Russian History Quiz

In which city did Karl Marx and Frederick Engels write the Communist Manifesto?

• Paris

• Berlin

• Brussels

• Moscow

In which year did the Russian Revolution take place?

• 1940

• 1930

• 1920

• 1917

Who led the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution of Russia?

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Joseph Stalin

• Vladimir Lenin

• Leon Trotsky

What was the name of the Russian secret police formed by Lenin?

• FSB

• GRU

• NKVD

• KGB

Which event marked the turning point of the Soviet Union's war with Nazi Germany?

• Invasion of Poland

• Siege of Leningrad

• Battle of Moscow

• Battle of Stalingrad

How many Jewish people in the USSR lost their lives during the Second World War?

• 2 million

• 1 million

• 4 million

• 3 million

What was the name of the agreement between Stalin and Hitler to divide Europe?

• Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

• Yalta Agreement

• Treaty of Versailles

• Potsdam Conference

Which country did the Soviet Union invade in 1939, leading to condemnation from Britain and France?

• Finland

• Poland

• Hungary

• Czechoslovakia

What marked the beginning of the Cold War between the Allies and the Soviet Union?

• Iron Curtain

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Invasion of Poland

• Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

What was the name of the concentration camps established by Stalin in Siberia?

• Gulag

• Treblinka

• Auschwitz

• Dachau