Презентация, доклад по английскому языку на тему THE LAKE SELIGER

our country. It’s called the pearl of Russian nature. It is the land of clean lakes, shady rivers, the land of waters and forests.

Slavic tribes were settling. The information about Seliger is met in the Russian chronicles of the 12 -13th century.

There are more than 150 islands (i.e. humps) in the Seliger and no one in the Il’men’.

The legends tells that Seliger and Il’men’ were brothers who loved the same girl Volga. She chose Seliger and Il’men’ decided to leave home forever. But envy captured him and he cursed Seliger. And 100 humps grew on his back. Il’men’ regretted and asked the same hard lot.

On the first view Seliger is an usual lake. But it makes great impression when blue sky is reflected in the mirror waters.

Volga begins. A small brook flew out from the bog in the thick forest. But through 8 kilometres Volga flew into lake Sterzh and become a strong stream.
In the 20th century Spaso-Preobrazhenskaya hermitage was built in this place.

of river Volga, than he became a Russian saint Nil Stolobenskiy Chudotvorets. He settled on the island Stolobnoe where Nil’s hermitage was formed later. It happened to be the holy centre of whole Russia for some centuries.

Eve of Epiphany. But the water of Okovetskiy spring has the same curing power. It’s 4 above zero in summer and winter.

were built in the 17th century. They are 45 meters high, they are made of wood and the domes shine.

It hasn’t got a heel because “fish has eaten it”. So there are a lot of fish in Seliger. According the legend all population of the town died in the fire many years ago. Only one man became alive, he fished that time. He built a new house and than a new town grew around it. The name of the fisher Evstafiy (Evstashka) is associated with the name of the town.

there in the 14th century. It belonged to Dmitry Donskoy's son. In the 18th century the new Uspenskiy Church was built there.
Near the Tolstoy’s estate is situated .There was a theatre, a church, three-storied house, linen factory, tannery in the Tolstoy’s El’tsy . Some buildings keep safe now.

are very old.

unique beautiful landscapes.