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Рабочий лист № 2
I. 1) Дайте определение профессии гида:
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2) Обсудите в парах:
a) What does a guide do?
b) Can any person be a guide?
c) What is special in the job of a guide?
d) Is the guide job interesting, cool or dangerous?
c) What traits of character should a guide have?
II. Прочитайте текст о Соборной площади Московского Кремля.
The main memorials of the Russian ancient church architecture stand on Cathedral
Square. In the northern corner you can see the Assumption Cathedral with its mighty
golden cupolas and, behind it, the Patriarch’s Palace with its home Church of the
Twelve Apostles. To the left of the Assumption Cathedral, there is a small Church of
Laying Our Lady’s Holy Robe. In the square’s southern corner there are two other
cathedrals: the golden-domed Annunciation Cathedral and the lavishly decorated
Archangel’s Cathedral. On the eastern side, the sky-high Ivan the Great Bell-Tower
gives the square its finish. Cathedral Square had been Old Russia’s center of political
and social life. Today, the Kremlin’s cathedrals are museums of Old Russian painting
and decorative and applied art.
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III. Назовите объекты Соборной площади.
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IV. Прочитайте текст, заполните пропуски следующими выражениями:
the northern side, bigger, the Korsunskie or the Golden Gate, the Italian architect,
Cathedral Square, golden cupolas, three entrances.
The Cathedral of the Assuption is located to 1._________________ of Cathedral
Square. It was built between 1475 and 1479 by 2._______________ Aristotele
Fioravanti. The Cathedral was built of brick and white stone. Five drums are crowned
with 3._______________. The central dome is 4.____________ than the others. The
cathedral has 5._______________: southern, western and northern ones. The
southern entrance faces 6._______________. Above it there is a depiction of the
Virgin with the archangels. The doors of the southern entrance are known as 7.
___________________. Above the northern entrance there are depictions of Russian
saints. Tourists enter the cathedral through the western atrium.
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V. Назовите объекты Успенского собора: The altar’s partition and the iconostasis,
The Patriarch’s seat, The copper marquee and Patriarch Germogen’s reliquary,
Southern portal, Metropolitan Peter’s reliquary, The king’s gate, Western portal.
Entrance, The praying sites of czarinas and czarevnas, Ivan the Terribleʼs seat,
Metropolitan Jonah’s reliquary, The altar, Metropolitan Philipp’s reliquary,
Northern portal.
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VI. Соедините вопросы с ответами:
1. Where is the Cathedral of the Assuption situated?
2. Who decided to invite the foreign architects to build the Kremlin’s main
Cathedral? When was the building erected?
3. Who was the architect of the Cathedral of the Assuption?
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4. How many entrances are there in the Cathedral? Which of them was devised as a
parade entrance?
5. What images can you see in the white-stone arches of the southern entrance of the
Cathedral?
6. What masterpiece can you see to the right of the king’s gate in the iconostasisʼ
lowest row in the Cathedral of the Assuption?
7. What images are painted on the altar in the Cathedral’s eastern wing?
8. What image is depicted in the central part of the Cathedral’s cupola?
9. What images and events of the Gospel are depicted on the Cathedral’s cupola
sides, on the vaults and upper parts of the southern and northern walls?
10. Where is one of the Cathedral’s most ancient icon “Saint Georgy” located?
Describe it.
A. On the altar in the Cathedral’s eastern wing portraits of 23 saints, monks and
hermits are painted.
B. Four evangelists are depicted on the cupola’s sides. On the vaults and upper parts
of the southern and northern walls we can see the key events of the Gospel: Nativity,
Purification, Descent into Hell, Ascension, Presentation into Temple, and
Transfiguration.
C. In the white-stone arches of the southern door of the Cathedral there are figures of
the saints, and still higher, an image of Our Lady with Christ in arms.
D. One of the Cathedral’s most ancient double-sided icon “Saint Georgy” is located
on the northern wall. St. Georgy is depicted on the golden background as a youth in
armor, holding a spear in his right hand, and the sword in his left hand.
E. The architect of the Cathedral of the Assuption was Aristotele Fioravanti.
F. Christ, the Holder of the Whole World, is depicted in the central part of the
Cathedral’s cupola.
G. The Cathedral of the Assuption is located to the northern side of Cathedral Square.
H. To the right of the king’s gate in the iconostasisʼ lowest row we can see the
Cathedral’s main icon “Assumption”.
I. Ivan III decided to invite foreign architects to build the Kremlin’s main cathedral.
The building was erected between 1475 and 1479.
J. The Cathedral has three entrances: southern, western and northern ones. The
southern door facing Cathedral Square was devised as a parade entrance and was
lavishly adorned.
VII. Найдите в Успенском соборе объекты, согласно описанию и озаглавьте их:
1) In the middle, you can see Christ as the King of Heaven and the Supreme Judge
surrounded by apostles, saints and angels. Below him, on his right, there are the
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sinners facing avenge, whereas on his left, there are the righteous destined for “the
eternal bliss”. On the pillars, there are images of the most revered Russian saints.
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2) In front of the iconostasis you can see silver chased Candelaria of the 17 th century,
adorned with relief bunches of fruits and vegetation ornaments. Of the same age are
four-tiered pyramidal gilded copper Candelaria. In the center, closer to the
iconostasis, you can see a big silver candelabrum “Harvest” with a sheaf-of-wheatshaped top.
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VIII. Проведите экскурсию по Успенскому собору для участника из группы
№ 1, согласно плану:
1. Enter the Cathedral via the southern entrance. Describe the staircase, the portal and
the white-stone arches.
2. Take notice of the iconostasisʼ lowest row to the right of the king’s gate. What
icons are there? Describe them.
3. Enter the Cathedral’s eastern wing. Describe the images on the altar.
4. Who is depicted in the central part of the Cathedral’s cupola?
5. Name the evangelists who are depicted on the cupola’s sides.
6. Look at the vaults and upper parts of the southern and northern walls. Name the
events of the Gospel which are depicted.
7. On the northern wall of the Cathedral an ancient icon “Saint Georgy” is located
Describe it.
8. Which part of the Cathedral you find most interesting? Explain why.