Exercise 2. Fill the gaps in the dialogs. (обращение к водителю такси) - …! …, ….! - Yes, … Where to? - Take me to the Savoy Hotel,… - …, sir. (случайная встреча со старым знакомым по длительного времени) - …, but haven’t we met before? - … …, I can’t place you. - Last Summer at Brighton. - But …, you are Mike. How stupid of me. I … … …, I should have remembered.
During the Northern War, Russia gained access to the Baltic Sea. There was founded the first Russian city built by the European standards. It was moved to the capital, as the city was closer to Europe and make a better impression on foreigners. Peter I also needed capital on the coast - "to visitors from other countries could sail to the king of the sea, and not overcome a dangerous way to Moscow." The transfer took place before the formal accession to the land of Russia Nystadt contract, so the capital was located in the territory, formally belonging to another gosudarstvu.Formalnogo decree, according to which the capital was St. Petersburg, was not.