I study at Sumy State University. It is one of the largest in Ukraine. It was founded in 1930. Today there are many departments at the University. Our University trains specialists for various fields of economy, technology and other sciences. The departments are groped into faculties. The students of our University major in physics, mathematics, law economy, natural and applied sciences.
Students from different towns, cities and villages of our country may be admitted to the University on the basics of their results at the entrance exams. Studying at the University lasts for 5 years.
Students must pay for their tuition about four thousand hrivnas a year.
There are laboratories, lecture-rooms, workshops and libraries at the University. The labs and workshops are well-equipped with modern installations and instruments.
University libraries contain thousand of volumes, so students may use them in their studying.
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My Native Town
Konotop is situated on the river Yesuch in Sumy region in the middle way from Kiev to Sumy. It was oficially first mentioned in the manuscripts dating back to the year 1638.
It is interesting to visit our Town Museum, and the Memorial of Fighters against the fascists. About 30 thousand of people are buried there.
In the 19-th century N. Gogol, T. Shevchenko, p. Tchajkovsky, I. Repin visited our town. The most beautiful monument is to Taras Shcvchenko in the town Park. There are always flowers at the foot of it.
Konotop is an important industrial center but. There are about 20 large enterprises and the biggest of them are the Motor Detail, the Red Metallist, the steel Frame Work Factory and others. They produce equipment for coal mines, details and implements for agricultural machines, clothes, meat and milk products and other consumer goods.
Konotop is in some way a cultural center of the district. There are 12
secondary schools, a gymnasium and a lyceum, some vocational schools, 2
musical, art and sport schools. The town has a TV studio.
The traffic is rather heavy. The main means of the town transport are trams and buses.
For those who want to do shopping there are some department stores, and a wide network of small stores and several markets. Konotop has 2 hospitals, a cinema and a good town park.
Konotop is situated in a very picturesque place. And the life here is quiet and peaceful.
You are welcome to visit Konotop.
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KYIV
Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine and the seat of the Supreme Council and the Cabinet of Ministers.
Kyiv is one of the most ancient cities. It was called "the Mother of All Russian Cities". It has the population of about 3 million people. Its total area is 790 square kilometres.
Kyiv lies on the both banks of the Dnieper, one of the longest rivers in Ukraine. It is one of the greenest cities in the world, it has 18 square metres of greenery for a person.
Kyiv is an industrial, scientific, and cultural centre of Ukraine. Kyiv as one of the oldest cities has many places of interest. Among them the Golden Gate, which is about a thousand years old. On the Bogdan Khmelnitsky Square there is the St. Sophia's Cathedral. In the square, in front of the cathedral, there is the monument to Bogdan Khmelnitsky.
There is the monastery ensemble, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, which was founded in the 11th century in Kyiv.
In Kyiv you can see the monument to T. Shevchenko, the well-known poet and fighter for freedom. It stands in the park in front of the University. There are some other monuments in Kyiv — the monument to Lesya Ukrainka, the great Ukrainian poetess, the monument to N. Lysenko, the great Ukrainian composer and many others.
There are many fine museums in Kyiv: the State Historical Museum, the Museum of Ukrainian art and so on. Kyiv is a city of theatres. It is famous for its theatres such as the Taras Shevchenko Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Ivan Franko Ukrainian Drama Theatre, the Lesya Ukrainka Russian Drama Theatre and others.
Kyiv is the centre of science and education. Many scientific research institutes, colleges, universities are in Kyiv. Kyivites are proud of their city.
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LONDON
London is one of the world's three largest cities (the other two are New York and Tokyo). It is one of the world's most important ports and it is the capital of Great Britain. About 7 million people live there.
There are four main parts in London: the City, Westminster, the West End and the East End.
The very centre of London is Trafalgar Square. There is Nelson's Column with the statue of Admiral Nelson on the top (185 feet high). In the north of Trafalgar Square there is the National Gallery. It exhibits all schools of European painting from the 13th to the 19th century and includes works by Van Dyck, Rubens, Goya, Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt.
Not far from Trafalgar Square there is a little street with very ordinary houses. This is Downing Street, and for the last 200 years at house Number 10 the Prime Minister of England has resided.
Downing Street leads to Whitehall. In Whitehall was a palace where from the 12th to the 16th century the England kings and queens were living.
A little further we can see Parliament Square. Westminster Abbey is on one side, the House of Parliament on the other.
One of the most beautiful and distinguished of all English buildings is Westminster Abbey, founded in the 11th century:
The most colorful of all London ceremonies is the changing of the Guards. The ceremony starts at 11.30 a. m. and takes between 30 and 40 minutes.
All the principal streets of London lead to the heart of the City, the financial and business centre of Great Britain.
In London there is so much to see that even Londoners can always find new sights. They like to say: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life".
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