Textbook Alla Nesvit, Year 6, Ex.1 p.143
Mariyinskiy Palace is in an old part of Kyiv on the top of a hill. Mariya Oleksandrivna, the wife of the Tsar Oleksandr II, gave money to build a big park near the palace. That’s why people called this park and the palace «Mariyinskiy». The park is one of the favourite places of Kyivites. Children are happy here with their bikes, balls and minicars. Elderly people sit on the benches and talk with their friends. Teenagers chat about their friends and school life.
The Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra is on the green hills above the Dnipro. In the 9th century a monk called Anthony dug a small cave there. Later some other monks came and stayed there.
Many talented and famous people lived in the Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra. They wrote about their lives in the caves. Some of the monks were great artists. They painted beautiful icons.
Some of the monks were doctors and helped people. Today the Kyiv-Pecherska Lavra is both a monastery and a tourist attraction. Monks live, study, work and pray here.
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