A) The Yongzheng Emperor B) The Qianlong Emperor C) The Kangxi Emperor D) The Jiaqing Emperor
A) The Treaty of Beijing B) The Treaty of Kyakhta C) The Treaty of Aigun D) The Treaty of Nerchinsk
A) Border demarcation B) Fishing quotas C) The caravan trade D) Navigational rights
A) Tibetan monks B) Dzungar Mongols C) Manchu nobles D) Han rebels
A) The Taiping Rebellion B) The Dzungar genocide C) The Boxer Rebellion D) The Dungan revolt
A) As a weak and easily manipulated leader B) As an unpleasant and arrogant neighbour C) As a reliable trading partner D) As a wise and benevolent ruler
A) Annexing Beijing B) Establishing trade with India C) Ejecting the Turks from Europe D) Suppressing the pride of China
A) English B) French C) Russian D) German
A) My Chinese neighbour with small eyes B) The expansionist of Central Asia C) The destroyer of the Dzungars D) The arrogant ruler of the East
A) Siberia and Sakhalin B) Mongolia and Manchuria C) Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands D) Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
A) To obtain supplies and food B) To establish a military base C) To spread Christianity D) To acquire advanced weaponry
A) Tadataka Ino B) Mamiya Rinzō C) Honda Toshiaki D) Daikokuya Kōdayū
A) Japanese territory B) Chinese territory C) British territory D) Russian territory
A) 1 July 1762 B) 15 August 1783 C) 10 September 1792 D) 28 June 1791
A) Ivan Golovkin B) Adam Laxman C) Nikolai Rezanov D) Grigory Potemkin
A) The Tokugawa shogunate B) The Satsuma Domain C) The Edo City Council D) The Imperial Court in Kyoto
A) A major trade treaty was signed B) Japan declared war on Russia C) An alliance was formed against China D) Negotiations failed
A) As a brilliant and visionary success B) As legally sound and strategic C) As cautious and defensive D) As a dishonest one
A) She modified them for the better B) She achieved all of them perfectly C) She abandoned them due to a lack of funds D) She failed to reach any of them
A) An alliance-driven strategy focused on peace B) A cautious approach focused solely on defense C) A series of mistakes and lacking a long-term strategy D) A masterclass in geopolitical maneuvering
A) The Baltic governorates B) The Crimean Peninsula C) The Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania D) The Grand Duchy of Finland
A) Sweden and the Ottoman Empire B) Prussia and Austria C) France and Great Britain D) China and Japan
A) Ivan the Terrible B) Peter I C) Michael Romanov D) Alexander I
A) Protesting military conscription B) Demanding tax exemptions C) Advocating for their religious freedoms D) Seeking parliamentary representation
A) A global great power B) A strictly regional European power C) A minor maritime power D) An isolated agrarian empire
A) Trade embargoes imposed by Japan and China B) Global trade of Russian natural resources and Russian grain C) The abrogation of the Treaty of Kyakhta D) Dzungar raids along the Siberian border
A) Because of resource trading famines and a war with Austria and Germany B) Because of the failed trade mission led by Adam Laxman C) Because she failed to eject the Turks from Europe D) Because of the loss of Kamchatka to Japan
A) Austria and Germany B) Sweden and the Ottoman Empire C) China and Japan D) Great Britain and France
A) Schleswig B) Holstein-Gottorp C) Bavaria D) Holstein-Prussia
A) The North Sea B) The Black Sea C) The Atlantic Ocean D) The Baltic Sea
A) Colonial conqueror B) Financial backer C) International mediator D) Naval superpower
A) 1788–1790 B) 1790–1792 C) 1780–1782 D) 1778–1779
A) Brother B) Nephew C) Cousin D) Uncle
A) Holstein B) Saint Petersburg C) Moscow D) Stockholm
A) Northern Fleet B) Baltic Fleet C) Atlantic Fleet D) Black Sea Fleet
A) It was tied B) A decisive Russian victory C) A crushing Swedish victory D) A cancellation due to weather
A) Austria B) Prussia C) Denmark D) Britain
A) Catherine herself B) The Austrian Emperor C) Gustav III D) The King of Denmark
A) 5 years B) 10 years C) 50 years D) 20 years
A) 1800 B) 1788 C) 1790 D) 1792
A) 1796 B) 1781 C) 1768 D) 1762
A) British royal regalia B) Byzantine design C) Romanian art D) Ottoman architecture
