Russia History Quiz #2

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  1. What was the first name of famous Soviet Leader Andropov?
    1. Suri
    2. Nikolay
    3. Yuri
    4. Vladimir
  2. Who wrote War and Peace?
    1. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    2. Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
    3. Leo Tolstoy
    4. Maxim Gorky
  3. Who orchestrated "The Great Purge"?
    1. Gorbachev
    2. Khrushchev
    3. Stalin
    4. Andropov
  4. Who annexed the Grand Duchy of Tiver in 1485?
    1. Ivan
    2. Catherine
    3. Nicholas
    4. Peter
  5. Which of these terms best describes the LDPR Party?
    1. Extreme Left
    2. Far Right
    3. Far Left
    4. Centre Ground
  6. Which leader was responsible for the establishment and growth of the Gulag?
    1. Andropov
    2. Stalin
    3. Gorbachev
    4. Khrushchev
  7. Where did the Western Scythians take their base?
    1. Moscow
    2. St Petersburg
    3. Crimea
    4. Latvia
  8. When was the Bosporan Kingdom established?
    1. 111 AD
    2. 438 BC
    3. 235 BC
    4. 120 BC
  9. When did the Smolensk War take place?
    1. 1732
    2. 1832
    3. 1632
    4. 1932
  10. When did Russian join NATO's Partnership for Peace programmes?
    1. 1987
    2. 1998
    3. 1994
    4. 1991
  11. What was the Reginal number of Peter the Great?
    1. III
    2. I
    3. XI
    4. VI
  12. A mutiny occurred on Potemkin in 1905. What was Potemkin?
    1. Battleship
    2. industrial Site
    3. Fighter Jet
    4. Palace
  13. What drink was said to be invented in 1430s Russia?
    1. Beer
    2. Vodka
    3. Whiskey
    4. Wine
  14. The Russian ship Vandal was the first ship to be powered by what?
    1. Wind
    2. Solar Panels
    3. Diesel
    4. Nuclear Power
  15. The Bosporan Kingdom built its riches on exporting what?
    1. Water
    2. Wine
    3. Weapons
    4. Slaves
  16. Operation Barbossa involved roughly how many Soviet troops?
    1. 44 million
    2. 100 million
    3. 3 million
    4. 1 billion
  17. Ivan Rybkin, Chairman of the Duma between 1994 and 1996, represented which party?
    1. Communist Party
    2. United Russia
    3. FDLPR
    4. Agrarian Party
  18. In what year did the state gain control of Gazprom when shares reached over 50%?
    1. 2001
    2. 2014
    3. 2005
    4. 2009
  19. In 2014 Gazprom signed a 30 year deal to supply which nation with gas for $400bn?
    1. Italy
    2. USA
    3. China
    4. Germany
  20. How many years did Gennaidy Seleznyov serve as Chairman of the State Duma?
    1. 9
    2. 5
    3. 3
    4. 7
  21. Fatherland All Russia united with which party in 2001 to form United Russia?
    1. Peace
    2. Freedom
    3. Liberality
    4. Unity

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Interactive Quiz

  1. What was the first name of famous Soviet Leader Andropov?
    Yuri
  2. Who wrote War and Peace?
    Leo Tolstoy
  3. Who orchestrated "The Great Purge"?
    Stalin
  4. Who annexed the Grand Duchy of Tiver in 1485?
    Ivan
  5. Which of these terms best describes the LDPR Party?
    Far Right
  6. Which leader was responsible for the establishment and growth of the Gulag?
    Stalin
  7. Where did the Western Scythians take their base?
    Crimea
  8. When was the Bosporan Kingdom established?
    438 BC
  9. When did the Smolensk War take place?
    1632
  10. When did Russian join NATO's Partnership for Peace programmes?
    1994
  11. What was the Reginal number of Peter the Great?
    I
  12. A mutiny occurred on Potemkin in 1905. What was Potemkin?
    Battleship
  13. What drink was said to be invented in 1430s Russia?
    Vodka
  14. The Russian ship Vandal was the first ship to be powered by what?
    Diesel
  15. The Bosporan Kingdom built its riches on exporting what?
    Slaves
  16. Operation Barbossa involved roughly how many Soviet troops?
    3 million
  17. Ivan Rybkin, Chairman of the Duma between 1994 and 1996, represented which party?
    Agrarian Party
  18. In what year did the state gain control of Gazprom when shares reached over 50%?
    2005
  19. In 2014 Gazprom signed a 30 year deal to supply which nation with gas for $400bn?
    China
  20. How many years did Gennaidy Seleznyov serve as Chairman of the State Duma?
    3
  21. Fatherland All Russia united with which party in 2001 to form United Russia?
    Unity
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