Russia History Quiz 34

Questions

1. What was the name of the Russian space station that became the first to orbit the earth in 1971?

   1. Luna
   2. Salyut
   3. Solyuz
   4. Mir

2. Who was the 8th and last leader of this Soviet Union?

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

3. Who invented the Periodic Table of Elements?

   1. Gleb Kotelinkov
   2. I. F. Alekandorivksy
   3. Nikolai Korotkov
   4. Dmitri Mendeleev

4. Which Russian leader was the first Grand Duke of Finland?

   1. Edward I
   2. Simeone I
   3. Peter I
   4. Alexander I

5. Which of these is the real name of a prehistoric Nomadic tribe in Russia?

   1. Meppe
   2. Steppe
   3. Beppe
   4. Leppe

6. Which lake is thought to be the site of the first phase of Kama culture?

   1. Sorovoy
   2. Morovoy
   3. Borovoy
   4. Lorovoy

7. Where did Alexi flee in 1716?

   1. Rome
   2. Paris
   3. Istanbul
   4. Vienna

8. When was Primakov dismissed as Prime Minister by Yeltsin?

   1. 1987
   2. 1991
   3. 1993
   4. 1998

9. When did the National Council elect Michael Romanov as Tsar?

   1. 1213
   2. 1613
   3. 913
   4. 1013

10. When did Russia acquire the territory of Estonia?

    1. 1721
    2. 1221
    3. 1921
    4. 1221

11. Due to boycotts, how many nations actually competed in the 1980 Olympic games?

    1. 203
    2. 100
    3. 80
    4. 5

12. What religion was prominent in the Rurik dynasty?

    1. Catholicism
    2. Christianity
    3. Hinduism
    4. Paganism

13. Vladimir Zhirinovsky has lead which party since 1991?

    1. United Russia
    2. Communist Social
    3. Voice of Russia
    4. LDPR

14. The name of the "Oium" area in which the Scythians lived translates as what?

    1. Water
    2. Scope
    3. Island
    4. Sea

15. Socialism in One Country was a chief policy of whom?

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

16. Nomadism began to thrive during which period?

    1. Middle Age
    2. Bronze Age
    3. Neolithic
    4. Ice Age

17. Invented in 1915, the Vezdekhod was a type of what?

    1. Aircraft Carrier
    2. Fighter Jet
    3. Armoured Car
    4. Tank

18. in what year did Russia and Germany strike a deal to build a pipeline to connect the two nations?

    1. 2009
    2. 2001
    3. 2015
    4. 2005

19. In 2003, why was Yukos Oil boss Mikhail Khodorkovksy arrested?

    1. Violence
    2. Political wrongdoing
    3. Murder
    4. Tax Evasion

20. How many seats did Patriots of Russia win in the 2011 Duma elections?

    1. 4
    2. 10
    3. 0
    4. 33