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- Ñêàæèòå, ïîæàëóéñòà, - Tell me, please, whose portraits
÷üè ýòî ïîðòðåòû íà ãëàâíîì there are on the main building
çäàíèè óíèâåðñèòåòà? of the University?
- Íà ôàñàäå ãëàâíîãî çäàíèÿ - On the fasade of it one can see
ìû âèäèì áàðåëüåôû èçâåñòíûõ bas-reliefs of famous
ðîññèéñêèõ ó÷åíûõ, ïèñàòåëåé, Russian scientists, writers and
îáùåñòâåííûõ äåÿòåëåé. public figures.
Ýòî Öèîëêîâñêèé, Ëîáà÷åâñêèé, They are: Tsiolkovski, Lobachevski,
Æóêîâñêèé, Ïóøêèí, Ëîìîíîñîâ, Zhukovski, Pushkin, Lomonosov,
Ìåíäåëååâ, Òîëñòîé, Ëåíèí. Mendeleev, Tolstoy, Lenin.
À òåïåðü ìû ïîåäåì â öåíòð Now we’ll go to the centre
ãîðîäà. of the city.
- À âû íå ñêàæåòå, ñêîëüêî - And how many districts
â Âîëãîãðàäå ðàéîíîâ? are there in Volgograd?
- Âîñåìü: Öåíòðàëüíûé, - There are 8 districts in it:
Âîðîøèëîâñêèé, Tsentralni, Voroshilovski,
Êðàñíîîêòÿáðüñêèé, Krasnooctiabrski, Tractorozavodskoy,
Òðàêòîðîçàâîäñêîé, Ñîâåòñêèé, Sovietski, Kirovski,
Êèðîâñêèé, Êðàñíîàðìåéñêèé. Krasnoarmeyski.
Âîëãîãðàä, ñàìûé äëèííûé Volgograd is the longest
ãîðîä Ðîññèè, ïðîòÿíóëñÿ city in Russia. It stretches
íà 70 êèëîìåòðîâ âäîëü Âîëãè. for 70 kilometres along the Volga.
- Ìîÿ ìå÷òà - ïðîïëûòü - My dream is to sail along
ïî Âîëãå, ïîñìîòðåòü âñå this river and to look at
âîëæñêèå ãîðîäà: Àñòðàõàíü, all Volga cities: Astrakhan,
Ñàðàòîâ, Ñàìàðó, Saratov, Samara,
Íèæíèé Íîâãîðîä, ßðîñëàâëü... Nizhni Novgorod, Jaroslavl...
- Âîò ìû è â öåíòðå. Ïåðåä âàìè - We are in the centre right now.
íàáåðåæíàÿ. There is an embankment in
front of you.
- Êàêàÿ êðàñîòà! - How splendid it is!
- Ýòî ðå÷íîé âîêçàë - This is a river station
ñ çàìå÷àòåëüíûì Êîíöåðòíûì with a wonderful Concert Hall,
çàëîì - îäèí èç êðàñèâåéøèõ which is said to be one of the most
â Åâðîïå. beautiful in Europe.