• the region is crossed by a number of domestic and international air routes which, along with realization of the Cross-Polar Air Routes project allowed to shorten the time needed to get from North America to South East Asia.

Internal competitive advantages of the region are determined by the current state of the regional economy and availability of resources for its development in the future. There are following main internal competitive advantages of the Krasnoyarsk Krai:

• the Krai is an important industrial region of Russia (volume of the shipped goods according to the types of economic activities in 2005 made up 376.8 billion rubles);

• a lot of industrial enterprises, including those representing the military industrial establishment, are located in the Krai. This provides great opportunities for diversification and development of the economy;

• a substantial amount of highly qualified and skilled work force is available in the region;

• the Krasnoyarsk Krai is the scientific center of Siberia, advanced branches and scientific institutes are located in its territory;

• there is a number of opportunities for vertical integration of production based on exploitation of local reserves of natural resources and their processing;

• much of scientific and innovative potential of Siberia is concentrated in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, which provides an opportunity for organization of science-intensive types of production;

• there is a number of large export-oriented enterprises, which products are in steady demand in the world market;

• there are great opportunities for cooperation with the neighboring regions, the CIS and foreign countries, as well as for diversification of foreign trade geography.

The Krasnoyarsk Krai, being the second Russian region according to its territory comprises 2 Autonomous Districts (Taimyr and Evenkiya), 48 districts and 25 towns, which are combined into 10 zones with similar economy and a common area.

The Krasnoyarsk Krai is characterized by a complex territorial structure, where all the districts differ on the quantity of natural resources and level of industrial development.

There are following economic zones of the Krasnoyarsk Krai:

1. Taymyr Autonomous Okrug;

2. Evenk Autonomous Okrug; 3. Norilsk industrial complex;

4. Northern group of regions (Turukhansk district, town of Igarka);

5. Eastern part of Lower Angara River Region (Boguchany and Kezhma districts);

6. Western part of Lower Angara River Region (Kazachinsky, Pirovsky, Motyguino,

7. Yeniseisk, Severo-Yeniseisky districts, towns of Yeniseisk and Lesosibirsk);

8. Achinsk group of regions (Achinsk, Birilussy, Bogotol, Bolshoy Uluy, Kozulka, Nazarovo, Tukhtet, Uzhur, Sharypovo districts, the towns of Achinsk, Bogotol, Nazarovo and Sharypovo);

9. Kansk group of regions (Aban, Dzerzhinsky, Ilansky, Irbeysky, Kansk, Nizhny Ingash, Partizansky, Rybinsky, Sayansky, Taseyevo, Uyar districts, the towns of Kansk, Borodino and Zaozerny);

10. Krasnoyarsk group of regions (Balakhta, Berezovka, Bolshaya Murta, Yemelyanovo, Mansky, Novoselovo, Sukhobuzimsky districts, the city of Krasnoyarsk, the towns of Sosnovoborsk and Divnogorsk);

11. Southern group of regions (Yermakovsky, Idrinsky, Karatuzsky, Krasnoturansk, Kuragino, Minusinsk, Shushensky, the town of Minusinsk).

Source: http://www.krskstate.ru

Task 3. Find the word/expression in the right-hand column that could meaningfully replace one of the words/expressions on the left in English-Russian translation.

Task 4. Give the English translation equivalents of the following Russian words and expressions from the above text.

Task 5. Give the Russian translation equivalents of the following English expressions with the keyword «industry»:

Степень стабильности, благоприятная географическая и геополитическая позиция, сырье, запасы древесины, ежегодная вырубка леса, металлокерамика, транспортный центр, шоссе, внутренние и международные воздушные коридоры, промышленный регион, научный центр, наукоемкие виды производства, пользоваться постоянным спросом, автономный округ, промышленное развитие.