The Urals – the centre of Russian metal industry

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Зайцева Ю.П.

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The Urals – а borderline between
Europe and Asia – are а mountain
chain which appeared many years
ago as а result of tectonic activity. As
time went on, the mountains were
being destroyed be the action of
water,
sun and air. As а result, the highest
mountains are only one thousand
meters high. One more consequence
is that the greatest deposits of ores
came to the surface of the Earth. The
fact that they were easily accessible
stimulated the development of
plants.

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The Ural mining industries began
during the time of Peter the First. In
the 18th century the Urals, with their
high quality ores and rich forests (а
fuel for plants) played the greatest
role in the world industry. Russia
exported metal even to Great Britain.
The modification of the Ural industry
began with Magnitogorsk
plant, built near the mountain
Magnitnaya, rich in metallic ores.
Later,
many engineering plants were built in
the region. The greatest plants are
situated in Magnitogorsk, Nizhniy
Tagil, Chelyabinsk and Novotroitsk.

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At the beginning of the 20th
century the Ural metal industry
suffered а
crisis because of the shortage of
coal. But the delivery of coal from
Kuzbass
solved the problem. It must bе
mentioned that about 70 metals
and minerals were first
discovered in the Ural mountains.
Large deposits of iron, copper,
lead,
zinc, nickel, titanium, wolfram and
many other metals characterise
the region.

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Nowadays some of the
deposits are exhausted, and
the plants work on
the ores from the new layers
(Kazakhstan, Siberia). But
nevertheless, the
Urals are the region with
great history, traditions and
experience, and
hopefully it will have new
stages of development.

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EXERCISES
Answer by oral the following questions to the text:
1. Where are the Urals situated?
2. Why are these mountains not very high?
3. Why are the deposits of ores easily accessible?
4. When did the Ural mining industries begin? Did Russia export
metal at that time?
5. Where did the modification of the Ural industry begin?
6. What was the reason for the crisis for the Ural metal industry?
7. How many metals and minerals were first discovered in the Urals?
8. What are the recent problems of the Urals?
9. Does the author of the text hope that the region will have new
stages of development? And what do you think?

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Active Vocabulary
доступный
действие
цепь
характеризовать
уголь

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следствие
медь
кризис
поставка
месторождение,
залежи

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Additional Active Vocabulary
destroy
development
discover
Earth
easily
Europe
exhaust
export
forest
fuel
разрушать
развитие
открыть
Земля (планета)
легко
Европа
истощать
экспортировать
лес
топливо

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ANSWERING
1.The Urals situated between Europe and Asia.
2. These mountains are not very high that were being destroyed be the action of water,
sun and air. As а result, the highest mountains are only one thousand
meters high.
3. The deposits of ores are easily accessible, cause is a result of tectonic activity.
4. The Ural mining industries began during the time of Peter the First. Yes, Russia
exported metal even to Great Britain.
5. The modification of the Ural industry began with Magnitogorsk plant, built near the
mountain Magnitnaya, rich in metallic ores.
6. The Ural metal industry suffered а crisis because of the shortage of coal.
7. About 70 metals and minerals were first discovered in the Ural mountains. For instance,
there are large deposits of iron, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, titanium, wolfram and many other
metals.
8. Nowadays some of the deposits are exhausted, and the plants work on the ores from the
new layers (Kazakhstan, Siberia).
9. Of course, author thinks The Urals are the region with great history, traditions and
experience, and hopefully it will have new stages of development. I think the same. Why
not?