Full Lesson: http://www.ruskyed.com/GEO/geo22a.html Transcript: Rusky Ed here and the topic for this lesson is the Crimean Federal District. Following the intro song the lesson will begin, but in the meantime be sure to inspect the focus words for this lesson! Established in March of 2014, the Crimean Federal District (Кры́мский федера́льный о́круг) is Russia’s ninth and newest federal district. Surrounded by the Black Sea (Чёрное море) and the Sea of Azov (Азо́вское мо́ре) as well as the foreign (and decidedly hostile) country of Ukraine to the north, the Crimean Federal District occupies what is known as the Crimean Peninsula (Кры́мский полуо́стров). Several cities located in Crimea include Yevpatoria, Sevastopol, Yalta, Simferopol, Feodosiya, and Kerch. Separating Crimea from the rest of the great country of Russia is the Kerch Strait (Керченский пролив). A site of special interest, located near the city of Yalta (Ялта), is the Nikitsky Botanical Gardens (Никитский ботанический сад). It was established in 1811 as the result of a decree issued from Saint Petersburg for the purpose of conducting scientific research involving plants. Covering an area of eleven square kilometers, the gardens are a true botanical paradise with a huge collection of plants and trees. The grounds are open for the public to visit and they produce saplings and seeds for use in public projects in the region. (More info: http://nbgnsc.com/en/node/62 ) And now for our focus words: собранный - collected огромный - huge, enormous, vast разнообразный - variety, various, diverse пролив - strait, channel соединять - to connect, unite, join море - sea It should be noted that разнообразие is the noun form of разнообразный since that’s what will appear in the sample sentences, speaking of which we have: В ботанических садах собрано огромное разнообразие растений. (The botanical gardens include an enormous variety of plants.) Керченский пролив соединяет Чёрное и Азовское моря. (The Kerch Strait connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.) Между Чёрным и Азовским морями находится Керченский пролив. (Between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov is the Kerch Strait.) [Между Чёрным морем и Азовским морем находится Керченский пролив.] And now for a few useful vocabulary words: частность - particular волновать - to worry, agitate, disturb текущий - current положение - position, situation сообщать - to tell, report, say пароль - password The following sample sentences provide examples of how these words may be used: В частности его волновало текущее положение. (In particular, he was worried about the current situation.) [В частности его волновала текущая ситуация. В частности он беспокоился о текущей ситуации.] Никому не сообщайте свой пароль. (Do not share your password with anybody.) And with that excellent advice this lesson comes to its conclusion!

• published: 06 Dec 2015
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