Презентация на тему My Home city Omsk

restoration – реставрация
предоставлять

жилье surround – окружать
banner – знамя, флаг victim - жертва
belief – вера, убеждение
to book – бронировать, заказывать
chamber stage – камерная сцена
chapel – часовня
consumption – туберкулез, чахотка
cossack – казак, казачий
local lore – краеведческий
plumber – водопроводчик
sewer well – канализационный колодец

Russia. The city is very beautiful and has many

historical and architectural monuments. Lyubinsky Prospect (Avenue) is the heart of the city. It’s the oldest street in Omsk. People also call it Lenin Street because this name was given to the street by the Communists.

people. It takes the 7th place in the Russian

Federation. It is located at the confluence of the Irtysh River to the Om.
It was founded as a fortress in 1716 by I. D. Bukhgolts.
It is a major transport hub: it has railroads and highways, a river port and an airport.

interesting from a historical point of view. You can

find it not far from Eternal Flame. It was built in 1862 and prepared to accommodate the emperor of Russia in case he arrived in Omsk. Many famous people visited the palace – traveler Prezhevalsky, zoologist Brem and even Nikolay the Second was here before his coronation.

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was renamed as “The house of Republic”. In 1918-1919

as the communists were pushed out from the city, the Temporary All-Russian government and Supreme Ruler of Russia Kolchak worked here. In 1924 the building was given to the museum of local lore, history and economy.

a young lady sitting on a bench. There is

a belief that if a visitor wants to return to Omsk one day, he should sit on a bench with this young lady for a while. Her story is a sad and touching one.

German Governor-General Gustav Christophe von Gasford. And he married

a young and beautiful Siberian girl – Lyuba. But soon their happiness was over. Lyuba caught consumption and died. Now she sits here and people walking on Lyubinsky avenue often take photos with her or even bring her flowers.

the most beautiful Omsk churches. Here the banner of

Ermak, legendary pioneer of Siberia was kept. Unfortunately the banner disappeared when Kolchak’s army was leaving the city. The communists didn’t blow the cathedral up, they used it as an organ hall. During the 90-es the building was returned to the Russian Church. The cathedral is surrounded by a small but pretty park.

had the Center - the Omsk Dome and the

nearby square. It was one of the most beautiful churches in Russia, but was destroyed in the 1930s. So, Omsk lost its Center. The Communists tried to turn this place to the centre again and made out of it an amusement square with a fountain and slides in winter.

its Center back. The cathedral was reconstructed in 2007.

There are some interesting sights near it: a deer, a sculpture of a boy and a girl with fish and a sculpture of a marathoner. The place is wonderful. In any season it is interesting to watch sunset here.

Omsk Vrubel Museum of Fine Arts is located in

front of Drama Theatre. It is one of the largest museums of Siberia. It was opened in 1924. There are over 22000 exhibits in the museum's collection. Museum organizes excursions and lectures with visitors of different age.

of European art of the XVI-XIX centuries and of

Russian painters - Venetsianov, Aivazovsky, Kramskoy, Shishkin, Levitan, Vereshchagin, Repin.

Omsk Drama Theatre is the 4th oldest theatre of

Russia after Moscow, St.Petersburg and Yaroslavl theatres. Modern theatre building was built in 1905. The project’s author is architect I.G.Hvorinov. The building looks fantastic with the sculpture of the muse on it.

building of the city and there is no wonder

that the citizens of Omsk are proud of it. It is famous for its actors: Petr Nekrasov, Aleksey Teplov, Evgeniy Smirnov and many others. In 1991 a chamber stage named after Tatyana Ozhigova was opened. If you want to visit it you’d better book tickets in advance!

the old buildings you will suddenly see a plumber

looking at you from the sewer well. This is a monument to all people who work in the city to make life comfortable for us and whose work we often tend not to mention. Very soon after this sculpture was installed it was given the nickname “Stepan”.

in front of the Cossack Nikolsky Cathedral. It was

built in 1826. At first the Cossack office was based here, then the Cossack Military College but it was renamed as Siberian Cadet School in 1846. After its restoration in autumn of 2003 it looks charming. This building was designed in the classic style. Many famous military men such as general Kornilov, general Karbyshev and others studied here.

There is a legend that Serafimo-Alekseevskaya Chapel was built

to memorize the birth of the Cesarevitch Alexei, the son of the last Russian emperor Nikolay the Second. Another legend tells that it was built to memorize the soldiers killed in Russian war with Japan. Serafimo-Alekseevskaya Chapel was one of the first victims of the Bolsheviks’ war on the church. And it was one of the first restored chapels at the beginning of 90s.

QUIZ: DO YOU KNOW

OMSK?

a) Krasny Put’ Street,

b) Karl Marx Street,

c) Lenin Street
(Lyubinsky Avenue).

Federation?

a) 8th

b) 7th

c) 9th

was reconstructed in 2007?

a) The Cossack Nikolsky

Cathedral,

b) St. Basil’s Cathedral,

c) Uspensky Cathedral.

Arts opened?

a) in 1925,

b) in 1924,

c) in 1824.

Drama theatre?

a) muse,

b) God,

c) woman.

monument standing on Karl Liebknecht Street?

a) Ivan,

b) Semyon,

c) Stepan.

Cathedral?
a) Serafimo-Alekseevskaya Chapel,
b)

Omsk Drama theatre,

c) Omsk Cadet Military School.

city.
Across:
The name which was given to the street by

the Communists.
The name of the river, which flows in Omsk.
The surname of the founder of Omsk fortress.
After the revolution of February 1917, Governor-General Palace was renamed as “The house of..”
Communists used this cathedral as an organ hall.
The cathedral reconstructed in 2007.
The name of a plumber, a monument on Karl Liebknecht Street.
In 1918-1919 as the Communists were pushed out of the city, he was the Supreme
Ruler of Russia.
9. The name of young lady sitting on a bench across Lyubinsky Avenue.

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