The national flag was officially approved by the Federal Law of December 26, 2001

9. Прочитайте текст и подчеркните предложения с конструкцией Complex Subject. Переведите эти предложения на русский язык.

In 1766 Catherine the Great called Legislative Commission. The aim of the Commission was reported to codify and modernize Russian law and life. Although she had no desire to grant her subjects a constitution, ‘the Nakaz’ or ‘Instruction’, which she prepared for Legislative Commission seemed to be a liberal document. Catherine the Great was known to have been inspired by the jurist Enlightenment, particularly by Montesquieu and Baccaria. She followed Baccaria’s treatise “Crime and Punishment”, thus “the ‘Instruction’ denounced capital punishment as well as torture, argued for crime prevention”. The ‘Instruction’ is sure to have produced a strong impression in a number of European countries and it was banned in France.

10. Переведите предложения на английский язык, используя конструкцию Complex Subject.

Считается, что допетровская Россия была малоизвестным азиатским государством.

Говорят, что просвещение медленно распространялось среди детей знати. Поэтому Петр I издал указ, по которому дети дворян должны были учиться грамоте и математике, а тем, кто не хотел учиться, запрещалось жениться.