sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 12. Scan the text. Political Situation in the Far East
- 13. Look at the picture by a Chinese artist: “a battle for Albazin between Russian Cossacks and Daurs”. Explain what you see there.
- 14. Answer the following sentences:
- Unit IV. Peter’s age in the far east
- Alexey Mikhailovich and Nataliya Naryshkina
- Alexey Mikhailovich and Maria Miloslavskaya
- Lesson 6. Development of the Far Eastern Lands by Peter I
- 1. Study the key vocabulary:
- 2. Complete the following sentences with the correct key word or word-combination:
- 3. Translate into English:
- 4. Make up the sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 5. Scan the text. Achievements of Peter I in the Far East
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- Lesson 7. Okhotsk: the Major Russian Port in the Pacific
- 6. Scan the text. Okhotsk Foundation
- Lesson 8. Expeditions of Vitus Bering
- 4. Translate into English:
- 5. Scan the text.
- Vitus Bering
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- 7. Complete the following sentences:
- 9. Translate into Russian:
- 10. Find on map №12 the places:
- 12. Give a summary of V. Bering’s life. Lesson 9. The First Steps to Explore the American Coast
- 1. Study the key vocabulary:
- 2. Explain the meaning of the following key vocabulary:
- 3. Match the words and word-combinations with their definitions:
- 4. Make up sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 5. Translate the sentences into Russian:
- 6. Scan the text. Problems with the Locals during the First Steps to Explore the American Coast
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- Unit V. Russian america Lesson 10. Political Situation in the Pacific at the End of the 18th Century
- Influenced the appearance of the new indigenous peoples in America.
- 2. Study the key vocabulary:
- 3. Match the following columns:
- 4. Translate into English:
- 5. Make up sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 6. Scan the text. Russian and American Frontiers
- 7. Answer the following questions:
- 8. Find in the text the sentences with the key vocabulary and translate them into Russian.
- 9. Complete the sentences:
- Lesson 11. Functions of Russian Trade Stations on the American Shores
- 2. Replace the following words and word-combinations by the synonyms:
- 3. Match the following columns:
- 4. Find the words from the key vocabulary to match the following definitions:
- 5. Make up sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 6. Scan the text. Grigory Ivanovich Shelikhov – the Founder of Russian Business in NorthAmerica
- 7. Answer the following questions:
- 8. Write if the statement is true (t) or false (f):
- Lesson 12.The Work of the Russian-American Company (rac)
- Основание Российско-Американской компании
- Vocabulary:
- 7. Make up the sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 8. Scan the text. The First Russian Joint-stock Commercial Enterprise in America
- 9. Answer the following questions:
- 16. Give a summary of the text.
- 17. A) Scan the table of persons who were the Governors of the Russian American Company. B) Find on map №16 places named by them. Governors of the Russian American Company
- Lesson 13. Reforms of Nikolay Petrovich Rezanov in Russian America
- 1. Study the key vocabulary
- 9. Answer the following questions:
- 10. Write if the statement is true (t) or false (f):
- Lesson 14. Decline of the rac and Sale of Russian Estates in America
- 2. Replace the following words by the antonyms:
- 6. Scan the text. Why Were the Colonial Possessions of Russian America Sold?
- 7. Answer the following questions:
- 8. Prove that the territory of Russian America was practically uninhabited.
- 11. Complete the sentences:
- Исторические факты
- Vocabulary:
- Популярные мифы и заблуждения о продаже Аляски
- 1.Утверждается, что в связи с известными нарушениями договора, сделка может быть оспорена и по сей день.
- 3.В российской публицистике распространяется еще один миф, который гласит, что Аляска на самом деле была не продана, а сдана в аренду на 99 лет, но ссср по каким-то причинам не потребовал её обратно.
- Vocabulary:
- 16. Read the newspaper article. Share your point of view about the perspectives of Russian-American business relations. From Russia with Love: Tunnel to Link Siberia and Alaska
- Vocabulary:
- 1. What do you know about the settlement of the Amur area in the 19th century? Choose a correct answer to complete a sentence.
- 2. Study the key vocabulary:
- 3. Replace the following words with the synonyms:
- 7. Scan the text. Return of Russia to the Amur
- 7. Answer the following questions:
- 8. Complete the sentence:
- Lesson 16. Important Discoveries of Captain Gennady Ivanovich Nevelskoy
- 3. Complete the sentences with the word or word-combinations from the key vocabulary :
- 4. Make up sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 5. Scan the text. The Life and Activities of the “Amur Admiral” Gennady Ivanovich Nevelskoy
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- 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):
- 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.
- Vocabulary:
- 12. Fill in the table about the life and discoveries of Gennady Ivanovich Nevelskoy:
- Lesson 17. The Activities of the Governor - General Nikolay Nikolaevich Muravyov- Amursky during His Reign in the Far East
- 2. Replace the word-combinations by the key vocabulary:
- 3. Match the following columns:
- 4. Make up sentences with the phrases from ex.3.
- 5. Scan the text. Nikolay Nikolaevich Muravyov-Amursky* - a Great Reformer of the Russian Far East
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- 7. Translate the sentences with the key vocabulary into Russian.
