Russia History Quiz 36

Questions

1. What was the name of the Soviet Atomic Bomb Project, successfully tested in 1949?

   1. Henry 1
   2. David 1
   3. Joe 1
   4. Vlad 1

2. Who was the first King to extend his rule over the entire Bosporan Kingdom?

   1. Matyrus
   2. Latyrus
   3. Satyrus
   4. Fatyrus

3. Who invented the worlds first railway electrification system?

   1. Alexander Lodygin
   2. Fyodor Pirotsky
   3. Dmitri Mendeleev
   4. I. F. Alekandorivksy

4. Which Russian was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature in 1970?

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

5. Which of these parties was formed in 2006?

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

6. Which leader finally ended the dominance of the Golden Horde over Russia?

   1. Peter the Great
   2. Ivan the Terrible
   3. Ivan the Great
   4. Catherine the Great

7. Where did Oleg transfer the capital of the Rus people to in 882 when he moved it from Novgorod?

   1. Villinus
   2. Kiev
   3. Riga
   4. Moscow

8. When was Russia admitted to the G7?

   1. 1991
   2. 1998
   3. 1996
   4. 1994

9. When did the Novocherkassk massacre take place?

   1. 1952
   2. 1972
   3. 1942
   4. 1962

10. When did Russia formally end military campaigns against Chechnya?

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

11. During which century did Aleksander Nevksy live and die?

    1. 18th
    2. 12th
    3. 10th
    4. 13th

12. What version of the Russian constitution was ratified in 1993?

    1. 8th
    2. 10th
    3. 5th
    4. 20th

13. War and Peace was published in which decade?

    1. 1960s
    2. 1760s
    3. 1860s
    4. 1560s

14. The period of "Late Antiquity" is said to have began when?

    1. 100
    2. 300
    3. 600
    4. 900

15. Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space in which year?

    1. 1980
    2. 1990
    3. 1975
    4. 1985

16. Notes From The Underground was a seminal literary work by whom?

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

17. Invented in Russian in the 12th century, what is a Gudok?

    1. Hat
    2. Musical Instrument
    3. Bath
    4. Weapon

18. In what year did Russia win the Eurovision Song Contest?

    1. 2002
    2. 2007
    3. 2010
    4. 2008

19. In 2005 Russia signed a deal with which country to built a pipeline to connected the two nations?

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

20. How many seats did the Communist Party win in the 2011 elections?

    1. 92
    2. 221
    3. 107
    4. 12