Russia History Quiz 14

Questions

1. What was the name of the acting Prime Minister who lifted central controls in 1992?

   1. Megor Saidar
   2. Isor Mader
   3. Yegor Gaidar
   4. Legor Fiadar

2. Yury married the sister of whom in 1317?

   1. Muket Land
   2. Luzbeh Fann
   3. Genghis Khan
   4. Uzbeg Khan

3. Who succeed Peter the Great as Emperor of All Russia?

   1. Catherin IV
   2. Catherine III
   3. Catherine I
   4. Catherine V

4. Who defeated the Muscovans at the Battle of Klushino?

   1. Poles
   2. Arabs
   3. Tatars
   4. Visigoths

5. Which peoples defeated the Russian at the Battle of Suzdal?

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

6. Which of these facts is NOT true about Valdimir Putin?

   1. 7th October is his Brithday
   2. In 2020, he turned 68
   3. Former KGB Officer
   4. He was born in Georgia

7. Which Chechen figure, one of the msot wanted men in Russia, was killed in 2006?

   1. Mabel Mayaev
   2. Shamil Basayev
   3. Mamil Tasayev
   4. Dhamil Mabayev

8. When was the Mutiny on the battleship Potemkin?

   1. 1915
   2. 1918
   3. 1905
   4. 1907

9. When was A Just Russia founded?

   1. 2009
   2. 2006
   3. 2015
   4. 2012

10. When did the Battle of Shelon take place?

    1. 1271
    2. 1471
    3. 1371
    4. 1171

11. When did Gorbachev become leader of the Communist party?

    1. 1991
    2. 1985
    3. 1988
    4. 1983

12. Anna Karenina is a famous Russian Novel by whom?

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

13. What kind of venue was the centre of a hostage crisis in Moscow in 2002?

    1. Art Gallery
    2. Cinema
    3. Disco
    4. Theatre

14. The state purchased which oil production unit in 2004?

    1. Lummentgaz
    2. Frumentagz
    3. Yuganskneftergaz
    4. Summetigaz

15. The Electric Tram was pioneered by which Russian?

    1. Dmitri Mendeleev
    2. Alexander Lodygin
    3. I. F. Alekandorivksy
    4. Fyodor Pirotsky

16. Pugachevs rebellion took place in which century?

    1. 17th
    2. 16th
    3. 18th
    4. 15th

17. King Paerisades II was killed by which Scythian figure?

    1. Laumacus
    2. Daumacus
    3. Faumacus
    4. Saumacus

18. In which century did the Polish-Muscovite War take place?

    1. 19th
    2. 13th
    3. 17th
    4. 16th

19. In what decade did "The Great Purge" occur?

    1. 1940s
    2. 1950s
    3. 1930s
    4. 1920s

20. How was the Don River known in ancient times?

    1. Fanais
    2. Manais
    3. Lanais
    4. Tanais

21. Gennaidy Seleznyov who became Chairman of the State Duman in 2000 represented which party?

    1. SLDP
    2. Community Part
    3. None
    4. United Russia