- 8. Complete the sentences:
- Lesson 18. The First Raftings of the Russian People down the Amur River
- 5. Scan the text: Measures to Consolidate and Secure the Far East
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- 7. Translate into Russian sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 8. Complete the following sentences:
- Дважды открытый
- Lesson 19.Difficult Life of the First Russian Settlers
- Амурское казачье войско
- 2. Study the key vocabulary:
- 2. Replace the following words by the antonyms:
- 3. Match the following columns:
- 4. Complete the sentence:
- 5. Make up sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 6. Scan the text. Difficult Life of the First Russian Settlers
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- A) Описание жизни первых переселенцев Николаем Михайловичем Пржевальским
- Vocabulary:
- B) The “World's End” Lost in Taiga
- 1. Study the key vocabulary:
- 2. Replace the following words by the synonyms:
- 3. Make up sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 4. Complete the sentences:
- 5. Scan the text: Demand, Design and Importance of the Trans-Siberian Railway*
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- 17. Scan the articles. Prove that these educational institutions played an important role in the designing the Trans-Siberian railway. A)Khabarovsk Railway College of the Ministry of Railways
- Far Eastern State Transportation University
- 18. Read the text. Speak about the importance of the Amur Bridge for the Far East. Amur Bridge
- 1. Study the key vocabulary:
- 2. Match the following columns:
- 3. Make up sentences with the phrases from exercise 2.
- 4. Translate into English:
- 5. Scan the text: Prerequisites for the Rapid Growth and Decay of Some Far Eastern Territories
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- 7. Translate into Russian the sentences with the key vocabulary.
- 8. Complete the following sentences:
- The First Freemen of Khabarovsk
- 17. On your own. Use the Internet and other sources to make a list of the most popular honorable citizens of modern Khabarovsk.
- 18. A)Scan the text: Merchants’ Khabarovsk
- 19. Read the text. Династия Плюсниных
- Vocabulary:
- Vocabulary:
- Николай Иванович Тифонтай
- Vocabulary:
- Торговый Дом «Кунст и Альберс»
- Vocabulary:
- Lesson 22. Contribution of Governors-General to the Development of the Far Eastern Lands
- Protected person b) maker of somebody’s ideas in reality c)successor
- 5. Scan the text: General - Governorship in the Far East
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- 6. Speak about the Governors-General of Eastern Siberia.
- 7. Study the table. Which Governors-General are familiar to you? Why?
- 8. Explain why the initials of some Governors-General are italicized.
- 9. Read the article about Nikolay Ivanovich Grodekov. Nikolay Ivanovich Grodekov (1843 – 1913)
- Andrey Nikolayevich Korf (1831-1893)
- 14. Prove that Andrey Nikolayevich Korf was a worthy person and had not got the title of the Honorable Citizen of Khabarovsk in vain.
- 15. Write the translation of the text. Николай Львович Гондатти (1863—1945)
- Lesson 23. Main Discoveries of Russian Scientists in the Far East
- In the 19th –20th Centuries
- Activity of the Priamurskiy Department of the Imperial Russian Geographic Society
- 6. Answer the following questions:
- 7. Translate into English. Исследование Сибири и Дальнего Востока
- 8. Speak about the importance of the scientific research for the development of the Far East.
- 9. Scan the texts. Richard Karlovich Maack (1825-1886)
- Alexander Fedorovich Middendorf (1815–1894)
- Karl Ivanovich Maximowicz (1827 - 1891)
- Plants named after Maximowicz
- Vladimir Klavdievich Arsenyev (1972 - 1930)
- Arsenyev’s family home in Vladivostok has been made into a museum. The town of Arsenyev, located in Primorskiy Territory, was named after him. Dersu Uzala
- Венюков Михаил Иванович (1832-1901)
- 11. Make up a table of scientific discoveries in the Far East.
- 1. Scan the text. The History of Khabarovsk
- 5. Give a key sentence to each paragraph and retell the text.
- Герб города Хабаровска
- Vocabulary:
- 11. Have a look at photos of old Khabarovsk on pages 163-171. Can you guess which modern buildings are these?
- 12. Make a presentation or a slide-show about several old and modern buildings of Khabarovsk. Compare them and tell about differences.
- Lesson 25. The Importance of the Amur River for the Region
- 1. Scan the Statistical Data. Name the peculiarities of the Amur River. Statistical Data:
- 2. Study the key vocabulary:
- 3. Match the following columns:
- 4. Make up sentences with the word-combinations from ex.3.
- 5. Translate into English:
- 6. Scan the text: Amur River History
- Economy of the Amur Basin
- Major Amur tributaries are:
- 7. Answer the following questions:
- 8. Translate sentences with the key vocabulary into Russian.
- 9. Write all meanings of the word “Amur”:
- 10. Write the main dates of the Amur history and explain the events:
- 11. Speak about the history of the Amur River.
- 12. Fill in the table about the resources of the Amur River:
- 13. Watch map in the text and map №23. Determine the location of the the Amur River, its tributaties, and cities, located on its banks.
- 14. Read the articles.
- Viktor Ishayev: “China Threatens Khabarovsk Region with New Ecological Catastrophe”
- Китай пообещал закрыть все угрожающие загрязнением Амура заводы
- Amur Needs un Clean-up Aid
- 15. Analyze the articles and make a list of main ecological problems of the river and measures to solve them.
- 16. Write an essay on the following topic:” Father Amur is the River of life in the Far East”. Lesson 26. Far Eastern Federal District
- 1. Scan the information.
- Statiscical Data:
- 4. Speak about the presence of the Chinese at the Territory of the Far East. Is their presence here really dangerous?
- 5. Read the text. Khabarovsk Territory
- Description of the flag of Khabarovsk Territory
- Description of the Coat of Arms of Khabarovsk Territory
- History
- Geography
- Economy
- Demographics
- Places Attractive for Tourists
- Welcome to the Russian Far East!
- 10. Write an essay on the following theme: “What will happen to the Far East in 20 years?”
- Vocabulary list
- Appendix
- Map № 8. Stanovoy Range
- Map № 16. Russian America
- Seminar № 2
- Seminar № 3
- Old buildings of khabarovsk
- Reference sources
- Www.Wikipedia.Org