Russia History Quiz 26

Questions

1. What was the name of the manifesto signed by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905 to expand civil liberties?

   1. October Manifesto
   2. November Manifesto
   3. June Manifesto
   4. March Manifesto

2. Who was expelled by the Politburo in 1926?

   1. Trotsky
   2. Leonev
   3. Lenin
   4. Stalin

3. Who established the Empire of the Golden Horde in Russia?

   1. Scythians
   2. Tatars
   3. Mongols
   4. Rus

4. Which Russian composer would go on to become a naturalized American?

   1. Stravinsky
   2. Rimsky Korsakov
   3. Tchaikovksy
   4. Mussorgsky

5. Which of these famous events happened EARLIEST?

   1. Ivan IIII rules
   2. Peter the Great Rules
   3. Mikhail Romanov becaomes Tsar
   4. Ivan thre Terrible Rules

6. Which department did Alexander Litvinenko, murdered in 2006, work for?

   1. Welfare
   2. Health
   3. Education
   4. Security Services

7. When was the Treaty of Portsmouth signed?

   1. 1935
   2. 1905
   3. 1925
   4. 1915

8. When was Leo Tolstoy born?

   1. 1928
   2. 1858
   3. 1828
   4. 1958

9. When did the first free elections to the Duma take place?

   1. 1910
   2. 1918
   3. 1914
   4. 1906

10. When did nationalist riots break out in Georgia?

    1. 1999
    2. 1992
    3. 1989
    4. 1980

11. Collectivisation began in what decade?

    1. 1940s
    2. 1980s
    3. 1910s
    4. 1930s

12. What other name was given to the Bosporan Capital of Panticapaeum?

    1. Kerch
    2. Ferch
    3. Lerch
    4. Derch

13. Trofim Lysenko was a controversial adviser to which leader?

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

14. The Kurgan at Ipatovo is thought to belong to which culture of people?

    1. Laykop
    2. Faykop
    3. Maykop
    4. Taykop

15. Second largest in the Duma, how many seats did the Communist Party win in the 2012 elections?

    1. 92
    2. 192
    3. 392
    4. 292

16. Mikhail Lomosov is credited with inventing which Law?

    1. Law of Genetics
    2. Law of Conservation
    3. Law of Blood Groups
    4. Law of Aerobatics

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

    1. 1754
    2. 1734
    3. 1817
    4. 1744

18. In what year did Bros Yeltsin pass away?

    1. 2007
    2. 2001
    3. 2009
    4. 2010

19. In 1862 which leader split the oblast into two half's, agricultural and industrial?

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

20. How many different parties comprised the State Duma in 2012?

    1. 15
    2. 22
    3. 1
    4. 4