USSR collapse
  • 1. When did the USSR officially collapse?
A) 1992
B) 1989
C) 1990
D) 1991
  • 2. Who was the last leader of the USSR?
A) Vladimir Putin
B) Boris Yeltsin
C) Mikhail Gorbachev
D) Leonid Brezhnev
  • 3. Which agreements led to the dissolution of the USSR?
A) Camp David Accords
B) Belavezha Accords
C) Warsaw Pact
D) Helsinki Accords
  • 4. Which Baltic country was the first to declare independence from the USSR?
A) Lithuania
B) Ukraine
C) Estonia
D) Latvia
  • 5. What economic policy introduced by Gorbachev aimed to reform the Soviet economic structure?
A) Collectivization
B) Glasnost
C) Titoism
D) Perestroika
  • 6. Which event in 1986 had a significant environmental impact on the USSR and contributed to its collapse?
A) Love Canal disaster
B) Chernobyl disaster
C) Three Mile Island accident
D) Fukushima disaster
  • 7. What was the name of the Soviet space station that fell to Earth in 1991, symbolizing the end of an era?
A) Mir
B) Almaz
C) Vostok
D) Salyut
  • 8. What term is used to describe the process of political openness introduced by Gorbachev?
A) Perestroika
B) Detente
C) Glasnost
D) Communism
  • 9. Which country emerged as the largest successor state of the USSR in terms of territory?
A) Kazakhstan
B) Ukraine
C) Belarus
D) Russia
  • 10. What was the center of political power in the USSR prior to its collapse?
A) Duma
B) Politburo
C) White House
D) Kremlin
  • 11. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, a significant event leading to the collapse of the USSR?
A) 1989
B) 1991
C) 1990
D) 1987
  • 12. What military alliance formed in response to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and the USSR?
A) NATO
B) SEATO
C) Warsaw Pact
D) Soviet Union Pact
  • 13. Who famously stood on a tank to denounce the coup plotters during the August Coup?
A) Nelson Mandela
B) Boris Yeltsin
C) Vladimir Putin
D) Mikhail Gorbachev
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