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Russian History Practice
Contributed by: Hemphill
  • 1. Which character from Animal Farm doesn't agree with the revolution (pro-monarchy)?
  • 2. Which character from Animal Farm represents the unskilled labor class (proletariat)?
  • 3. Which characters from Animal Farm represent the KGB?
  • 4. What represented the Siberian Labor Camps in Animal Farm?
  • 5. Which character from Animal Farm represents Nicholas II?
  • 6. Who does Napoleon from Animal Farm represent in real life?
  • 7. Which character from Animal Farm represents both Lenin and Marx?
  • 8. Who represents the Communist Party in Animal Farm?
  • 9. Which character from Animal Farm represents the propaganda newspaper Pravda?
  • 10. What does the windmill represent in Animal Farm?
  • 11. Who was responsible for the deaths of approximately 20 million people?
  • 12. Term for Gorbachev's economic restructuring.
  • 13. Who was the Soviet premier during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
  • 14. During the Rise of Muscovy, Moscow became a major city and broke away from whose influence?
  • 15. What is the name of Stalin's secret police?
  • 16. Which Soviet premier used murder and Siberian Labor camps to control the people?
  • 17. What does U.S.S.R. stand for?
  • 18. Who was the last czar of Russia?
  • 19. When the pigs moved into the house in Animal Farm, did this show that all animals were equal? Yes or no
  • 20. Which character from Animal Farm did all of the other animals look up to in the beginning of the movie, the leader of the revolution?
  • 21. Who was forced to leave Animal Farm because he was Napoleon's main rival?
  • 22. True or False: Benjamin's vision of the pigs near the end of Animal Farm made them seem to be more like Communists, where everyone was equal.
  • 23. Brezhnev had to deal with situations in Afghanistan, Czechoslovakia and which other country?
  • 24. What was the book written by Karl Marx?
  • 25. What group of people led the 1917 revolution, leading to a new system of government known as Communism?
  • 26. Who was the first czar of Russia?
  • 27. What is the term used to describe a system where one person has total power? This was established by Ivan IV (the Terrible).
  • 28. Which character(s) in Animal Farm were used by Napoleon to enforce his rules/lawas on the other animals?
  • 29. After the fall of Communism, 11 of the former Soviet republics joined together to form the:
  • 30. Who was the leader after Gorbachev? He was not a Communist.
  • 31. Which character from Animal Farm was used by Napoleon to make it sound like everything was alright?
  • 32. Who wrote the "Communist Manifesto"?
  • 33. Who was the 1st president of Russia?
  • 34. Who added the southern portion of the Russian Empire?
  • 35. Who was known as the "Man of Steel"?
  • 36. Who believed, "private property was the root of social turmoil"?
  • 37. Under whom did the nuclear arms race begin?
  • 38. Who had many reforms for the U.S.S.R.?
  • 39. Who was killed as a result of the Bolshevik Revolution?
  • 40. Who denounced Stalin's regime?
  • 41. Who had the capital moved to St. Petersburg?
  • 42. Who was the 1st communist leader?
  • 43. What was Gorbachev's social reform, means "openness", that gave more freedom to the Soviet people?
  • 44. Who was Animal Farm written by?
  • 45. True or False. In Animal Farm, when the Animals were singing the song of revolution, this showed all the animals were equal?
  • 46. Which Soviet leader was known as "George Washington of Russia"?
  • 47. Who was appointed president of Russia on January 1, 2000?
  • 48. What event in Russian history was represented by Mr. Jones being forced off the farm in Animal Farm?
  • 49. After Ivan IV (the Terrible), which dynasty began and ruled the Russian Empire for nearly 300 years?
  • 50. What is the term used for emperor (or king) in Russia?
  • 51. Which character in Animal Farm worked tirelessly, until he could no longer work?
  • 52. What do we call a system of government, or social organization, based on the control of all property by the government?
  • 53. What was the name of the person who "invented" communism, but was never a Russian or Soviet leader?
  • 54. Which 3 republics chose not to join the Commonwealth of Independent States, Latvia, Lithuania, and??
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