Russia History Quiz 23

Questions

1. What was the name of the government that rebels were trying to overthrow in the First Chechen War?

   1. Dudaev
   2. Cudaev
   3. Mudaev
   4. Ludaev

2. Who was defeated by the Muscovites in the Battle of Shelon?

   1. Ukrainians
   2. Mongols
   3. Kievians
   4. Novogorodians

3. Who did the Russians defeat at the Battle of Kulikovo?

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

4. Which ruler did Shemyaka have blinded?

   1. Peter III
   2. Catherine II
   3. Ivan III
   4. Vasili II

5. Which of these famous events happened EARLIEST?

   1. Mongols invade
   2. Invan IIII rules
   3. Kievan Rus is founded
   4. Vladimirr the Great rules Rurik Dynsatry

6. Which country granted Russia its first military base aboard in 13 years in 2003?

   1. Kyrgyzstan
   2. Ukraine
   3. Poland
   4. Francde

7. When was the State Duma established?

   1. 1926
   2. 2006
   3. 1906
   4. 1996

8. When was Khrushchev born?

   1. 1877
   2. 1922
   3. 1894
   4. 1844

9. When did the famous Battle of Kaika River take place?

   1. 1223
   2. 1443
   3. 1553
   4. 1122

10. When did Lenin died?

    1. 1954
    2. 1924
    3. 1934
    4. 1944

11. Boris Jacobi was responsible for what transport innovation in 1838?

    1. Electric Car
    2. Electric Tram
    3. Electric Bike
    4. Electric Boat

12. What name was given to the son of Msitslav Mstislavich?

    1. The Brave
    2. The Warrior
    3. The Prince
    4. The Fearless

13. The Young Guard is the youth movement of which party?

    1. Communist Party
    2. United Russia
    3. LDPR
    4. A Just Russia

14. The Katyn Massacre involved the slaughter of peoples of which nation?

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

15. Russia went to war with which other nation in 1904?

    1. Japan
    2. China
    3. Italy
    4. England

16. Maxim Gorky brought the Russian Famine to attention in which decade?

    1. 1960s
    2. 1900s
    3. 1920s
    4. 1940s

17. In which of these years was Catherine the Great NOT alive?

    1. 1751
    2. 1808
    3. 1731
    4. 1741

18. In what year did Alexander Popov "invent" the radio?

    1. 1998
    2. 1844
    3. 1943
    4. 1895

19. In 1828, Pavel Schilling invented what mode of communication?

    1. Email
    2. Morse Code
    3. Electromagnetic Telegram
    4. Telephone

20. Hafnium, a Russian discovery, is an element actually named after which European capital?

    1. Stockholm
    2. Copenhagen
    3. Moscow
    4. Athens