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UNIT1.

RUSSIAN CUSTOMS

A man should know something of his

own country< too< before he goes abroad.

_L.Sterne,

3. Ivan the Terrible's rule

4. Kievan Rus

PRE-READING

Exercise 1. Answer the questions.

1. What does the history of the Russian Customs Service date back to?

1. Peter the Great's reign

2. The Mongol-Tatar yoke

2. 3. duties rates

   2. What functions has the Russian Customs Service carried out at all times?

1. the fiscal function;

2. regulation of foreign trade;

3. collection of taxes and duties;

4. law enforcement;

5. collection of Customs statistics;

6. protection of the economic interests of the country;

7. protection of the national treasures; h) regulation of economic activities.

3. Exercise 2. Write down all the words you can think of on the topic of Russian Customs.

4. Now check if any of the words below, taken from the text, are in your list.

5. contraband export to prohibit

6. to protect

   3. to charge

7. restrictions

8. control