1. Do you know your native land?

2. Can you answer these questions? 1. Where is the Republic of Chuvashia situated? 2. What regions does it border on? 3. What is the territory and the population of the Republic? 4. What are the largest towns in Chuvashia? 5. Are there many mountains in the Republic? 6. The Republic is rich in forests, isn't it? 7. What typical representatives of the local fauna do you know? 8. Can you give me some information about rivers of the Republic? 9. Can we say that the Republic has a very good geographical position? Why?

3. Make up sentences using the underlined words 1. The Republic of Chuvashia is situated in the Middle Volga Region. 2. It borders on two regions and three republics. 3. Chuvashia stretches for 190 kilometers from north to south and for about 160 kilometers from west to east. 4. Many nationalities live in Chuvashia including Chuvashes, Russians, Tatars, Mordovins and others. 5. 454.3 thousand inhabitants live in Cheboksary

4. Play a quiz-game with us The number of small rivers in Chuvashia. The most ancient towns. The population of your native town (village). Percent of the people living in town.. Rivers in the republic (name at least 10 of them). The name of the central plain on which Chuvashia is situated. Kinds of trees in the forests. Typical representatives of the local fauna The peculiarities of the republican surface. The hottest month in a year.

5. Do interpreter’s work and translate this article The northern part of Chuvashia adjoining the Volga and indented with ravines is called the Ovrazhnoe plateau. The central part of Chuvashia is the Sviyazhskya -Plain with wide, but not deep valleys and gorges, is indented to a lesser degree. Forests cover about one third of the Repub­lic's territory, mainly along the Sura river and in Zavolzhye. In other locations there are only groves, in the south-east there are almost no forests at all. The forests of Chuvashia are mountainous oak-groves of the Ovrazhnoye plateau, mixed forests oi Prisurye, pine forests of Zavolzhye. Typical representatives of the local fauna are elks, bears, wolves, wild boars, hares, foxes, martens, otters.