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An A Level quiz on Russia and some assorted Cold War questions
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1
When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed?
1938
1939
1940
1941
2
The name of the tsarist secret police was...
The Okhrana
The Cheka
The KGB
The NKVD
3
In what year did Nicholas II announce the Fundamental Laws?
1907
1908
1905
1906
4
How many national Dumas were there? (1905-1917)
One
Two
Four
Three
5
Means 'workers'
Proletariat
Bourgeoisie
Aristocratic
Nobility
6
A pogrom is...
A violent attack on a Jew
A Russian labour camp
A rich peasant
A Russian collective farm
7
This is a good word to describe tsarist rule of Russia
democratic
autocratic
totalitarian
liberal
8
What was a famous slogan used by the Bolsheviks in 1917?
No Pyro, No Party
Peace, Bread, Land
Fix Up, Look Sharp
Snooze, You Lose
9
Not a Khrushchev policy
The Virgin Land Campaign
Five-Year-Plans
Dekulakisation
Destalinisation
10
When did Lenin die?
1922
1924
1923
1921
11
A name for a Russian labour camp (used predominantly by Stalin)
rouble
kulak
lada
gulag
12
Nickname given to Stalin's purges
The Great Terror
The July Days
The Red Scare
Super Happy Killing Time
13
When did the Provisional Government take power in Russia?
October 1917
February 1917
14
In what year did Nicholas II publish his October Manifesto?
1906
1907
1905
1908
15
When did Nicholas II take control of the armed forces?
1916
1914 - right at the start of the war
1915
1917
16
Used by the tsars to consolidate their power
The Duma
The Okhrana
The Cheka
The Russian Orthodox Church
17
What was America's policy called to prevent the spread of communism?
lend lease
containment
isolationism
redemption
18
The Russians lost which battle early on in the war which damaged confidence at home?
Masurian Lakes
The Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Pskov
The Battle of Tannenburg
19
True or false: The Virgin Land Campaign was a success
False
True
20
In what year was there a serious famine in Russia?
1923
1922
1921
1920
21
Where was surplus (left over) grain sent from collective farms?
There wasn't any surplus grain
To the towns and cities
Overseas
Stalin's house
22
Which of these was not a group who fought in the Russian Civil War?
The Greens
The Blues
The Whites
The Reds
23
Nicholas II's Fundamental Laws declared what?
The tsar would share power with the head of the Duma
The tsar would abdicate
The tsar had final say on all laws passed in Russia
24
Which group claimed responsibility for Alexander II's assassination?
The Mensheviks
The SRs
The Bolsheviks
The People's Will
25
In what year was the Emancipation Edict signed?
1860
1862
1863
1861
26
Which war did Russia humiliatingly lose during the rule of Nicholas II?
Russo-Turkish War
Napoleonic War
Russo-Japanese War
Crimean War
27
True or False: Stalin was his real name
True
False
28
Which Soviet leader did not have a moustache?
Trotsky
Stalin
Lenin
Khrushchev
29
Which tsar signed the Emancipation Edict?
Nicholas I
Nicholas II
Alexander III
Alexander II
30
True or False: the Provisional Government was made up largely of former Duma members
True
False
31
Which of these was not an economic policy enacted by Lenin?
NEP
State Capitalism
Collectivisation
War Communsim
32
Which of these Eastern Bloc states did Russian NOT liberate from Nazi occupation?
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Romania
Poland
33
In what year did Alexander II make his educational reforms?
1863
1862
1864
1861
34
Which policy promoted the dilution of minority groups' language and culture?
Russification
Dekulakisation
War Communsim
Collectivisation
35
What severely limited the power of the Provisional Government?
The treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Russian Civil War
The Constituent Assembly
Soviet Order Number One
36
Mr Austin's career is...
just beginning
over
coming to a screeching halt
he never had a career to begin with
37
The founder of the belief system shared by Lenin, Stalin etc.
Jung
Romanov
Freud
Marx
38
In what year was Alexander II assassinated?
1894
1917
1905
1881
39
Treaty signed by Russia to end hostilities with Germany
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of San Stefano
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Versailles
40
Who was teacher and advisor to Alexander III and Nicholas II?
Stolypin
Tourjansky
Witte
Pobedonostsev
41
Which of these did NOT happen in the 1940s?
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
The FRG joined NATO
The Berlin Blockade
42
Who was given preference generally during the period 1855-1964?
Urban workers
Rural workers
43
Who made the 'Iron Curtain' speech at Fulton, Missouri?
Truman
Marshall
Churchill
Eisenhower
44
What did Alexander III say had been the main cause of his father's assassination?
He had not reformed in the right areas
He had waited too long to give the people a voice
He had been too liberal
He had been too strict
45
True or false: THe Soviet Union was made up of 15 different republics
True
False
46
Who led the Red Army during the Russian Civil War?
Bukharin
Lenin
Stalin
Trotsky
47
Which of these policies allowed some private trade?
War Communism
NEP
