Russia History Quiz 30

Questions

1. What was the name of the Patriarch of Moscow placed under house arrest in 1921?

   1. Tikhon
   2. Sikhon
   3. Fikhon
   4. Mikhon

2. Who was murdered in 1934, in the same year he was elected as the most popular member of the Politburo?

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

3. Who invaded Moscow in the Ingrain War?

   1. Sweden
   2. Poland
   3. Denmark
   4. Norway

4. Which Russian invented the backpack parachute?

   1. Gleb Kotelinkov
   2. Mikhail Kalashnikov
   3. Nikolai Korotkov
   4. Mikhal Tsvet

5. Which of these important trade routes was dominated by the Scythians?

   1. Silver Road
   2. Bronze Road
   3. Iron Road
   4. Silk Road

6. Which former leader was born in Kalinovka in 1894?

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

7. When was Vladimir Nabakov born?

   1. 1567
   2. 1899
   3. 1750
   4. 1988

8. When was Mir, the worlds first permanent manned space station launched?

   1. 1990
   2. 1986
   3. 1991
   4. 1998

9. When did the Korean War break out?

   1. 1950
   2. 1960
   3. 1980
   4. 1970

10. When did Putin introduced the new powers of surveillance on non-governmental organisations?

    1. 2009
    2. 2006
    3. 2003
    4. 2012

11. Crime and Punishment is a famous Russian novel by which writer?

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

12. What prize was Andrie Sakharov awarded in 1980?

    1. Booker Prize
    2. Nobel Peace Prize
    3. Man of the Year
    4. Humanist of the Year

13. Upon his death, Nevsky's youngest son became Prince of Moscow. What was his name?

    1. Daniel
    2. Joseph
    3. Edward
    4. Richard

14. The Maapaev was established in 1917 in which country?

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

15. Shamil Basayev, one of Russia's most wanted men, was killed in which year?

    1. 2012
    2. 2009
    3. 2006
    4. 2015

16. Named after a Russian inventor, what do the Korotkov sounds listen for?

    1. Heart Beat
    2. Brain Activity
    3. Blood Pressure
    4. Vocal Chords

17. In which year was the Great Stand of Ugra?

    1. 1080
    2. 1480
    3. 1280
    4. 880

18. In what year did Lodygin invented the Electric Lamp?

    1. 1972
    2. 1933
    3. 1768
    4. 1972

19. In 1991, Gorbachev was famously detained at his Villa in which location by the KGB?

    1. Crimea
    2. Ukraine
    3. Italy
    4. Spain

20. How many people were killed in the infamous Novocherkassk massacre?

    1. 25000
    2. 250
    3. 25
    4. 2500