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History of Saint Petersburg
  • 1. In what year did the Leningrad Metro open?
A) 1955
B) 1930
C) 1945
D) 1960
  • 2. What materials were used to decorate the first seven Leningrad Metro stations?
A) Silver and stone
B) Gold and granite
C) Steel and glass
D) Marble and bronze
  • 3. Which house museum is located in the northern suburb of Repino?
A) Anatoly Sobchak Museum
B) Catherine Palace Museum
C) Ilya Repin House Museum
D) Stalin Memorial Museum
  • 4. Where is the Memorial to Defenders and Survivors of the Siege of Leningrad located?
A) Senate Square
B) The city center
C) Moskovsky Prospekt near Pulkovo Airport
D) Catherine Palace grounds
  • 5. When was the 300-year anniversary of the city celebrated?
A) 2004
B) 2003
C) 1991
D) 1996
  • 6. Which country sponsored the re-creation of the Amber Room?
A) Germany
B) Finland
C) Russia
D) France
  • 7. What was the political repression of the late 1940s and 1950s in Leningrad called?
A) The Soviet Crackdown
B) Leningrad Affair
C) Second Leningrad affair
D) The Great Purge
  • 8. Which magazines were banned during the repression of the intellectual elite?
A) Pravda and Izvestia
B) Zvezda and Leningrad
C) Novy Mir and Zvezda
D) Leningrad and Moscow Life
  • 9. What percentage of the USSR GNP was Leningrad producing despite its small population share?
A) About 10%
B) About 2%
C) About 6%
D) About 15%
  • 10. When did Leningrad voters choose to restore the name Saint Petersburg in a referendum?
A) 27 May 2003
B) 12 June 1996
C) 12 June 1991
D) 6 September 1991
  • 11. Who was the first democratically elected mayor of the city?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Vladimir Yakovlev
C) Anatoly Sobchak
D) Valentina Matviyenko
  • 12. How many streets were renamed back to their original names?
A) 39
B) 6
C) 3
D) 300
  • 13. What is the capital of the Leningrad Oblast?
A) Moscow
B) Pulkovo
C) Saint Petersburg
D) Leningrad
  • 14. Who changed their title from mayor to governor in 1996?
A) Vladimir Yakovlev
B) Anatoly Sobchak
C) Valentina Matviyenko
D) Ilya Repin
  • 15. In what year did the Constitutional Court of Russia complete its move to St. Petersburg?
A) 2003
B) 1991
C) 2008
D) 2006
  • 16. What title was given to the city due to the media's promotion of its siege history?
A) Cultural capital
B) Second judicial capital
C) Imperial capital
D) Hero city Leningrad
  • 17. How long did the siege of Leningrad last?
A) 29 months
B) 36 months
C) 48 months
D) 12 months
  • 18. How many civilians died during the siege of Leningrad in 1942 alone?
A) 250,000
B) 1,000,000
C) 650,000
D) 500,000
  • 19. What was the name of the route across frozen Lake Ladoga used to supply the city?
A) The Ladoga Corridor
B) The Path of Survival
C) The Road of Life
D) The Northern Route
  • 20. What item of looted treasure was specifically mentioned as being taken to Germany?
A) The Hermitage Throne
B) The Imperial Crown
C) The Amber Room
D) The Bronze Horseman
  • 21. Where did Hitler plan to hold a victory celebration?
A) Peterhof Palace
B) The Hermitage
C) Winter Palace
D) Hotel Astoria
  • 22. What was the daily bread ration for a worker on November 20, 1941?
A) 500 grams
B) 125 grams
C) 250 grams
D) 400 grams
  • 23. Who wrote a famous diary entry during the siege stating 'Savichevs died. Everyone died. Only Tanya is left'?
A) Leningrad Girl
B) Anna Akhmatova
C) Tanya Savicheva
D) Maria Petrova
  • 24. In what year did Leningrad receive the Hero City title?
A) 1946
B) 1944
C) 1945
D) 1941
  • 25. Approximately how many civilians died as a result of the siege of Leningrad?
A) 500,000
B) 2 million
C) 3 million
D) 1.2 million
  • 26. How many artillery shells did the Wehrmacht fire at Leningrad during the siege?
A) 50,000
B) 150,000
C) 200,000
D) 100,000
  • 27. What secret plan included the genocide of 3 million Leningrad residents?
