V. CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE
TEST "THE KHABAROVSKY KRAI";
1. What month was the Khabarovsky Krai organized in? a) August, 1945 b) November, 1917 c) October, 1938 d) February, 1922
2. What strait separate the Khabarovsky Krai from Sakhalin Island? a) Tatar b) Bering c) Nevelskoy d) Laperuzo 3. What rivers are the tributaries of the Amur? a) The Argun b) The Amgun c) The Aldan d) The Tumnin
4. The southern foreign neighbour of the Khabarovsky Krai is …. a) North Korea b) Japan c) China d) Mongolia
5. The oldest settlement of the Khabarovsky Krai is …. a) Nikolaevsk b) Okhotsk c) Ayan d) Khabarovsk
6. What city is famous for producing submarines? a) Khabarovsk a) Amursk b) Komsomolsk-on-Amur c) Nikolaevsk
7. What's the length of the Amur? a) 4400 km b) 3531 km c) 4444 km d) 4092 km
8. What climatic zone does the Khabarovsky Krai belong to? a) Monsoon a) Continental b) Sharply continental
9. What time zone does the Khabarovsky Krai lie in? a) The local time is +12 hours fast of the Greenwich Mean Time a) The local time is +11 hours fast of the Greenwich Mean Time b) The local time is +10 hours fast of the Greenwich Mean Time c) The local time is +9 hours fast of the Greenwich Mean Time
10. Khabarovsk has Russia’s third largest …. a) River port a) Railway station b) Airport
11. Most of the Khabarovsk Krai area is characterized as …. a) Plateaus b) Lowlands c) River valleys d) Mountainous
12. The sea port Sovgavan was earlier called …. a) Imperatorskay gavan b) Communistic gavan c) Japanese gavan d) Nevelskoy gavan
13. The largest port of the Khabarovsky Krai is …. a) De Kastri b) Vanino c) Okhotsk d) Nikolaevsk
14. The river Amur was discovered by …. a) Nevelskoy b) Muravyov c) Khabarov d) Poyrkov
15. The number fish species in Amur is more than …. a) 100 b) 80 c) 140 d) 50
16. The Khabarovsky krai takes 3 place in …. a) fishing b) gold-mining c) coal-mining d) oil-processing
CROSSWORD I
Down: 1. The name of the ocean the R.F.E. is washed by. 2. The country the R.F.E. borders on. 3. Valuable fish-eating sea animal, found in cold regions. 4. One of the rivers of the R.F.E. 5. Town of the Khabarovsky Krai. 6. One of the rivers of the Khabarovsky Krai. 7. Amphibious rodent quadruped. Across: 1. Territory included in the R.F.E. 8. Large carnivorous animal with spotted coat. 9. Valuable tree with hard, tough wood. 10. Mineral resource. 11. Wild beast allied to the dog. 12. Large carnivorous animal with striped coat. 13. One of the ethnic groups. 14. Lake. 15. Large seal – like sea animal with long tuskes.
CROSSWORD II Down: 1. A low-growing plant, smaller than a tree. 2. Product that is bought and sold. 3. The making of goods on a large scale. 4. Wood cut and made suitable for building. 5. The degree of heat or cold. 6. The average conditions of the weather in a place. 7. The work of getting minerals. 8. The wide mouth of a river into which the tide flows. 9. An advantage, an improvement. 10. A place from which activities are controlled and from which orders are sent out. 11. Black mineral which burns and supplies heat. 12. A group of the same kind. 13. A capital of the Far Eastern Federal Okrug. 14. All the animals found in a certain area or period.
Across: 1. An area of land, a region. 2. A tree with cones. 3. The degree of moisture. 4. All the wealth of a country and all its means of defense. 5. One of the biggest oblast in Russia where the fish industry is the most developed. 6. A group of families living as community under one or more chiefs. 7. All the plants of a particular region. 8. The total number of inhabitants of any town or country. 9. The land near the line that separates one country or state from another. 10. A brilliant precious stone. 11. A sort, a kind. 12. The power or right to give orders.
CONTENTS Предисловие 3
I. THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 4 Text Flora and fauna of the Russian Far East 5 Text Mineral resources. Population 6 II. THE KHABAROVSKY KRAI 16
III. THE ECONOMY OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 21 Text 1. General Economic Profile of the Russian Far East 21
Text 2. Extra information on the economy of the Russian Far East 23 Resource Potential 23 Agriculture 23 Industry 24 Construction 27 Transport 27 Foreign Relationships of the Russian Far East 28 Text 3. The Economy of the Khabarovsky Krai 29 Text 4. The Rusian Far East economy through the figures 34 IV. STUDY THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST 39
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