Category archive ‘ the Great Britain ’

The Irish question

On September, 14th 2008

In the beginning of XX item unresolved there was an Irish question which was pointed in 80 - 90 х years of last century. The Irish society has concentrated on struggle for samoup-ravl_nnja (гомруль) in British Empire. The parliament some times rejected the bill about гомруль, and radikal th Irish intelligency has decided to struggle for full samos-t_jn_st Ireland. The party шинн фейн "which put the purpose of creation of the national Irish government has headed struggle".

Tourism

On September, 14th 2008

Annually to the Great Britain arrives more than 12 million tourists from the different countries of the world which visit the big cultural-historical centres: London, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol. Not Cambridge and Oxford uses smaller popularity small world famous cities-museums, such as Stratford-ON-ajvon і, Віндзор, the university centres. Resorts of the Great Britain are concentrated basically to southern coast England (Brighton). Fans of mountaineering and mountaineering can take pleasure in beauty of Scotland. Inhabitants of cities like to spend u_k-end on the nature in a country zone.

Transport

On September, 14th 2008

In the Great Britain it is charged more than 300 seaports, the annual which cargo turn exceeds 140 million tons. The greatest ports is: London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Southampton. The basic navigable rivers Thames, Северн, Dover, Trent. Creation of the high-speed railway near La Manche has simplified connection between the Great Britain and continent. Loading has simultaneously decreased for ports of the south of the country. High-speed highways which were stretched from the north on the south, connect different parts of the country. From the big cities of a motorway disperse in radial directions. So from London highways to Dover, Йоркшир, Cardiff, and from Бірмінгема to Bristol, Manchester disperse. Length of railways 37,8, and automobile 358 thousand kilometres.

Agriculture

On September, 14th 2008

For the Great Britain characteristic воздержанный and damp enough climate with small temperature drops throughout a year which creates favorable conditions for agriculture development.

The most part of used rural grounds is occupied by pastures (about 80 %). The smaller part of territory is occupied by agricultural crops which basically are grown up in East Anglia.

The industry of the Great Britain

On September, 14th 2008

Metallurgy

Metallurgy in the Great Britain is one of the most developed areas of the industry. In it it is occupied more than 582 thousand persons. And the first place on employment number belongs to ferrous metallurgy (332 thousand man). Another is necessary on nonferrous metallurgy. Cardiff and Суонс (Wales), Лідс (England) is the basic centres of manufacture of a steel and pig-iron. Annual melt became more than 15 million tons. Aluminium factories are located basically in Scotland and the Wales.

The industry

On September, 14th 2008

The Great Britain is one of four countries which define economic power of Europe. The industry of the Great Britain includes set of areas, the part from which has world value. Мідленд it is the basic industrial region of the Great Britain.

Culture

On September, 14th 2008

Englishmen adhere to the old traditions and habits. It is designated on many aspects of life of the population. They try to live till now in own, separate to the house. Even some apartment houses are under construction so that each apartment had the input. Old apartment houses often represent a long two-storeyed brick building with many a door, painted in different colour as they belong to different proprietors. Therefore the Great Britain sometimes name "two-storeyed". For many English houses the vertical arrangement of apartments on two or three floors is characteristic.

Formation

On September, 14th 2008

The secondary education system includes an elementary school in the Great Britain, average and the senior classes. Children start to go to school in 5 years. The school is obligatory to 16 achievement of annual age. There are 2 systems of comprehensive schools which depend on they are in what county. System And: an elementary school (from 5 to 11), high school (from 11 till 16-18). System: І school (from 5 to 8), high school І the item from 8 to 13 and ІІ the item from 13 till 16-18.

The population of the Great Britain

On September, 14th 2008

The population of the Great Britain is made more than 58 million by man. National structure: Englishmen more than 80 %, the Scot of 10 %, валлійці (aboriginals to the Wales) 2 %, the Irish of 2,5 %.

The considerable part of the population professes протестантизм. The exception is made by Northern Ireland which majority of inhabitants is Catholics. Northern Ireland is a place of constant conflicts on a religious and national ground.

Political system of the Great Britain

On September, 14th 2008

The Great Britain constitutional monarchy.

The form of a state system of the Great Britain - constitutional monarchy. The monarchy is most ancient of existing forms of the state board all nowadays, and in the Great Britain the continuity of the royal power has been mentioned only once for ten centuries of existence of the state.