Russia History Quiz 18

Questions

1. What was the name of the first satellite, invented by the Russians?

   1. Gemini 1
   2. Sputnik 1
   3. Cosmonaut 1
   4. Atlantis 1

2. Who was appointed leader of "A Just Russia" in 2011?

   1. Mijhail Romanov
   2. Nikolai Levichev
   3. Garbo Grymenko
   4. Stefan Mihalojovic

3. Who did King Filimer defeat to take over the area of Oium?

   1. Fali
   2. Dali
   3. Mali
   4. Spali

4. Which Roman Emperor resorted the Bosporan Kingdom in 68AD?

   1. Malpa
   2. Galpa
   3. Falpa
   4. Salpa

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

   1. His real first name is Maximillian
   2. He married Ludimila in 1983?
   3. He has a daughter called Maria
   4. He has a daughter called Katerina

6. Which city was the capital of the Rus people until 882?

   1. Lovgorod
   2. Novgorod
   3. Sovgorod
   4. Dovgorod

7. When was the proton rocket invented in Russia?

   1. 2015
   2. 1995
   3. 1965
   4. 1935

8. When was Boris Yeltsin elected as Russian President?

   1. 1998
   2. 1995
   3. 1991
   4. 1999

9. When did the community Part vote to end the "One Part System"?

   1. 1999
   2. 1990
   3. 1993
   4. 1996

10. When did Ivan Pavlov win the Nobel Prize for his classical conditioning work?

    1. 1964
    2. 1984
    3. 1904
    4. 1934

11. At which battle did Aleksander Nevsky defeat the Livonian Nights?

    1. Battle of the Snow
    2. Battle of the Ice
    3. Battle of the Sun
    4. Battle of the Heat

12. What name was given to the 1943 Operation intended to break the siege of Leningrad?

    1. Spark
    2. Terror
    3. Fire
    4. Hurt

13. The treaty of Brest Litovsk took Russia out of which conflict?

    1. Vietnam
    2. WW1
    3. WW2
    4. Russo Japanese War

14. The famous Ziwiye Hoard of Archaeological finds was found near which river?

    1. Danube
    2. Volga
    3. Don
    4. Urmia

15. Russia and Germany agreed, in 2005, to build what to connect the two nations?

    1. Cable Car
    2. Tunnel
    3. Pipeline
    4. Bridge

16. Latvia declared its independence in which year?

    1. 1998
    2. 1989
    3. 1994
    4. 1992

17. In which nation was the Solidarity trade union founded?

    1. Ukraine
    2. Estonia
    3. Poland
    4. Latvia

18. In what month of 1917 did Tsar Nicholas II abdicate?

    1. June
    2. January
    3. August
    4. March

19. Ilych was the middle name of which political figure?

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

20. Gleb Kotelinkov invented the Knapsack version of what?

    1. Tent
    2. Hot Air Allon
    3. Air Ship
    4. Parachute