Russia History Quiz 6

Questions

1. What was the most famous invention of Dmitri Mendeleev?

   1. X Ray
   2. Blood Pressure Monitor
   3. BMI Calculator
   4. Periodic Table

2. Why, in 2010, was Yuri Luzhkov, sacked as Mayor of Moscow?

   1. Homosexuality
   2. Ignoring Putin
   3. Criticising Kremlin
   4. Supporting Ukraine

3. Who proposed the 1921 New Economic Policy?

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

4. Who became First Secretary of the Communist Party in 1953?

   1. Molotov
   2. Stalin
   3. Khrushchev
   4. Kirov

5. Which of these writers was famous for raising awareness of the existence of the gulag?

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

6. Which nation did Russia agree a strategic Nuclear arms reduction plan with in 2002?

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

7. Where was the tragic 2004 school hostage crisis?

   1. Melsan
   2. Delsan
   3. Felsan
   4. Belsan

8. When was the electromagnetic telegram invented in Russia?

   1. 1928
   2. 1765
   3. 1648
   4. 1828

9. When did Vasily II burn Galich?

   1. 1135
   2. 1235
   3. 1335
   4. 1435

10. When did Sergey Mironov step down as leader of "A Just Russia"?

    1. 2006
    2. 2015
    3. 2011
    4. 2009

11. What year saw the death of Stalin?

    1. 1943
    2. 1966
    3. 1976
    4. 1953

12. Aleksander Kerensky was appointed Prime Minister in which year?

    1. 1917
    2. 1922
    3. 1933
    4. 1942

13. What is the name of the early Russian state whose names means "The Realm of Towns"?

    1. Morakiki
    2. Lorakiki
    3. Garoariki
    4. Soariki

14. The Sevastopol Sketches were a notable early work by whom?

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

15. The Brothers Karamazov is a famous Russian work of Literature by whom?

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

16. Pavel Schilling invented what military device in 1812?

    1. Torepdo
    2. Naval Mine
    3. Heat Seeking Missile
    4. Cluster Bomb

17. Khrushchev and Tito issued which Declaration in 1953?

    1. Moscow Deliration
    2. Riga Declaration
    3. Kiev Declaration
    4. Belgrade Declaration

18. In what year Vladimir Putin born?

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

19. In 63 BC which of Mithridates VI son's rebelled against him?

    1. Larnaces
    2. Marnaces
    3. Pharnaces
    4. Darnaces

20. How many years did the Russo Persian War last?

    1. 1
    2. 16
    3. 77
    4. 5

21. For The Russian People is the political newspaper of which party?

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