Нужно составить 5 вопросов к тексту. st. petersburg st. petersburg is the second largest city in russia and one of the most beautiful cities in the world. it was founded in 1703 by peter the great as the "window to the west". thousands of workmen were brought from all parts of russia to build a new city on the swampy land at the mouth of the neva river. peter the great was in a hurry. the work was fast, and work went on. st. petersburg , a city of great beauty, with palaces, cathedrals, churches, government buildings became the capital. under later rulers the new capital of the russian empire grew rapidly in wealth and beauty. architects were brought from western europe to lay out the city in harmonious squares. boildings were constructed of grey and rose-coloured granite. the hermitage palace and the winter palace, the homes of the tsars, were equal to any in europe. when the first world war began in 1914, the german-sounding name, st. petersburg, was changed to petrograd. after the october revolution the city was renamed after lenin. during the great patriotic war the city suffered a great deal. the german armies laid siege to it in 1941, and for the next year and a half it was cut off from the rest of the country. no fond could be brought in, and people died of starvation. daily shelling and air raids destroyed parts of the city, thousands people were killed. rebuilding took years.

When began the first war? When the St petersburg was founded?

Yuri Gagarin (09.03.1934 - 27.03.1968) - Russian pilot and cosmonaut. Early Life Yuri Gagarin was born on 9 March 1934 in the village of Klushino.  There were four children in the family and Yuri was the third. His father, Alexey, was an able carpenter. Both father and mother worked on a collective farm. It is also known that his mother, Anna, was a voracious reader.  As parents worked their daughter helped them to bring up Yuri. In World War II the Gagarins underwent Nazi occupation and their dwelling was taken over. The family had to build a mud hut and they lived there for almost two years till the occupation ended. Career in the Soviet Air Force When Yuri was young he took an interest in planets and cosmos. Gagarin studied at a vocational technical school and then was chosen for training at a technical high school which was located in Saratov. Afterwards Yuri affiliated himself with the “AeroClub” and tried to fly a light aircraft. From 1955 Gagarin studied at the Orenburg Pilot’s School. He made the acquaintance of Valentina Goryacheva there. Two years later Yuri married her. Post-graduation Gagarin served at Luostari airbase. Bad weather conditions of this region made flying perilous. On 5 November 1957 Gagarin became a Lieutenant. In 1959 his rank was Senior Lieutenant. Career in the Soviet space program In 1960 the 20 pilots including Gagarin were chosen for the Soviet space program. Subsequently he was chosen for an elite training group. All the pilots were tested for both psychological and physical staying power. At the end of the test program Gherman Titov and Yuri Gagarin were selected because their results were the best. Moreover, physical characteristics of these cosmonauts were the most appropriate. They both were not tall. Gagarin’s height was 1.57 metres. Gagarin’s character was described as humble, attentive and persistent. He also had a good memory, vivid imagination, fast response and other mental faculties. An Air Force doctor considered that Gagarin understood life better than others. It should be noted that Yuri liked sports. He played ice hockey and was a basketball fan. 
It is known that when the twenty pilots chose anonymously one of them for the first flight, all but three voted for Yuri Gagarin. Space flight On 12 April 1961 the first human travelled into cosmos. Gagarin was aboard the Vostok 1 and he orbited the earth.  This great event made Yuri Gagarin famous and he received a lot of honours and medals. Gagarin became Hero of the Soviet Union. Death On 27 March 1968 Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin died in a MiG-15 crash. The incident was near Kirzhach. The Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow and the adjacent town of Gzhatsk were named in his honour.

Yuri Gagarin (09.03.1934 - 27.03.1968) - Russian pilot and cosmonaut. Early Life Yuri Gagarin was born on 9 March 1934 in the village of Klushino.  There were four children in the family and Yuri was the third. His father, Alexey, was an able carpenter. Both father and mother worked on a collective farm. It is also known that his mother, Anna, was a voracious reader.  As parents worked their daughter helped them to bring up Yuri. In World War II the Gagarins underwent Nazi occupation and their dwelling was taken over. The family had to build a mud hut and they lived there for almost two years till the occupation ended. Career in the Soviet Air Force When Yuri was young he took an interest in planets and cosmos. Gagarin studied at a vocational technical school and then was chosen for training at a technical high school which was located in Saratov. Afterwards Yuri affiliated himself with the “AeroClub” and tried to fly a light aircraft. From 1955 Gagarin studied at the Orenburg Pilot’s School. He made the acquaintance of Valentina Goryacheva there. Two years later Yuri married her. Post-graduation Gagarin served at Luostari airbase. Bad weather conditions of this region made flying perilous. On 5 November 1957 Gagarin became a Lieutenant. In 1959 his rank was Senior Lieutenant. Career in the Soviet space program In 1960 the 20 pilots including Gagarin were chosen for the Soviet space program. Subsequently he was chosen for an elite training group. All the pilots were tested for both psychological and physical staying power. At the end of the test program Gherman Titov and Yuri Gagarin were selected because their results were the best. Moreover, physical characteristics of these cosmonauts were the most appropriate. They both were not tall. Gagarin’s height was 1.57 metres. Gagarin’s character was described as humble, attentive and persistent. He also had a good memory, vivid imagination, fast response and other mental faculties. An Air Force doctor considered that Gagarin understood life better than others. It should be noted that Yuri liked sports. He played ice hockey and was a basketball fan. 
It is known that when the twenty pilots chose anonymously one of them for the first flight, all but three voted for Yuri Gagarin. Space flight On 12 April 1961 the first human travelled into cosmos. Gagarin was aboard the Vostok 1 and he orbited the earth.  This great event made Yuri Gagarin famous and he received a lot of honours and medals. Gagarin became Hero of the Soviet Union. Death On 27 March 1968 Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin died in a MiG-15 crash. The incident was near Kirzhach. The Cosmonaut Training Centre outside Moscow and the adjacent town of Gzhatsk were named in his honour.