Speak about St Petersburg. The name. How it began (Øêîëüíûå ñî÷èíåíèÿ)

ÃÄÇ ïî àíãëèéñêîìó ÿçûêó; Rainbow English; 6-é êëàññ; Unit 1; Step 3; óïð. 4; ñòð. 16.

1. The name

One of the most interesting things to know about Saint Petersburg is that during its relatively short history it changed its name several times. When the city was founded by Peter the Great in 1703, it received its first name – Saint Petersburg. Two centuries later, in 1914, it got the name of Petrograd. But it was called Petrograd for only a short period of time and changed the name for Leningrad ten years later – in 1924. In 1991, the city became Saint Petersburg again and has been known under this name since that year.

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Èìÿ

Îäèí èç ñàìûõ èíòåðåñíûõ ôàêòîâ î Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðãå – ýòî òî, ÷òî çà âðåìÿ ñâîåé îòíîñèòåëüíî êîðîòêîé èñòîðèè îí íåñêîëüêî ðàç óñïåë ïîìåíÿòü íàçâàíèå. Êîãäà ãîðîä áûë îñíîâàí Ïåòðîì Âåëèêèì â 1703 ãîäó, îí ïîëó÷èë ñâî¸ ïåðâîå èìÿ – Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðã. Ñïóñòÿ äâà âåêà, â 1914 ãîäó, îí ñìåíèë íàçâàíèå íà Ïåòðîãðàä. Íî Ïåòðîãðàäîì îí íàçûâàëñÿ íåäîëãî è áûë ïåðåèìåíîâàí â Ëåíèíãðàä ÷åðåç äåñÿòü ëåò – â 1924 ãîäó.  1991 ãîäó ãîðîä âíîâü ñòàë Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðãîì è ñ òîãî ìîìåíòà èçâåñòåí ïîä ýòèì èìåíåì.

2. How it began

The city of Saint Petersburg was founded by our tsar Peter the Great. He founded the city in 1703. Peter loved the city so much that he even moved the capital from Moscow to Saint Petersburg in 1712. Saint Petersburg turned into a very important city, became the home of Russian tsars and began to grow very fast. Today people often call Saint Petersburg Piter for short because they love the city the way Peter the Great did or even more.

2. Êàê ïîÿâèëñÿ ãîðîä

Ãîðîä Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðã áûë îñíîâàí íàøèì öàð¸ì Ïåòðîì Âåëèêèì. Îí îñíîâàë ýòîò ãîðîä â 1703 ãîäó. ϸòð òàê ñèëüíî ëþáèë ñâîé ãîðîä, ÷òî â 1712 ãîäó äàæå ïåðåí¸ñ â íåãî ñòîëèöó èç Ìîñêâû. Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðã ïðåâðàòèëñÿ â î÷åíü âàæíûé ãîðîä, ñòàë ðåçèäåíöèåé ðóññêèõ öàðåé è íà÷àë áûñòðî ðàñòè. Ñåãîäíÿ ëþäè ÷àñòî íàçûâàþò Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðã ñîêðàù¸ííî Ïèòåðîì, ïîòîìó ÷òî ëþáÿò ýòîò ãîðîä íå ìåíüøå, à ìîæåò, è áîëüøå, ÷åì ëþáèë åãî ϸòð.