A) 2,300 B) 75 C) 4,936 D) 398
A) 5.1kg B) 1.5kg C) 2.3kg D) 3.8kg
A) Louvre Museum B) Moscow Kremlin Armoury Museum C) British Museum D) State Hermitage Museum
A) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin B) Ivan Osterman C) Nikita Panin D) Şahin Giray
A) Jérémie Pauzié B) Sergey Solovyov C) Ivan Gudovich D) Alexander Suvorov
A) Some 750,000 square kilometres B) Some 520,000 square kilometres C) Some one million square kilometres D) Some 200,000 square kilometres
A) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin B) Alexander Suvorov C) Ivan Osterman D) Nikita Panin
A) Northern Accord B) Black Sea Coalition C) Baltic Pact D) Eastern League
A) Ivan Gudovich B) Şahin Giray C) Ivan Osterman D) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
A) 1766 B) 1783 C) 1774 D) 1762
A) 21 July 1774 B) 25 September 1789 C) 31 August 1762 D) 22 September 1762
A) Şahin Giray B) Ivan Osterman C) Nikita Panin D) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
A) 1783 B) 1762 C) 1792 D) 1774
A) Kherson B) Nikolayev C) Odessa D) Yekaterinoslav
A) Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt-Zerbst B) Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp C) Maria Choglokova D) Yekaterina Alekseyevna
A) 28 June 1744 B) 2 May 1729 C) 17 November 1796 D) 5 January 1762
A) Oranienbaum B) Stettin C) Saint Petersburg D) Moscow
A) 15 B) 21 C) 16 D) 18
A) Plutarch B) Tacitus C) Voltaire D) Cicero
A) Grigory Orlov B) Sergei Saltykov C) Grigory Potemkin D) Peter III
A) 1745 B) 1757 C) 1754 D) 1762
A) Sophie B) Anna C) Joanna D) Elizabeth
A) Holstein Regiment B) Izmailovsky Regiment C) Imperial Guard D) Semenovsky Barracks
A) Ropsha B) Stettin C) Schlüsselburg D) Oranienbaum
A) Joanna Elisabeth B) Maria Choglokova C) Empress Elizabeth D) Princess Yekaterina Dashkova
A) 1783 B) 1762 C) 1768 D) 1795
A) Pneumonia treatment B) Bloodletting C) Smallpox inoculation D) Phlebotomy
A) Lopukhina affair B) Russo-Turkish War C) Pugachev's Rebellion D) Bar Confederation
A) Pyotr Rumyantsev B) Grigory Orlov C) Fyodor Ushakov D) Alexander Suvorov
A) Poland B) Crimea C) New Russia D) Alaska
A) New Russia B) Courland and Semigallia C) Russian America D) Holstein-Gottorp
A) Alaska B) Poland C) Crimean Khanate D) Schleswig
A) Szczecin B) Stettin C) Oranienbaum D) Sevastopol
A) Peter III B) Her former lover C) Her son Paul D) Grigory Potemkin
A) Joanna Elisabeth B) Princess Yekaterina Dashkova C) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin D) Maria Choglokova
A) Pneumonia B) Smallpox C) Apoplexy D) Haemorrhoidal colic
A) Pneumonia B) Cholera C) Typhus D) Smallpox
A) Grimm B) Voltaire C) Bestuzhev D) Tacitus
A) Winter Palace B) Oranienbaum C) Smolny Institute D) Schlüsselburg
A) Ropsha B) Oranienbaum C) Winter Palace D) Ducal Castle
A) Frederick II B) Adolf Frederick C) Frederick the Great D) Christian August
A) Russian Academy B) Imperial Public Library C) Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences D) Free Economic Society
A) Alexander Suvorov B) Pyotr Rumyantsev C) Fyodor Ushakov D) Samuel Greig
A) Persia B) Armenia C) Georgia D) Azerbaijan
A) Valerian Zubov B) Agha Mohammad Khan C) Ivan Gudovich D) Morteza Qoli Khan
A) King Erekle II B) Valerian Zubov C) Agha Mohammad Khan D) Morteza Qoli Khan
A) Paul I B) Derzhavin C) Prince Zubov D) King Erekle II
A) Morteza Qoli Khan B) Count Valerian Zubov C) Agha Mohammad Khan D) Ivan Gudovich
A) Uncle B) Son C) Younger brother D) Father
A) St. Petersburg B) Kizlyar C) Derbent D) Moscow
A) Baku B) Shemakha C) Ganja D) Derbent
A) Ivan Gudovich B) Valerian Zubov C) Paul I D) Derzhavin
A) Catherine died B) A massive earthquake destroyed the army C) Persian forces defeated Zubov in a major battle D) Agha Mohammad Khan surrendered unconditionally
A) Alexander Bezborodko B) Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski C) Kościuszko D) Frederick II
A) 1795 B) 1764 C) 1791 D) 1768
A) Habsburg monarchy B) Austria C) France D) Prussia
A) Habsburg monarchy B) French monarchy C) Ottoman Empire D) Prussian monarchy
A) The French Monarchy B) The Permanent Council C) The Golden Liberty D) The May Constitution |