Unit 7 Do You Have an Example to Follow?

 

1. In the Belgorod Region there are famous people who are widely known in Russia.

1) What do/did these famous people do? Make up the sentences.

 

N. Vatutin                                         famous                           writer.

S. Khorkina          is                an      outstanding                    military leader.

I. Chernukhin        are              a        wonderful                       gymnast.

S. Kosenkov         was                      great                              painter.

S. Degtyarov         were                     well- known                   actor.

V. Shukhov                                                popular                          engineer.

M. Shchepkin                                    prominent                       conductor.

 

2) Who else can be included in the list of the famous people of the Belgorod Region?

 

3) What can you tell your foreign friends about any of the famous people of the Belgorod Region?

 

a) Nikolay Fyodorovich Vatutin (1901-1944), a general (генерал), a military leader during the Great Patriotic War (1941- 1945), born in the village of Chepukhino.

 

N.F. Vatutin was a general and an outstanding military leader. He served his country best during the Great Patriotic War.__________________________

 

b) Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin (1788-1863), a Russian actor, “the pride of national art”, 58 years of his life were devoted to the stage, born in the village of Krasnoye.

 

 

 

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c) Stepan Anikievich Degtyarev (1766-1813), a conductor and a composer (дирижёр и композитор), the leader of the private musical theatre of Count (граф) Sheremetev; wrote the first Russian oratorios, 60 concertos, born in the Borisovka District.

 

 

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d) Vladimir Grigorjevich Shukhov(1853-1939), a professor, a genius of engineering design and construction projects; his main creation is the tower in Shabolovka Street in Moscow; built 500 bridges , born in the town of Graivoron.

 

 

 

 

 

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e) Svetlana Khorkina a gymnast, a two-times Olympic champion, a many times champion of the world, Europe and Russia in gymnastics, born in Belgorod.

 

 

 

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f) Stanislav Stepanovich Kosenkov (1941-1993), a graphic painter, 40 illustrations to different books, the gold medal for illustrating the novel Crime and Punishment.

 

 

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g) Vladimir Fedoseevich Raevsky (1795-1872), a Decembrist, a progressive thinker and writer, a hero of the Napoleonic War of 1812 and a friend of Alexander Pushkin, born in Stary Oskol.

 

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h) Nikolai Vladimirovich Stankevich(1813-1840), a philosopher, a poet and a community leader, born in Biryuch.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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2. ROLE PLAY Foreign students who study in Russian universities are often interested in the history of the region they are living in.

 

PUPIL 1. You are a foreign student who has come to Belgorod to study at the Belgorod State University. You are to make a report Famous people of the Belgorod Region. Ask your new Belgorod friends about the famous people of the Belgorod Region.

 

PUPIL 2. You live in Belgorod. Answer the questions of your new foreign friend about the famous people of the Belgorod Region.

 

3. Read the article about the famous people of the Belgorod Region. Fill in the table using the information from the article and exercise 1. 3).

 

The main treasure of Belgorodia is its people, who love their land.

N.F. Vatutin was an outstanding military leader. He was born in the village of Chepukhino (Vatutino) in 1901 in the family of a peasant. He served his country best during the Great Patriotic War (1941- 1945). N.F. Vatutin was awarded with The Order of Kutuzov for the victory in the Battle of the Kursk Bulge. The name of the Belgorodian General and a Hero of the Soviet Union is well-known in the Russian Federation.

S.A. Degtyarov was a talented composer and soloist. He was born in the village of Borisovka in 1766. He was the leader of the musical theatre of Count Sheremetev.

S. Khorkina is an outstanding athlete, who glorified our country. She was born in 1979 in Belgorod. She is a two-times Olympic champion, a many times champion of the world, Europe and Russia in gymnastics Now she is a deputy of the Duma. There is a modern Sport Palace named after S. Khorkina in Belgorod with a monument to Khorkina in front of it.

V.G. Shukhov was a scientist and an inventor. He was born in Graivoron. The main creation of Shukhov is the famous radio tower in Shabolovka Street in Moscow. His works can be seen in different regions of the Russian Federation, for example there is one in the Lipetsk Region.

M.S. Shchepkin was a prominent Russian actor. He was born in 1788 in the village of Krasnoye, the Yakovlevo district. K.S..Stanislavsky called Shchepkin “the pride of national art” The Belgorod Theatre is named after him.

 

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