Russia Quiz (People)

Question 0

Ivan IV (aka Ivan Grozny)

Answer 0

Gifted leader, contributed to the expansion of Russia by millions of acres. Terrible leader, tortured tons of people and suffered paranoia

Question 1

Alexander Nevsky

Answer 1

1240 AD, Russian leader. Had a brilliant military mind. He was able to balance two opponents diplomatically and militarily

Question 2

Romanovs

Answer 2

In 1613, Michael Romanov took control of Russia and became Czar. Romanov family ruled until 1917

Question 3

Peter The Great

Answer 3

Ruled in 1689. Worked to westernize Russia

Question 4

Catherine The Great

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ruled from 1762-1796

• replaced her husband (Peter III) after Coup d’etat
• Russia controlled 1/6 of the world at the end of her reign.

Question 5

Alexander II

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• great reformer
• emancipated the serfs in 1861
• set up Zemstvo (local councils)

Question 6

Nicolas II

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followed the political stylings if his father (Alexander III)

Question 7

Grigori Rasputin

Answer 7

1869-1916

• mystic/religious healer
• worked to help with Hemophelia
• success: cured Czar’s son, which gave him access to many things and became very influential
• “the man who could never die”

Question 8

Karl Marx

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(1818-1883)
(Invented communism)
-Marx’s ideas were the foundation of the Communist revolution in Russia

Question 9

Vladimir Lenin

Answer 9

Leader of the Bolshevik party in “The Russian Revolution”