Task 4. Напишите True/False/Don’t know 1. The Trans-Siberian Railway is the oldest railway in Russia.
2. P.P. Melnikov made the project of the St. Petersburg – Moscow mainline.
3. It was a single-track line.
4. The construction began in 1843 and lasted 9 years.
5. All the materials for the construction were imported from Britain.
6. Hundreds of kilometers of track were laid down through forests and marshes, many rivers were crossed.
7. 285 bridges and 9 viaducts were built to make the line as straight as possible.
8. The Tzar Nikolay I drew a straight line between the two cities on the map and ordered this line to be the route of the railway.
9. People lived in “shalashes” or dug-outs; ate often tainted food; worked from dawn till sunset.
10. The railroad was officially opened for traffic on October 1, 1851.
11. The first train departed from Moscow at midnight.
12. The train consisted of first-class cars only.
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