Russian history Part 2

Who founded St Petersburg?

• Ivan the Terrible

• Peter I

• Catherine the Great

• Alexandr Nevsky

Catherine the Great was one of the longest-ruling monarchs in Russia. She was famous for her investments in science and arts, but on the other hand, during her reign, the lives of poor people got worse, because of_______

• no access to food

• lack of education

• serfdom

• cold winters

Who invaded Russia in 1812?

• Napoleon

• the Mongols

• the Swedish

• the Nazis

Who was the last tsar in Russian history?

• Rasputin

• Catherine the Great

• Nicolas I

• Nicolas II

In what year was the USSR officially formed?

• 1905

• 1922

• 1917

• 1945

the German invasion of Russia as part of the Second World War lasted from _____till ______

• 1940 - 1944

• 1939-1945

• 1941-1945

• 1942-1946

"perestroika" was a political movement started by

• Michael Gorbachev

• Boris Yeltsin

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Vladimir Putin

When did the USSR break up?

• 1989

• 1990

• 1991

• 1993