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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland

London

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Politics

United Kingdom is aparliamentary monarchy,headed by the queen.Parliament is thesupreme authoritythroughout theterritoryThe relationship

between people andgovernment are regulated

by legislative acts,unwritten laws andconventions

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Science

In the UK, were made manyimportant inventions:antibiotics, electroniccomputer, a modern bike,photography, steam turbine,electromagnetic, stereo sound,a movie, a propeller, theinternal combustion engine,electronic computer (PC) andother.The maine academic

institutions are the LondonRoyal Society of Science andthe British Akademy of SocialSciences.

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Culture

Culture of the United Kingdom is richand varied. It is largely influenced by theculture on a global scale. The UK hasstrong cultural ties with its formercolonies, especially with those Stateswhere English is the official language.

Significant contribution to British cultureover the past half of the century havemade immigrants from the Indiansubcontinent and the Caribbeans. Duringthe formation of the United Kingdom itwas composed of former independentcountries with different cultures, whichshould be considered separately.

The national newspapers are: The Times,The Guardian, The Independent, The DailyTelegraph, The Observer, The FinancialTimes, The Daily Express, The Sun, TheMirror, The People.

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Some Interesting Facts about the

UK

There is no writtenconstitution in the UK. The house of Commons isthe only place in Britain where

no one can enter the Queen ofEngland, as it is not a memberof the House. In the UK, traditionally theposition of First Lord of theTreasury takes the primeminister and the Queen takes

the position of First Lord of theAdmiralty.

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LONDON

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About origin of name

The modern name of the city - London - comesfrom the Latin word "Londinium". There is no

consensus about the origin of the word, butscientists have repeatedly put forward thehypothesis the etymology of the name.

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Transportation

Buses are used for the localtrevelling. There are a 700 routeson which buses carrying onweekdays about 6 millionpassengers. Famous coaches theRoutemaster, which became asymbol not only of London butalso across the UK were removedwith a linear operation in 2005 andnow only go on excursion routes.

London Underground is the oldestin the world. He constantly workssince 1863 and daily transports 3million passengers, approximately1 billion people in a year

The famous London black taxislook exactly the same way asseventy years ago, except foradvertising, covering now many ofthese cars.

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The famous streets and squares Piccadilly the street and thearea is

the economic center of the city. In the middle of the Trefalger

square is a monument in honor ofHoratio Nelson, who commandedthe British fleet at the Battle ofTrafalgar.

Oxford Street is a shopping street.There are boutiques and shoppingmalls there

Harley Street is a street inWestminster, which became famousas a street of doctors. Many doctorsstill lead the practice on HarleyStreet.

Abbey Road is a famous recording

studio, where many legendaryartiststhe made their recods amongthem are: The Beatles, Pink Floyd,Manfred Mann and others.

Baker Street is the street on whichthe Sherlock Holmes Museumsituated.

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Traditions and ceremonies

Britain is known as a country oftraditions. Many of them have beenpreserved since ancient times, andLondoners have always honor them.

Changing of the Guard at BuckinghamPalace, is one of the most famous andpopular tradition with tourists inLondon. This ceremony takes place

daily at 11:30 a.m. from April untilAugust.This tradition isone of themost beautiful in London. Ceremony of the Keys - a 700-years-old ritual of closure of the Tower,running his chief guard at exactly21:50 every day

Except Easter, Christmas and New

Year, all the holidays in England fallstrictly on Monday. The New Yearsday is celebrated in the family with atraditional apple pie. Easter is alwayscelebrated in April. Easter Monday isthe day whem all the people tocongratulate each other and givepresents to children on the streets, to

such as sweets and toys.

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