8. Complete the sentence:

• Emperor Nikolay I ______________________________________________________

a) did not want to solve the Amur question

b) started some arrangement to solve that problem

c) postponed this question till better times

• Leading European powers wanted ____________________________________________

a) to establish a new republic in the Far East

b) to develop the Far East and China

c) to tap the recourses of the Far East and China

•Avacha Bay _______________________________________________________________

a) was located in a picturesque place

b) was the location of the Russian port

c) attracted whalers and various foreign emissaries by sea resources

•A military squadron of French and English ships lost the battle for Petropavlovsk Port because _________________________________________________________________________

a) the number of the Russians prevailed

b) Petropavlovsk Port was fortified very well

c) Russian officers and soldiers were very courageous

•The opponents of Russia’s movement to the Amur __________________________________

a) got bribes from the UK

b) disliked Russian people

c) were afraid of the Minister of the Finances

•China agreed to solve the Amur question because ___________________________________

a) there was a new government

b) it had realized the profit of trade between two countries

c) it could lose all territories

9. Translate into Russian the letter of N. N. Muravyov to the Foreign Minister and analyze it. How is he describing the possible future of the Far Eastern lands?

10. Give a key sentence to each paragraph.

11. Give a summary of the text.

12. On your own. Use the Internet and other sources to find some information about the activity of the Russian Emperor Nikolay I.