Russian History review

Who was the leader who adopted totalitarianism / dictatorship?

• Joseph Stalin
• Boris Yeltin
• Vladimir Putin
• Nicholas II

Who was overthrown as the leader of Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution?

• Ivan the Terrible
• Peter the Great
• Nicholas II
• Joseph Stalin

What leader tried to improve the economy by increasing freedom in Russia?

• Boris Yeltsin
• Vladimir Putin
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Joseph Stalin

Who moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg?

• Peter the Great
• Catherine the Great
• Ivan IV
• Nicholas II

What was Ivan IV's nickname?

• Ivan the Great
• Ivan of Moscow
• The Great Ivan
• Ivan the Terrible

What is glasnost?

• Strict laws against speaking
• Encouraged freedom in speech and governnment
• Anarchy and chaos
• American Rule over Russia

Who led the Bolsheviks in their revolution against czarism in Russia?

• Vladimir Lenin
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Vladimir Putin
• Joseph Stalin

The Communist Soviet Union fell in ____________ and then became free enterprise / democratice Russia.

• 1991
• 1919
• 1994
• 1996

The deepest lake in the world, known as the "Jewel of Siberia" is

• Caspian Sea
• Lake Balkash
• Lake Baikal
• Black Sea

This group of invaders conquered Russia and taxed the people heavily: 

• Huns 
• Polish 
• Muslims 
• Mongols