Check List to Module V

1. When did the East Slavs emerge?

2. What was the first East Slavic state?

3. Who were the founders of Kievan Rus'?

4. What was the source of Russian Christianity?

5. What was the result of Kievan Rus' disintegration?

6. By what time has Russia become the Russian Empire?

7. Who proclaimed the Russian Empire?

8. What way did Russia get access to the sea?

9. What is Catherine the Great famous for?

10. What were the reasons that brought the Russian monarchy to its downfall?

11. Why is Russia a semi-presidential republic?

12. What are the branches the federal government is composed of?

13. What is the president’s power?

14. What is the Federal Assembly responsible for?

15. What does judiciary branch include?

MODULE VI

Omsk – our native city

Vocabulary training

1. Read and translate the words and word expressions below:

southwest Siberia, beyond the Urals, the Russian Empire, the seat of, the Governor General of Western Siberia.

Classify the words into subject groups.

imperia, distance, capital, center, kilometres, southwest, imam, bishop.