History of the Soviet Union - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Who founded the Soviet Union? Vladimir Lenin
71%
Which country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979? Afghanistan
54%
What was the name of the crisis caused by the Soviet Union surreptitious planting nuclear missiles on Cuba? Cuban Missile Crisis
48%
What were the two major reforms of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called? Glasnost Perestroika
42%
What was the name of the treaty under which the USSR conceded huge swaths of territory to Germany in 1918? Brest-Litovsk
40%
When that attempt failed, which economic policy did Lenin adopt in 1923? New Economic Policy
33%
Which Soviet leader triumphed in a power struggle with Trotsky, Kamenev, Zinoview, Bukharin, Tomsky, and Rykov? Josef Stalin
32%
During which decades did the Soviet Union's economy begin to stagnate? 1970s
31%
What was the Soviet Union's first attempt at introducing a communist economy called? War Communism
26%
Who was the Soviet leader who banged his shoe on the table at a UN meeting? Nikita Khrushchev
23%
Which major Middle Eastern country defected from the Soviet orbit and went into the U.S. orbit? Egypt
22%
Whose assassination became the catalyst for the reign of terror under which thousands of Russians were convicted in show trials and executed? Kirov
15%
How many former European satellite states freed themselves from communism in 1989? Six
15%
What was the name of the economic policy that collectivized all the Russian farms, caused a man-made famine, and facilitated rapid industrialization in the Soviet Union? First Five Year Plan
7%
What was the Soviet Union's temporary treaty with Nazi Germany called? Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact
2%
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