Is graffiti common in your town or city? where? — граффити распространено в вашем городе? где? я живу в астрахани
• what do you think of it? is it beautiful or ugly? — что ты думаешь об этом? это красиво или некрасиво?

the mariinsky palace was built by emperor nikolay i for his daughter maria as a gift to her wedding with the duke maksimilian lejhtenbergsky. maksimilian was eugenie dе bogarne's son who was napoleon's stepson. wedding was on 5th december in 1838. the place for this palace was chosen opposite the isaakievsky cathedral, on the bank of the ekaterina channel. before there was tchernyshev's house there. the emperor wanted to build a palace which would differ from others. this palace should become the standard of comfort of that time. the builders used modern technical decisions and applied the modern building materials.

a  great power  is a  country  that has the ability to exert its influence on a global scale. goverment of this country   has  economic capability, political stability   and military strength. today we can see a multinational forums like    the  european union  and the  group of eight. countries of g8  have  heavy responsibility for whole world because of their  nuclear weapons  and  large economies.the top of major powers in the world are expected to resolve tensions around the world and promote peace. i think everyone have to know:   significant   powers have existed throughout history, it is important part of our life, with  big powers we can   work out solutions to global problems together