Tourist attractions in Arkhangelsk

Tourist attractions in Arkhangelsk

1. Use the Internet and end these sentences.

1)        The monument to St. Michael the Archangel is located on … .

2)        The Monument to M.V. Lomonosov is located on … .

It was sculpted by … .

3)        The Sculpture Ensemble in Honor of Saints Pyotr and Fevronia Muromsky is located on … .

It was sculpted by … .

4)        The Monument to Boris Shergin is located on … .

It was sculpted by … .

5)        The Monument to Stepan Pisakhov is located on … .

It was sculpted by … .

6)        The Statue to Peter the Great is located on … .

It was sculpted by … .

7)        The Monument “A City of  Military Glory” is located on … .

8)        The museum and exhibition complex “Merchant Yard” is located on … .

9)        The Monument to the Victory in the 1941-45 War and the Eternal Flame are located on … .

10)    The Northern Obelisk (a Pomor with a deer) is located on … .

2. Look at these pictures. Name the monument in the picture.

3. Look at the pictures. Name the museum in the picture.

4.    Read about Arkhangelsk museums. Fill in the gaps. Use Ex.3.

1)   ____________________________, which amazed contemporaries with its beauty and power, is one of the few preserved, though partially, monuments of Russian architecture of the second half of the 17th century. Now it houses dozens of exhibitions.

2)   ____________________________ contains the collection of objects related to the maritime culture of Russia and the Euro-Arctic Region. You can explore historical artifacts related to the thousand-year history of navigation.

3)   ____________________________ is of particular interest among Arkhangelsk cultural monuments. This is the only building where the interior of the 19th century was preserved, whereas the house construction began as early as at the end of the 18th century. If you want to feel the 19th-century atmosphere, you should definitely look in.

4)   If you are interested in fine arts, you should visit ____________________________. It is recognized as one of the best regional art museums in Russia. Today the collection of the museum’s exhibits includes more than 30 thousand works of northern masters.

5)   ____________________________ was opened on March 3, 1995. The exhibitions devoted to the life of northern poets and writers are on display on an ongoing basis. You will have an opportunity to see with your own eyes these writers’ personal items, manuscripts, and letters.

6)   ____________________________ stood in German (Nemetskaya) sloboda and was considered to be the most prestigious public building in pre-revolutionary Arkhangelsk. It was transferred to “Chumbarovka” due to Troitsky prospect being broadened and a desire to preserve this architectural monument.

7)   ____________________________ was located in the architectural monument called “The Trade Building with a Coach House” (1897) which is part of  the Shingarev-Plotnikov City Manor. A unique collection of Alexander Borisov’s works, containing more than 400 masterpieces, is the centerpiece of the exposition. One of the museum halls is devoted to the art of an authentic northern painter – Tyko Vylki. Here you can also see pictures by Stepan Pisakhov (1879-1960). Pisakhov’s talent of a landscape painter was revealed in the images of North.

8)   ____________________________ is one of the oldest in the country. Its exhibitions will introduce you to the rich nature and history of the Russian North.

5. Answer the questions.

1)      What museums have you visited in Arkhangelsk?

2)      What did you like the most in a museum?

3)      Where can we go in Arkhangelsk if we are interested in art?

4)      What monument or museum would you like to visit in Arkhangelsk?

Recourses:

http://gotoarkhangelsk.ru/en/types/museums/

https://russiatrek.org/arkhangelsk-city

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