Russia History Quiz #24

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  1. What was the name of the leader who gained control of Lagoda in 862?
    1. Murik
    2. Surik
    3. Purik
    4. Rurik
  2. Who was elected Patriarch of Moscow in 1946?
    1. Marvel !
    2. Aleksander I
    3. Alexius I
    4. Todor I
  3. Who did Yeltsin narrowly beat in the 1996 elections?
    1. Piov
    2. Leonov
    3. Zyuganov
    4. Sprioviev
  4. Which Russia leader was given the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize?
    1. Khrushchev
    2. Stalin
    3. Yeltsin
    4. Gorbachev
  5. Which of these famous events happened EARLIEST?
    1. Mongols invade
    2. Ivan thre Terrible Rules
    3. Vladimirr the Great rules Rurik Dynasty
    4. Invan IIII rules
  6. Which culture can also be described as Proto-Kurgan?
    1. Kama
    2. Scythian
    3. Khvalysnk
    4. Samara
  7. When was the T-34 Tank invented in Russia?
    1. 1940
    2. 1890
    3. 1790
    4. 1840
  8. When was Kirov murdered?
    1. 1944
    2. 1954
    3. 1972
    4. 1934
  9. When did the First Chechen war break out?
    1. 1994
    2. 1998
    3. 1988
    4. 1984
  10. When did Lenin pass away?
    1. 1954
    2. 1944
    3. 1924
    4. 1934
  11. Boris Yeltsin resigned his post in which year?
    1. 1999
    2. 1988
    3. 1983
    4. 1994
  12. What nickname was given to Russian Emperor Alexander II?
    1. The Chief
    2. The Power
    3. The Emperor
    4. The King
  13. Tillia Tepe, a key archaeological site, has a name that loosely translates was what?
    1. Golden Hill
    2. Bronze Beast
    3. Silver Mountains
    4. Silk Tower
  14. The Kerch Strait, home of the Bosporan Kingdom, separates the Sea of Azov from what other sea?
    1. North Sea
    2. Black Sea
    3. Dead Sea
    4. Red Sea
  15. Samara Culture flourished in what century?
    1. 2nd AD
    2. 227th BC
    3. 5th BC
    4. 88th BC
  16. Mikal Kalashnikov famously invented the AK47. What is the AK47?
    1. Hot Air Ballon
    2. Car
    3. Computer
    4. Rifle
  17. In which of these years was Catherine the Great NOT alive?
    1. 1732
    2. 1742
    3. 1752
    4. 1811
  18. In what year did Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov win the Nobel Prize for Physics for their invention of graphene?
    1. 2001
    2. 2010
    3. 2014
    4. 2005
  19. In 1838, which Russia invented the Electric Boat?
    1. Boris Jacobi
    2. Ivan Elmanov
    3. Pavel Schilling
    4. Alexander Lodygin
  20. Herodotus first mentioned the existence of Scythian Peoples in which modern day country?
    1. Latvia
    2. Lithuania
    3. Moldova
    4. Ukraine

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Interactive Quiz

  1. What was the name of the leader who gained control of Lagoda in 862?
    Rurik
  2. Who was elected Patriarch of Moscow in 1946?
    Alexius I
  3. Who did Yeltsin narrowly beat in the 1996 elections?
    Zyuganov
  4. Which Russia leader was given the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize?
    Gorbachev
  5. Which of these famous events happened EARLIEST?
    Vladimirr the Great rules Rurik Dynasty
  6. Which culture can also be described as Proto-Kurgan?
    Khvalysnk
  7. When was the T-34 Tank invented in Russia?
    1940
  8. When was Kirov murdered?
    1934
  9. When did the First Chechen war break out?
    1994
  10. When did Lenin pass away?
    1924
  11. Boris Yeltsin resigned his post in which year?
    1999
  12. What nickname was given to Russian Emperor Alexander II?
    The Emperor
  13. Tillia Tepe, a key archaeological site, has a name that loosely translates was what?
    Golden Hill
  14. The Kerch Strait, home of the Bosporan Kingdom, separates the Sea of Azov from what other sea?
    Black Sea
  15. Samara Culture flourished in what century?
    5th BC
  16. Mikal Kalashnikov famously invented the AK47. What is the AK47?
    Rifle
  17. In which of these years was Catherine the Great NOT alive?
    1811
  18. In what year did Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov win the Nobel Prize for Physics for their invention of graphene?
    2010
  19. In 1838, which Russia invented the Electric Boat?
    Boris Jacobi
  20. Herodotus first mentioned the existence of Scythian Peoples in which modern day country?
    Moldova
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