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13. Read the text and make it complete with the phrases below.
a) Russia and Japan were allies and
b) aground on rocks
c) eight destroyers
d) to the valour and spirit
e) in the military history of
f) he never wore it in public
g) seized by the British
h) disappearing forever
i) in and outside Russia
j) in the Russian-British relations
Varyag
It often happens so that a certain object becomes a symbol of something and begins to embody particular traits of human character. Such an embodiment of human courage has long become a ship whose name is familiar to any Russian.
The Varyag was a protective cruiser that is well known 1 Russia. The ship was built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Imperial Admiralty. The cruiser was launched on October 31, 1899, and on January 2, 1901 she was commissioned into the Russian Navy.
During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 the Varyag (under the command of Vsevolod Rudnev) accepted a badly unequal battle with a Japanese squadron consisting of one armoured cruiser, five protected cruisers and 2 on February 9, 1904.
Having lost 31 men dead, 191 injured and outgunned, the crew decided not to surrender, but to sink the ship. The crew was saved.
Later Vsevolod Rudnev was decorated with a Japanese order for that battle. Although he accepted the order, 3___
The Varyag was later salvaged by the Japanese and repaired. She served with the Imperial Japanese Navy as light cruiser Soya. During World War I, 4-- several ships were transferred by the Japanese to the Russians. She was returned to the Imperial Russian Navy at Vladivostok and renamed Varyag. Then she was sent to Great Britain for an overhaul.
However, following the Russian October Revolution in 1917 she was 5 and sold to Germany in 1920 for scrap. But in the Firth of Clyde, she ran 6 near the Scottish village of Lendalfoot, and was scrapped there. She finally sank in 1925, 7___
On July 30, 2006 (Russian Navy Day , a monument to the cruiser was unveiled at Lendalfoot, Scotland. It was an important event 8 of recent years. The monument to Varyag has become the first monument to the Russian military honour in Great Britain.
The idea to erect a monument to Varyag in Scotland was put forward by the charitable foundation Cruiser Varyag. The all-Russia movement “In Memory of Cruiser Varyagi’ started in 2006 and aroused considerable public interest 9___A competition for the best design of the monument was organized and the winner has become a tribute 10 of the Russian sailors.
a) Russia and Japan were allies and
b) aground on rocks
c) eight destroyers
d) to the valour and spirit
e) in the military history of
f) he never wore it in public
g) seized by the British
h) disappearing forever
i) in and outside Russia
j) in the Russian-British relations
Varyag
It often happens so that a certain object becomes a symbol of something and begins to embody particular traits of human character. Such an embodiment of human courage has long become a ship whose name is familiar to any Russian.
The Varyag was a protective cruiser that is well known 1 Russia. The ship was built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Imperial Admiralty. The cruiser was launched on October 31, 1899, and on January 2, 1901 she was commissioned into the Russian Navy.
During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 the Varyag (under the command of Vsevolod Rudnev) accepted a badly unequal battle with a Japanese squadron consisting of one armoured cruiser, five protected cruisers and 2 on February 9, 1904.
Having lost 31 men dead, 191 injured and outgunned, the crew decided not to surrender, but to sink the ship. The crew was saved.
Later Vsevolod Rudnev was decorated with a Japanese order for that battle. Although he accepted the order, 3___
The Varyag was later salvaged by the Japanese and repaired. She served with the Imperial Japanese Navy as light cruiser Soya. During World War I, 4-- several ships were transferred by the Japanese to the Russians. She was returned to the Imperial Russian Navy at Vladivostok and renamed Varyag. Then she was sent to Great Britain for an overhaul.
However, following the Russian October Revolution in 1917 she was 5 and sold to Germany in 1920 for scrap. But in the Firth of Clyde, she ran 6 near the Scottish village of Lendalfoot, and was scrapped there. She finally sank in 1925, 7___
On July 30, 2006 (Russian Navy Day , a monument to the cruiser was unveiled at Lendalfoot, Scotland. It was an important event 8 of recent years. The monument to Varyag has become the first monument to the Russian military honour in Great Britain.
The idea to erect a monument to Varyag in Scotland was put forward by the charitable foundation Cruiser Varyag. The all-Russia movement “In Memory of Cruiser Varyagi’ started in 2006 and aroused considerable public interest 9___A competition for the best design of the monument was organized and the winner has become a tribute 10 of the Russian sailors.