I live in Vladimir. It’s an old town not far from Moscow.  It has beautiful and famous ancient churches and cathedrals. The majestic building of the Drama Theatre with beautiful marble statues looks wonderful. There are a lot of monuments to famous people. The Golden Gate is a tall exiting edifice built many years ago. It is situated in the centre of the town and is the main attraction for tourists.                                                                                              

A birthplace is the place where a person was born, where he lives, where he spends his best years of his life, his childhood.

My name is Nastya . I am 11 years old. I was born in Vladimir. I live here all my life.  My family and my friends live here too. I like my native town  very much.

Every person has his own favourite place in the world. The place where he was born and  spent most of his life time may be called his favourite town, settlement or region. The place where a man  spent his childhood is full of sweet reminiscences and kind feelings. This place could be a quiet small place, but many bright and exciting impressions could be connected with it. Everybody can show his love differently. One can be a poet and compose his poems about his native place. Another one can be a musician and compose his music devoted to that place. The others can be artists and bring fame and honour to his town with their paintings. My native town Kovrov is rich in such people. Famous poets of our town are Katkov, Sinitsyin and Zemskiy. We know Bychkov as a well-known Kovrov artist.

"I love my homeland and I am proud that I was born in Russia,"- nowadays people pronouncing these words are less and less concerned about what the birthplace means to them. People like ants run around in vanity solving their problems do not notice what is happening around them and very often they forget about the place they live. The world has changed and we have become too greedy, indifferent and petty that sometimes we do not realize how important our Motherland is for us. I think that our love to Motherland is the feeling which will never disappear from Russian souls, and it makes us one of the united and strong nations in the world.

I am David Kurasov, my birthplace is Vladimir. Vladimir is rather small city in the central part of Russia. But it is also an amazing city with a lot of places of interest, parks and monuments of white-stone architecture. I am very proud of living in Vladimir.

Motherland is an essential part of us. This is the world we live in. For me the word «Motherland» means first of all the place where I spent my early childhood - a small village not far from Vladimir.

              What is a birthplace for every person? For me, it is a place where I was born. It is a place where all my relatives live and like living. It is a place where different events – happy and unhappy – take place. And finally it is a place that you can’t imagine your life without.

     Every person has a family. It is something that everybody needs. The first things we learn, we learn from our parents.

I was born in a very good family. My mother and father are the best parents in the world. My father is a very serious and hardworking man. He is responsible and reliable. My mum is very hospitable and creative. It seems to me, she can do everything on Earth. I hope, that I have some of these characteristics too.

For what do I love Vladimir? I remember the summer which I spent in my country house where my grandmother lives. You know, I’m a romantic person, I like to dream. Well, I prefer dreaming alone and think about something eternal, for example, the sun or Motherland. I like listening to happy songs of small birds hiding in the branches with juicy green leaves. Sometimes I could notice even an ant carrying blades to build their own house.