Dear stranger!

          I want to tell you about my birthplace,where I was born, I live and I study...

          The ancient Vladimir region, is well-known it is much written about it, told, but I will tell you about  a small town of Alexandrov.

          You will easily find  it  jn  a  map if  you look at the  northeast  from Moscow. Yes, it is Alexsandrov. Very  long  time  ago  it  was  possible to reach Alexandrovskaya Sloboda from Moscow not  less  than  for two days  along  the  Big  Slobodsraya  road.Now, getting you an electric train at the Yaroslavl station in two hours you will arrive at our place, well, here you at us on a visit... We meet you at the station...

          Many  important  events are connected with it. Right  here, from  the railway  station, to protect  the Native  land against enemies Alexandrov  people both during the war civil, and the Great Patriotic War. Here went to the front  in  the  thirties inhabitants of our town with delight and  pride  met O.J. Shmidt  and  other  heroes - chelyuskintsev. In  the  post - war  years our grandparents, great - grandmothers, great - grandfathers went to cultivate virgin lands, to build the Baykalo-Amur  Magistral and other important buildings. Here, you can see the Eternal fire, the symbol of military glory and noble memory. I  like to visit this place which reminds me a lot from the past.

           From here, from  Komsomol  skaya Square street - the central town street starts. Well, we will go further... Excuse me, dear stranger, but our roads... are terrible, probably, as bad as during Ivan the Terrible's rein, yes that  Ivan  the Terrible... In  December evening 1564 people from Sloboda saw the big tsar procession coming from Moscow, hiding  from mutines, the tsar settled  in  Alexandrova  Sloboda. Soon  this summer  residence  was transformed  to constant imperial residence, oprichnina center. For about 20 years this settlement became  the capital of Russia. So let's go to the Alexandrov Kremlin without delaing. I'm  proud  of  this  historic fact:

my birthplace was famous in different countries.

           On a  high bank of  the  Seraya River ( now  it  is  more  like a swamp, it's nice, Ivan the Terrible couldn't see it ) there are  round  domes  churches, temples and towers with spirals and peaked spikes. Here, behind high and thick walls, the oldest ancient monuments, the certifir cate of great archtecture, the genius  of  Russian  people  have remained. In 1576 a printer Andronik Timofeyevich  Nevezha organized a  printing house according  to the  tsar's. The old  books can tell us about the life of Ivan the  Terrible, his  marriges and tragic episodes in his family: death of his wives and son, about  his  battles and wars. As  for  me, I want to leave  you  here  for some time... to understand  and  feel the magic  time, the  time of  past. These  churches, temples  and huge trees remember and can tell you many intresting story very long time ago, better, than I...

           I notice, my dear  stranger, you have become silent and thoughful. Therefore I suggest to take a walk simply throught our town. We will  cross the bridge rise to the Pervushin's museum. It's really very attractive. We will  go  to  the  park  and  admire  the silence and  the view of the town. We will keep sillent watching the sight: golden domes, green  trees. I thinkthat visiting this place can help you to forget all the probkems feel good.

           And  now, my  stranger, we will go to our  school, the  greatest  one  in the town, where many smart children study. It is an English language specialized school. I love it, because it gives me great knowledge.

            Well, it's time to  leave, but  I  hope, we don't say "goodbye"... Come to us next time, I think that  we  will  repair roads, we  will  clean the river and streets and we will plant trees and flowers. And our majistic town, my birthplace will shine in the sun, getting respect love from the citizens.

            I will wait for you, dear stranger, I still have much to tell you.

                                      See you soon.

                                             Take care.

                                                      Love, Ann.   

 МБОУ СОШ №1
ученица 7 "В" класса
Баркалова Анна

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