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Russia: Module 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which tsar traveled to Europe and began Westernizing Russia after this visit? | Peter the Great |
| Which tsar fought Sweden for land on the Baltic to give Russia a Baltic Sea port? | Peter the Great |
| Which tsar freed the serfs in 1861? | Alexander II |
| Which group controlled Russia from the mid-1200s to the mid-1400s? | Mongols |
| Which tsar is responsible for breaking Russia free of the Mongols in 1480? | Ivan III (Ivan the Great) |
| Which group converted to Orthodox Christianity and had close ties with Byzantium? | Kievan Rus |
| Which tsar had a good and a bad period, in which he used a secret police force to control the boyars? | Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) |
| Who killed his son, leading to succession issues upon his death? | Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) |
| Which was the capital city and Grand Duchy of Russia until Peter moved it to St. Petersburg? | Moscow |
| Which family ruled Russia for 300 years, from 1613 to 1917? | Romanovs |
| Which tsar built Russia's navy, improved Russia's education and made Russia a powerful force in the world? | Peter the Great |
| Which tsar ruled from 1762 to 1796 and greatly expanded Russia's territory? | Catherine the Great |
| Who was the last tsar of Russia? | Nicholas II |
| Which tsar is responsible for fending off Napoleon's army? | Alexander I |
| Which tsar reviewed Russia's laws and ruled with enlightenment ideas but harshly put down a revolt of peasants? | Catherine the Great |
| Who became leader of the Bolsheviks and encouraged the proletariat to rise against the bourgeoisie? | Vladimir Lenin |
| Russia's entry into which event significantly angered the Russian people and contributed to revolution in the country? | WWI |
| Which leader came to power after the Russian Revolution and distributed farmland to peasants and gave control of factories to workers? | Vladimir Lenin |
| Which tsar, who came to power in 1881, turned Russia into a police state and demanded a uniform Russian culture? | Alexander III |
| Which group ended up winning the Russian Civil War against the White Army? | Bolsheviks |
| It is estimated that in the building of which city, 25,000 to 100,000 Russians died? | St. Petersburg |
| Stalin came to power by 1928 after the death of which leader? | Vladimir Lenin |
| Which tsar stopped all reforms in Russia and imposed harsh censorship laws? | Alexander III |
| Which tsar, who had worked for modernization and social change was assassinated by terrorists in 1881? | Alexander II |
| The results of which event were an end to czarist rule, and an ensuing civil war which would cost more than 14 million Russian lives? | Russian Revolution |
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Mrs. Marquardt
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