Eastern Europe and Russia after the End of the Soviet Union

What is the song that you will hear now?

• The national anthem of the Soviet Union since 1924

• The national anthem of Russia since 1990

• The national anthem of the Soviet Union since 1944 and the national anthem of Russia since 2000

• The party hymn of the Russian Communist Party and the national anthem of Russia since 1990

Which of the following states did not change its territory after the end of the Cold War?

• Germany

• Hungary

• Czechoslovakia

• Yugoslavia

Which of the following countries was never part of Yugoslavia?

• Croatia

• Slovakia

• Serbia

• North Macedonia

Why the Central and Eastern European states opted for the Western model (democracy/market economy) after the Cold War?

• The Central and Eastern European states were forced by the USA to do so

• The Western model was regarded as the most attractive for prosperity

• The European Union wanted to extent their power and pressured the states

• The Eastern European states were threatened to go bankrupt if not

Which of the following former communist countries were allowed to join the EU in 2007?

• Greece

• Romania

• Serbia

• Albania

Who is this gentleman on the photo?

• The Prime Minister of Poland, Jarosław Kaczyński

• Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych

• The President of Belarus, Alexandr Lukashenko

• The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev

Which of the following post-Soviet states had the lowest human development index position in 2021?

• Turkmenistan

• Tajikistan

• Kyrgyzstan

• Uzbekistan

Which part of a post-Soviet country was annexed by Russia in 2014 leading to protests from USA and EU?

• Crimea from Ukraine

• Transnistria from Moldova

• South Ossetia from Georgia

• Kaliningrad from Lithuania

When was Vladimir Putin elected as President of Russia for the first time?

• March 2000

• September 2003

• May 2006

• June 2009

Russia is the 11th biggest economy worldwide. But on which position is Russia by GDP per capita (196 states, IMF 2021)?

• 8

• 33

• 66

• 99