Russia History Quiz 41

Questions

1. What was the nickname of Vasili's so who became Grand Prince of Moscow in 1425?

   1. The Blind
   2. The Dumb
   3. The Deaf
   4. The Clear

2. Who was the only General Secretary of the Soviet Union to be born AFTER the October Revolution?

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

3. Who led the Bolsheviks in 1903 when they split from the Mensheviks?

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

4. Which video game was famously invented in Russia in 1984 by Alexey Pazhitnov?

   1. Mario World
   2. Sonic
   3. Pong
   4. Tetris

5. Which of these Russian figures died in 125?

   1. Catherin the Great
   2. Peter the Great
   3. Leo Tolstoy
   4. Ivan the Terrible

6. Which leader signed a non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany in 1939?

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

7. Where did the hostage takers want Russia to withdraw from in the 2002 Moscow Hostage crisis?

   1. Afghanistan
   2. Chechnya
   3. Iraq
   4. Ukraine

8. When was Tchaikovksy born?

   1. 1940
   2. 1640
   3. 1840
   4. 1740

9. When did the Russo Japanese War break out?

   1. 1904
   2. 1924
   3. 1934
   4. 1914

10. When did Russian forces kill the Chechen Separatist leader Asian Maskhadov?

    1. 2009
    2. 2005
    3. 2013
    4. 2001

11. Electron cooling was pioneered in Russia in which century?

    1. 21st
    2. 19th
    3. 18th
    4. 20th

12. What was the cause of the riots that began the Novocherkassk Massacre?

    1. Oil Prices
    2. Food Prices
    3. Discrimination
    4. Democracy

13. What did Putin change about the Stalinist national Anthem when he re-introduced it in the year 2000?

    1. Music
    2. Speed
    3. Pitch
    4. Words

14. The Rite of Spring was a famous and controversial work by whom?

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

15. The Basmati revolt occurred when tsar Nicholas ordered the conscription of people from where?

    1. Ukraine
    2. Central Asia
    3. America
    4. Turkey

16. Olga, the first female ruler of the Rus people, was married to which ruler?

    1. Maxim of Moscow
    2. Peter of Burgs
    3. Igor of Kiev
    4. Martin of Moscow

17. Ivan I gained what nikcname due to his links to the Golden Horde?

    1. The Richman
    2. The Monyebag
    3. The Banker
    4. The Dangerman

18. In what year did the "February Revolution" take place?

    1. 1927
    2. 1937
    3. 1957
    4. 1917

19. In 2008 the next Presidents term was increased to how many years?

    1. 7
    2. 10
    3. 2
    4. 6

20. How many years did Boris Gudunov rule Russia?

    1. 44
    2. 24
    3. 14
    4. 34