Ancient world
World history
Russian history
Inventions
100

What are the oldest buildings in the world?

Egypt pyramids

100

When did WWII start?

1939

100

Who founded Moscow in 1147?

Duke Yury Dolgoruky

100

Who invented the printing press?

Johan Gutenberg

200

Who is thought to be the best military commander of the ancient world, who never lost a single battle?

Alexander the Great

200

Who defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo?

The Duke of Wellington

200

Who was the first President of the USSR? 

Mikhail Gorbachev

200

Who invented the telephone?

Alexander Bell

300

This city was buried under the ash after Mount Vesuvius had erupted.

Pompeii

300

Who led the first expedition around the world in 1519-1521?

Ferdinand Magellan

300

Whose reign is believed to be the Golden Age of the Russian Empire?

Ekaterina II the Great's

300

Who invented the first antibiotic called penicillin

Alexander Fleming

400

Who is believed to say: "Veni, Vidi, Vici" - "I came. I saw. I conquered." ?

Julius Ceasar

400

What did Fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 mark?

The end of the Cold War

400

What did the Great Stand on the Ugra River in 1480 mark?

The end of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus.

400

When was the internet invented?

1989

500

Whose army crossed the Alps and nearly conquered Rome during the Second Punic war?

Hannibal's

500

Who is known as the father of modern Olympic Games?

Pierre de Coubertin

500

Who is considered to be the Father of Space exploration, whose ideas inspired Sergey Korolev to design the first spaceship?

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

500

Where were numerical digits (numerals such as 0,1,2,3 ... etc) invented?

India 

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