The Soviet Union Quiz - Multiple Choice

1. Who was the first Soviet leader ?

2. What was the capital of Soviet Union ?

3. What was the name of the forced labour camps (or more accurately the government agency which was in charge of them) in the Soviet Union?

4. What was the name of the collective farms in the Soviet Union ?

5. What was the national anthem of the Soviet Union ?

6. Soviet Union hosted the Summer Olympics in.... ?

7. What was the name of Saint Petersburg during most of the Soviet Union?

8. What was the secret police of Soviet Union called?

9. Whose mausoleum is in the Red Square ?

10. What is the most famous thing on display in that mausoleum ?

11. What was the currency of the Soviet Union ?

12. In which modern day country is Chernobyl, the site of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster / accident ?

13. Who was the longest serving Soviet leader ?

14. How long was that longest serving Soviet leader in power ?

15. Soviet Union was at war from December 1979 to February 1989 with... ?

16. Who was the first man in outer space ?

17. What was his capsule called ?

18. What would they call their Soviet space travellers ?

19. When did the Soviet Union finally dissolve ?

20. Who was the last Soviet leader ?