ПОЖАЛУЙСТАААА Read the text and name three things that
are different in Moscow and St Petersburg.
Moscow and St Petersburg are the
most important cities of Russia.
They stand on the banks of two
rivers — the Moskva and the Neva.
The two cities have a lot of places
of interest, theatres, museums and
picture galleries. In their streets and
squares there are a lot of beautiful
buildings. They have some wonderful
green parks.
But what makes them different?
St Petersburg is younger than
Moscow: Tzar Peter the Great
founded it in 1703. Prince
Dolgoruky lived in Moscow as
early as in 1147, in the 12th
century. In St Petersburg there
are a lot of bridges but there
is no Kremlin. More people
live in Moscow than in
St Petersburg, and its streets
are busier, the territory of
Moscow is larger. St Petersburg
is a large sea port because it is situated near the Baltic Sea. Moscow has only river ports.
The climate in St Petersburg is different from the climate in
Moscow: the city has more nasty and rainy days. There are
some symbols of Moscow: the Tsar Bell in the Kremlin,
Spasskaya Tower and St Basil’s Cathedral. St Petersburg has
some symbols too — the monument to Peter the Great on a
horse and Smolny Cathedral.