Speak about Moscow and St Petersburg. Use the questions as a plan. 1. How old is the city?2. Who founded it?3. When was this?4. What are the famous places of interest there?5. What do you know about these places?

Moscow is the capital of Russia. It was founded by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky in 1147. Red Square and Kremlin are symbols of Moscow and Russia. There is a monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky. It is in the garden in front of St. Basil's Cathedral. The Moscow Kremlin is well-known throughout the world. There is the Great Kremlin Palace, the Tsar-Bell and the Tsar-Cannon in its territory. St. Petersburg stands on the River Neva. It was founded by Peter the Great in 1703. There is the Hermitage in the city. Its collection contains more than 10 million works of art. The monument to Peter the Great is one of the symbols of St. Petresburg. The Peter and Paul Fortress first protected the city from attacks from Sweden. Later it was a political prison, and now it's a museum. Moscow and St. Petersburg are the most beautiful cities in the world.