A) Operation Petersburg
B) Generalplan Ost
C) The Barbarossa Decree
D) The New East European Order
  • 28. How many air bombs did the Luftwaffe drop on Leningrad during the siege?
A) 50,000
B) 100,000
C) 150,000
D) 250,000
  • 29. In what year was Emperor Paul I assassinated?
A) 1917
B) 1825
C) 1801
D) 1861
  • 30. Which emperor succeeded Paul I after his assassination?
A) Nicholas II
B) Alexander I
C) Alexander II
D) Nicholas I
  • 31. What revolt occurred in 1825?
A) Decembrist revolt
B) Russian Civil War
C) October Revolution
D) February Revolution
  • 32. Who suppressed the Decembrist revolt?
A) Lenin
B) Alexander II
C) Alexander I
D) Nicholas I
  • 33. What literary figure is mentioned as having brought Russian literature to the world?
A) Ignacy Hryniewiecki
B) Leon Trotsky
C) Kirov
D) Aleksandr Pushkin
  • 34. Which emperor implemented the emancipation of the serfs in 1861?
A) Alexander I
B) Nicholas I
C) Alexander II
D) Nicholas II
  • 35. Who killed Tsar Alexander II in 1881?
A) Lenin
B) Ignacy Hryniewiecki
C) Kirov
D) Trotsky
  • 36. What name was given to St. Petersburg during World War I?
A) Petrograd
B) Leningrad
C) Sankt Peterburg
D) Moscow
  • 37. When did Lenin move the government to Moscow?
A) 5 March 1918
B) 1917
C) 1931
D) 24 January 1924
  • 38. In what year did Leningrad administratively separate from Leningrad Oblast?
A) 1931
B) 1934
C) 1918
D) 1924
  • 39. Which popular governor of Leningrad was assassinated in 1934?
A) Stalin
B) Kirov
C) Lenin
D) Trotsky
  • 40. On what date was Saint Petersburg founded?
A) 27 May 1712
B) 27 May 1703
C) 16 May 1728
D) 1 May 1703
  • 41. Who founded the city of Saint Petersburg?
A) The Swedish King
B) Peter the Great
C) Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov
D) Peter II of Russia
  • 42. From which country did Peter the Great reconquer the Ingrian land?
A) Sweden
B) Prussia
C) Great Britain
D) Netherlands
  • 43. What was the name of the Swedish fortress taken by Peter the Great on 1 May 1703?
A) Kronstadt
B) Nyenschantz
C) Peter and Paul Fortress
D) Monplaisir
  • 44. In what year was the city's name changed to Leningrad?
A) 1914
B) 1724
C) 1924
D) 1918
  • 45. Where was the city's first building, the Peter and Paul Fortress, located?
A) Kronstadt
B) Zayachy (Hare's) Island
C) The right bank of the Neva
D) Peterhof
  • 46. What profession were engineers and architects hired by Peter the Great primarily from?
A) Asian explorers
B) European countries
C) Russian nobility
D) Swedish architects
  • 47. In what year did Peter move the capital from Moscow to Saint Petersburg?
A) 1703
B) 1728
C) 1712
D) 1732
  • 48. Who was the first person to build a home in Saint Petersburg?
A) Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov
B) Peter the Great
C) A German engineer
D) Cornelis Cruys
  • 49. Which city served as the primary residence and site for state balls for the Tsar?
A) Nyenschantz
B) Kronstadt
C) Moscow
D) Peterhof
  • 50. When was the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences established?
A) 1703
B) 1712
C) 1724
D) 1732
  • 51. In which year did Peter II move the capital back to Moscow?
A) 1724
B) 1918
C) 1732
D) 1728
  • 52. What nickname is commonly used for Saint Petersburg?
A) Sankt
B) Piter
C) Petro
D) Burkh
  • 53. In what year was the Kirov Stadium opened?
A) 1950
B) 1949
C) 1955
D) 1945
  • 54. In which year were the fountains of the Peterhof park reopened to the public?
A) 1950
B) 1947
C) 1945
D) 1955
  • 55. What was the status of the Peterhof palaces in 1947?
A) They were demolished
B) They remained in ruins
C) They were converted into schools
D) They were fully restored
  • 56. Which individual was a target of Stalin's Leningrad Affair?
A) Aleksei Kuznetsov
B) Peter the Great
C) Kirov
D) Lenin
  • 57. How were the accusations against the leaders in the Leningrad Affair described?
A) Proven treason
B) Administrative errors
C) False accusations
D) Corruption charges
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