Detailed Russian History - Statistics

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Questions	Answers	% Correct
The last royal dynasty of Russia	Romanov	100%
She began settling Alaska, effectively stretching the Empire across 3 continents	Catherine II	57%
Semi-autonomous people living on the Southern Steppes of Russia since the 1400s	Cossacks	49%
The first official Russian dynasty	Rurik	47%
Who decimalized the first currency in the world?	Peter I	44%
Which great Russian poet died in a duel with a French cavalry officer?	Pushkin	43%
To who did Stalin appeal before signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact?	UK/France	39%
Name either of the two major Rus' cities the Mongols did not raze	Novgorod/Pskov	36%
Epic battle before the gates of Moscow in September 1812	Borodino	33%
This class was persecuted by Ivan IV ("the Terrible") which effectively led to a stronger, centralized Russia	Boyars	33%
Which Tsar granted Finland autonomous status? (Helsinki Senate Square bears his statue)	Alexander II	31%
Leader of Russia between the February and October Revolutions	Kerensky	31%
Lenin, Stalin, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Sokolnikov, Bubnov, ... ?	Trotsky	29%
The Soviet Union becomes the first nation to recognize its independence	Israel	26%
The Greek and modern Russian names for these Vikings	Varangians	21%
In which year did this Tsar also lead a successful war against the Ottomans that led to Serbian, Bulgarian and Romanian independence?	1877	19%
Name the period for the turbulent years when Russia underwent dynastic turmoil, wars with Sweden and an invasion from Poland	Time of Troubles	19%
Commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front - highly decorated and infamous Soviet Marshal	Rokossovsky	16%
Generalissimo, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of Italy - famously marched troops across the Alps and never lost a battle	Suvorov	14%
Early pioneer of rocketry and astronautic theory that set forth the Soviet space program	Tsiolkovsky	13%
This school of thought proposes that the first Russian state was established by Vikings	Normanist Theory	10%
After the Soviet collapse, the Russian state sold its massive state enterprises that led to the rise of the oligarchs and the Russian mafia. Name this process (HINT: .... privatization)	Voucher	6%
From where did delegates put forth the famous Petropavlovsk resolution during the midst of the Russian Civil War?	Kronstadt Naval Base	4%
Nicknamed the 'White General' - fought valiantly against the Turkomen and the Ottomans	Skobelev	4%
Tchaikovsky's big-name rivals on the nature and discourse of Russian music	Mighty Five	3%

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