Russia History Quiz #29

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  1. What was the name of the Nuclear Reactor in Iran that Russian agreed to send fuel to in 2005?
    1. Mushehr
    2. Bushehr
    3. Fushehr
    4. Lushehr
  2. Who was known as "The Merry Empress"?
    1. Julia
    2. Olga
    3. Catherine
    4. Elizabeth
  3. Who introduced the State Duman?
    1. Tsar Alexander II
    2. Lenin
    3. Stalin
    4. Tsar Nicholas II
  4. Which Russian featured in the first concert at New York's Carnegie Hall?
    1. Balakirev
    2. Borodin
    3. Tchaikovksy
    4. Glinka
  5. Which of these figures was born in Georgia?
    1. Gorbachev
    2. Khrushchev
    3. Stalin
    4. Andropov
  6. Which figure is sometimes refereed to as the "gatherer of Russian Lands"?
    1. Ivan the Terrible
    2. Ivan the Great
    3. Peter the Great
    4. Catherine the Great
  7. When was United Russia founded?
    1. 2001
    2. 2007
    3. 2009
    4. 2011
  8. When was Mir launched into space?
    1. 1986
    2. 1997
    3. 2004
    4. 1992
  9. When did the Kama Culture begin in Eastern Europe?
    1. 24th Century BC
    2. 11th Century BC
    3. 88th Century BC
    4. 5th Century BC
  10. When did Putin become acting President of Russia?
    1. 1997
    2. 1995
    3. 1999
    4. 1994
  11. CP are the initial on the badge of which political party?
    1. A Just Russia
    2. Communist Party
    3. United Russia
    4. LDPR
  12. What post did outspoken Aleksander Rutskoy hold during the early 90s?
    1. Home Secretary
    2. Prime Minister
    3. Vice President
    4. General Secretary
  13. Uncle Vanya is a notable Russian work by whom?
    1. Vladimir Nabokov
    2. Maxim Gorky
    3. Anton Chekov
    4. Leo Tolstoy
  14. The Lower Depths (1902) is a famous work by whom?
    1. Leo Tolstoy
    2. Maxim Gorky
    3. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
    4. Aleksander Solzhenitsyn
  15. Shamil Basayev, killed in 2006 as one of Russia's most wanted men, was a leader of which group?
    1. Criemans
    2. Chechen
    3. Ukrainians
    4. Georgians
  16. Myrmekion was a key city during which culture?
    1. Kama
    2. Bosporan Kingdom
    3. Scythians
    4. Samara
  17. in which year of the nineties was the "Russian Constitutional Crisis"?
    1. 1998
    2. 1992
    3. 1997
    4. 1993
  18. In what year did King Darius the Great attack the Scythians?
    1. 512 BC
    2. 312 BC
    3. 1090 BC
    4. 88 BC
  19. In 1991 Soviet Troops invaded what nation?
    1. Poland
    2. Lithuania
    3. Estonia
    4. Latvia
  20. How many nations sent Athletes to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics?
    1. 188
    2. 8
    3. 88
    4. 18

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  1. What was the name of the Nuclear Reactor in Iran that Russian agreed to send fuel to in 2005?
    Bushehr
  2. Who was known as "The Merry Empress"?
    Elizabeth
  3. Who introduced the State Duman?
    Tsar Nicholas II
  4. Which Russian featured in the first concert at New York's Carnegie Hall?
    Tchaikovksy
  5. Which of these figures was born in Georgia?
    Stalin
  6. Which figure is sometimes refereed to as the "gatherer of Russian Lands"?
    Ivan the Great
  7. When was United Russia founded?
    2001
  8. When was Mir launched into space?
    1986
  9. When did the Kama Culture begin in Eastern Europe?
    5th Century BC
  10. When did Putin become acting President of Russia?
    1999
  11. CP are the initial on the badge of which political party?
    A Just Russia
  12. What post did outspoken Aleksander Rutskoy hold during the early 90s?
    Vice President
  13. Uncle Vanya is a notable Russian work by whom?
    Anton Chekov
  14. The Lower Depths (1902) is a famous work by whom?
    Maxim Gorky
  15. Shamil Basayev, killed in 2006 as one of Russia's most wanted men, was a leader of which group?
    Chechen
  16. Myrmekion was a key city during which culture?
    Bosporan Kingdom
  17. in which year of the nineties was the "Russian Constitutional Crisis"?
    1993
  18. In what year did King Darius the Great attack the Scythians?
    512 BC
  19. In 1991 Soviet Troops invaded what nation?
    Lithuania
  20. How many nations sent Athletes to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics?
    88
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