Quiz sur l'histoire russe

In which year was Anna Politkovskaya assassinated?

• 2004

• 2007

• 2006

• 2005

Anna Politkovskaya was particularly known for reporting on:

• The Russian oligarchs

• The survivors of World War II

• The Chechen wars

• Russian literature

Alexei Navalny was born in:

• 1970

• 1980

• 1976

• 1969

Navalny became widely known after exposing corruption in:

• The banking system of the 1990s

• The Soviet ministries

• The state-owned enterprises and high officials

• The Russian Orthodox Church

The real name of Josef Stalin was:

• Ivan Dzhugashvili

• Aleksandr Djugashvili

• Josef Dzhugashvili

• Sergei Dzhugashvili

The policy of Stalin that caused a great famine in Ukraine (1932-33) is called:

• War Communism

• Collectivization

• The Brezhnev Doctrine

• Perestroika

Anastasia Romanov was the daughter of which tsar?

• Nicholas II

• Nicholas II

• Alexander III

• Alexander II

The Romanov family was executed in:

• 1916

• 1920

• 1918

• 1917

Lev Tolstoy died in:

• 1908

• 1910

• 1902

• 1912

When did Putin become president of Russia for the first time?

• 2004

• 1996

• 2000

• 1999