1. Where is the Astrakhan Region located?
2. Whatis its area?
3. How many cities and town arc there in the Region?
4. What is the city of.Astrakhan?
5. How can the Region climate be characterized?
6. What climatic zones can be singled out in die Region territory?
7. Is the Astrakhan Region a multinational one?
8. What natural resources are mined in the Region territory?
9. What can you say about economic development of the Astrakhan Region?
10. Why is our Region famous, for its vegetables?
11. Astrakhan is a city of high cultural level, isnt it?
12. Why is Astrakhan called an educational centre?
13. What places of interest can you recommend for tourists?
IV. Give t he Russian equivalents.
Lower reach of the Volga River, to border, rural settlement, transport junction, proximity of me sea. semi-desert climate, moderate climate, foreign economic activities, in terms of, sturgeon, caviar, shipyard, ship-reparing plant, paper null, tinned fish, fish-processing plant, lo be in great demand, entrepreneur-ship, affiliate, recreation, masterpiece, to protect, hunting.
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1. Natural conditions of the Region... mainly determined by the joint influence of the Delta rivers and the Caspian Sea.
2. Throe climatic zones can singled out in the Region territory.
3. The Regions economic development and foreign economic activities primarily determined by the geographic situation and natural resources.
4. Large deposits of oil and gas found in the Astrakhan Region territory.
5. The Astrakhan Region also the major producer of sturgeon and caviar.
6. There many enterprises in the Region.
7. Many fish products produced at the fish processing plants.
8. Famous Russian singers - Maksakova, Barsova, Petrov, Milashkina born here.
9. In the vocational training system schools reorganized as Lyceums and polytechnic colleges.
10. The Astrakhan Region a promising area for tourism and recreation in the nearest future.
11. There also a large collection of works by the "Russian avant-garde" artists.
12. At present there about 50 preserve zones in the Region protected by the State, which used or can used for organizing bird-watching fishing and hunting tours.
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VIII. Speak on the following topics:
a) the geography of the Astrakhan Region, the climate of the Astrakhan Region.
b) the population of the Astrakhan Region, the Regions economic development.
c) the cultural life of the Region, the places of interest in Astrakhan.
d) Astrakhan is an educational center.
