Russia History Quiz 17

Questions

1. What was the name of the first escape velocity spacecraft invented in Russia in the 1950s?

   1. Sol 1
   2. Rover 1
   3. Luna 1
   4. Mars 1

2. Who was appointed chairman of the State Duma in 2011?

   1. Sergey Naryshkin
   2. Leonid Wavenv
   3. Dimtri Bolev
   4. Joseph Marx

3. Who did Ivan defeat at the Great Stand of Ugra?

   1. Memti Toll
   2. Sebtil Moan
   3. Akhamt Khan
   4. Laksmi Farn

4. Which River was the site of the famous first clash with Genghis Khan?

   1. Faika
   2. Kaika
   3. Maika
   4. Laika

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

   1. He was formerly a MEP
   2. He was born in Leningrad
   3. He married Ludimila in 1983?
   4. He has a daughter called Maria

6. Which city was Andrei Sakharov sent to in exile in 1980?

   1. Siberia
   2. St Petersburg
   3. Gorky
   4. Kabul

7. When was the political party Right Cause founded?

   1. 2002
   2. 2013
   3. 2007
   4. 2009

8. When was Boris Yeltsin dismissed as Moscow Party Chief for criticising the pace of Reform?

   1. 1989
   2. 1987
   3. 1996
   4. 1991

9. When did the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station explode?

   1. 1986
   2. 1984
   3. 1981
   4. 1990

10. When did Ivan issue his legal code Sudenik?

    1. 1497
    2. 1297
    3. 897
    4. 1097

11. Asian Maskhadov, killed by Russian forces in 2005, was a leader of which people?

    1. Chechen
    2. Crimeans
    3. Georgians
    4. Ukrainians

12. What name was given the Scythian peoples of the Asian Steppe?

    1. Maka
    2. Laka
    3. Taka
    4. Saka

13. The Treaty of Bakhchisaria ended which war?

    1. Ruso French
    2. Ruso Turkish
    3. Ruso Polish
    4. Ruso Japanese

14. The famous Russian dish, beef Stroganoff, was invented in which year?

    1. 1961
    2. 1891
    3. 1991
    4. 1861

15. Rocket Boots were pioneered in Russia in what decade?

    1. 1970s
    2. 1980s
    3. 1960s
    4. 1990s

16. Kyrgyzstan gave Russia its first military base overseas in 13 years in what year?

    1. 2007
    2. 2010
    3. 2003
    4. 2015

17. In which Modern day country is the pre historic site of Colchis?

    1. Ukraine
    2. Moldova
    3. Latvia
    4. Georgia

18. In what month did the 1905 Russian Revolution begin?

    1. December
    2. May
    3. September
    4. January

19. Igor Sikorsky was the first to invent and build an aircraft with how many engines?

    1. 7
    2. 10
    3. 2
    4. 4

20. Glasnost literally means what?

    1. Lies
    2. Openness
    3. Hide the Truth
    4. Secrets