Category Archives: Russia

Yuri Gagarin Quiz

1) When did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth?
a) 5 October 1957
b) 6 June 1959
c) 4 November 1960
d) 12 April 1961

2) Which spacecraft was used by Yuri Gagarin to orbit the earth?
a) Luna 7
b) Luna 8
c) Vostok 1
d) Vostok 2

3) From where did the spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin take off?
a) Moscow
b) Leningrad
c) Vladivostok
d) Baikanour Continue reading →

1. When was Rudolf Abel arrested by FBI?
a) 1 January 1949
b) 21 June 1957
c) 12 August 1956
d) 31 December 1948

2. What was Rudolf Abel’s original name?
a) William August Fisher
b) Ernest Blofeld
c) Feliks Dzerzhinnsky
d) Nikolay Yezhov

3. When was Rudolf Abel born?
a) 3 March 1904
b) 15 April 1902
c) 11 July 1903
d) 14 November 1905 Continue reading →

1) Who succeeded Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia?
a) Alexander Lebed
b) Vladimir Putin
c) Gary Kasparov
d) Mikhail Gorbachev

2) When was Moscow Olympics held?
a) 1964
b) 1980
c) 1996
d) 2004

3) Which city is considered Third Rome?
a) St. Petersburg
b) Moscow
c) Kiev
d) Yekatinburg

4) Who is the first woman in space?
a) Sunita Williams
b) Kalpana Chawla
c) Valentina Tereshkova
d) Nadia Petrova Continue reading →

1) When was Nikita Khrushchev born?
a) 22 February 1876
b) 17 April 1894
c) 21 July 1896
d) 31 December 1900

2) Where was Nikita Khrushchev born?
a) Tbilisi
b) Kalinovka
c) Bratislava
d) Prague

3) Which party did Nikita Khrushchev join?
a) Menshevik Party
b) Liberal Party
c) Russian Communist Party
d) Royalist Party Continue reading →

1) When was Konstantin Chernenko born?
a) 22 January 1909
b) 19 May 1912
c) 24 September 1911
d) 14 November 1918

2) Where was Konstantin Chernenko born?
a) Bolshaya Tes
b) Nagutskoye
c) Dushanbe
d) Tashkent

3) When did Konstantin Chernenko join the Communist Party?
a) 1921
b) 1925
c) 1931
d) 1945 Continue reading →