Russia History Quiz 1

Questions

1. What was the famous order number of the NKVD Great Purge?

   1. 223
   2. 101
   3. 99
   4. 47

2. Who won the Eurovision Song Contest for Russia in 2008?

   1. Sergey Lazarev
   2. Dima Bilan
   3. Valeriya
   4. Ani Lorak

3. Who negotiated with Reagan to bring an end to the Cold War?

   1. Gorbachev
   2. Khrushchev
   3. Stalin
   4. Yeltsin

4. Which writer was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1974?

   1. Leo Tolstoy
   2. Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
   3. Maxim Gorky
   4. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

5. Which of these Russians is famous for inventing the Electric Lamp?

   1. Alexander Lodygin
   2. I. F. Alekandorivksy
   3. Dmitri Mendeleev
   4. Gleb Kotelinkov

6. Which leader was responsible for the cultural "Thaw" policy?

   1. Gorbachev
   2. Khrushchev
   3. Yeltsin
   4. Andropov

7. Where did the Soviet Union invade in 1939?

   1. Poland
   2. Spain
   3. Netherlands
   4. Iceland

8. When was the Battle of the River Thatis?

   1. 190 BC
   2. 310 BC
   3. 19 BC
   4. 2 AD

9. When did the Sack of Nineveh take place?

   1. 100 BC
   2. 1200 BC
   3. 612 BC
   4. 4 BC

10. When did Russian Ivan Elmanov invent the Monorail?

    1. 1920
    2. 1820
    3. 1850
    4. 1880

11. What was the reginal number of Catherine the Great?

    1. VI
    2. I
    3. II
    4. IV

12. A fuel provision agreement was signed between Russian and which other nation in 2005?

    1. Ukraine
    2. Kuwait
    3. Iraq
    4. Iran

13. What does the term Perestroika actually mean?

    1. Traditional
    2. Again
    3. Restructuring
    4. New

14. The Rus name Leanti translates as what?

    1. Magic
    2. Wonderful
    3. Happy
    4. Laughing

15. The Battle of Kaika River was the first encounter between the Rus and which people?

    1. Mongols
    2. Visigoths
    3. Huns
    4. Goths

16. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a notable work by whom?

    1. Maxim Gorky
    2. Leo Tolstoy
    3. Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
    4. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

17. Ivan Rybkin switched parties during his run as Chairman of the State Duma in 1996. Who did he join?

    1. United Russia
    2. Socialist Party
    3. FDLP
    4. Community Party

18. In what year did the Soviet's boycott the Summer Olympics?

    1. 1992
    2. 1988
    3. 1984
    4. 1996

19. In 2010 President Medvedev signed a deal with the USA to cut what by 30%?

    1. Welfare
    2. Carbon Emissions
    3. Foreign Aid
    4. Nuclear Arms

20. How many years did Catherin the Great rule Russia?

    1. 44
    2. 54
    3. 34
    4. 64

21. Excavations during 1973 in the Russia Village of Syezzheye found key aspects of which culture?

    1. Mamara
    2. Lamara
    3. Samara
    4. Famara