MY NATIVE LAND

Lyceum №5 Mtsensk Oryol region

4 «B» class

How do you do!

We are very pleased to meet you!

We are a group of pupils of the lyceum № 5 of Mtsensk, Oryol region. There are 7 boys and 7 girls in our group. We love our lyceum very much. Our lyceum is 41 years old. There are 50 teachers and 500 pupils in it.

Our native town is Mtsensk. It is ancient. It is one year older than Moscow. Mtsensk was founded in 1146. We celebrate its birthday on the 20-th of July.

Our ancient town of Mtsensk stands on the river Zusha. The Zusha is lovely for swimming, boating and fishing. It flows into the river Oka, then into the Volga, after that into the Caspian Sea.

Mtsensk lies on seven hills. Like great cities Moscow and Rome, Mtsensk is situated on 7 hills.

Our town is very green and clean.

Mtsensk is 49 km far from Oryol,

regional centre.

Yelena Alexandrovna Blaginina

(1903-1989) - a poet, a translator

Kalinnikov Vasily Sergeyevich(1866-1900) – a composer

Mtsensk land is rich in its famous people. For example, a Ye.A. Blaginina, a composer V.S. Kalinnikov

«Мама спит, она устала…Ну и я играть не стала!Я волчка не завожу,А уселась и сижу».

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet

(1820-1892) – a poet

Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) –

a writer

The main sightseeing of Mtsensk is Spasskoye - Lutovinovo. It is a village 12 km far from our town. This is the birthplace of a great Russian writer I.S. Turgenev.

Many people all over the world love his books. He described Mtsensk land and its people in his works.

The our coat of arms

This is an emblem of the town of Mtsensk.

You see an eagle on the fortress wall and four sheaves of wheat.

The author of our coat of arms is a count Frantsisk Matveyevich Santy.

В России много городов,

Красивей, может быть, и лучше,Но снится мне

во сне лишь он:Тот, что стоит на речке Зуше.

Teacher – Zimina Tatyana Alexandrovna

Authors – Chukhry Alexander

Kislitsyna IrinaKulyabin NikitaOzerova Anna

Gogotov VladislavKotova Anastasiya

Nikonov Vasily Ogurkhanova Aisun

Mityukhina ElizavetaRadyuk ElizavetaSoldatov MaximSergeyeva Diana

Semyonov AlexanderErgushev Vyacheslav