Important Figures in Russian History (Chapter 14)

Who declared Moscovy's independence from Mongol rule?

• Ivan the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Ivan IV

• Peter the Great

Who was the harsh czar who expanded the empire to the Caspian Sea?

• Leo Tolstoy

• Ivan IV

• Czar Alexander II

• Vladimir Putin

Who was the leader that built a new capital called St. Petersburg?

• Peter Tchaikovsky

• Joseph Stalin

• Peter the Great

• Ivan IV

Who wrote "War and Peace" about Russian defense against Napolean?

• Yuri Gagarin

• Czar Alexander II

• Catherine the Great

• Leo Tolstoy

Who freed Russia's 40 million serfs?

• Czar Alexander II

• Catherine the Great

• Vladimir Lenin

• Ivan the Great

Who wrote "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker?"

• Leo Tolstoy

• Peter Tchaikovsky

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Yuri Gagarin

Who set up communist state after Czar Nicholas II was overthrown?

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Putin

• Vladimir Lenin

• Boris Yeltsin

Who was the first person to fly in space from Russia?

• Ivan the Great

• Peter the Great

• Czar Alexander II

• Yuri Gagarin

Who is the leader that created the policies of perestroika and glasnost that led to the fall of the Soviet Union?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Boris Yeltsin

• Vladimir Putin

• Joseph Stalin