The Russian Empire's colonial expansion differed from other Western European empires in which of the
following ways?

• The Russian Empire only colonized areas
contiguous to the homeland.

• The Russian Empire recognized the offspring of
settlers and native peoples as a new, racially mixed
group.

• The Russian Empire permitted missionary activity
but did not actively support it.

• The Russian Empire relied on the forced labor of
native people for the transition to commercial
agriculture.