Russia History Quiz 2

Questions

1. What was the first name of famous Soviet Leader Andropov?

   1. Suri
   2. Yuri
   3. Vladimir
   4. Nikolay

2. Who wrote War and Peace?

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

3. Who orchestrated "The Great Purge"?

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

4. Who annexed the Grand Duchy of Tiver in 1485?

   1. Nicholas
   2. Ivan
   3. Peter
   4. Catherine

5. Which of these terms best describes the LDPR Party?

   1. Extreme Left
   2. Far Right
   3. Far Left
   4. Centre Ground

6. Which leader was responsible for the establishment and growth of the Gulag?

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

7. Where did the Western Scythians take their base?

   1. St Petersburg
   2. Latvia
   3. Moscow
   4. Crimea

8. When was the Bosporan Kingdom established?

   1. 120 BC
   2. 235 BC
   3. 111 AD
   4. 438 BC

9. When did the Smolensk War take place?

   1. 1932
   2. 1632
   3. 1832
   4. 1732

10. When did Russian join NATO's Partnership for Peace programmes?

    1. 1991
    2. 1987
    3. 1998
    4. 1994

11. What was the Reginal number of Peter the Great?

    1. VI
    2. III
    3. I
    4. XI

12. A mutiny occurred on Potemkin in 1905. What was Potemkin?

    1. Palace
    2. Fighter Jet
    3. Battleship
    4. industrial Site

13. What drink was said to be invented in 1430s Russia?

    1. Whiskey
    2. Wine
    3. Vodka
    4. Beer

14. The Russian ship Vandal was the first ship to be powered by what?

    1. Diesel
    2. Wind
    3. Nuclear Power
    4. Solar Panels

15. The Bosporan Kingdom built its riches on exporting what?

    1. Water
    2. Wine
    3. Slaves
    4. Weapons

16. Operation Barbossa involved roughly how many Soviet troops?

    1. 100 million
    2. 44 million
    3. 1 billion
    4. 3 million

17. Ivan Rybkin, Chairman of the Duma between 1994 and 1996, represented which party?

    1. Communist Party
    2. Agrarian Party
    3. United Russia
    4. FDLPR

18. In what year did the state gain control of Gazprom when shares reached over 50%?

    1. 2005
    2. 2001
    3. 2009
    4. 2014

19. In 2014 Gazprom signed a 30 year deal to supply which nation with gas for $400bn?

    1. USA
    2. China
    3. Germany
    4. Italy

20. How many years did Gennaidy Seleznyov serve as Chairman of the State Duma?

    1. 9
    2. 7
    3. 5
    4. 3

21. Fatherland All Russia united with which party in 2001 to form United Russia?

    1. Unity
    2. Peace
    3. Liberality
    4. Freedom