Literature
Writers
Historical Figures
Historical Events
Miscellaneous
100
This short novel was clearly of the Naturalist school, as evidenced by the main character being dumped garbage on his walk to work.
What is "The Overcoat."
100
This Romantic writer influenced Pushkin.
What is Lord Byron.
100
This young officer tried liberating Ivan VI from confinement in the Schlusselburg fortress.
What is Basil Mirovich.
100
This revolt/uprising occurred in 1825 in Russia.
What is the Decembrist Uprising.
100
Catherine the Great had this many lovers.
What is 21.
200
This published work is Gogol's first real success as a writer.
What is "Evening on a Farm Near Dikanka".
200
This writer published "Crime and Punishment."
What is Fyodor Dostoevsky.
200
This tsar carried out the emancipation of the serfs systematically and nonviolently.
What is Alexander II.
200
In 1709, the Swedish army under King Charles the 12th was defeated by the Russians under Peter the Great at this battle.
What is the Battle of Poltava.
200
Sofia Behrs is this person's wife.
What is Leo Tolstoy.
300
Pavlova wrote "A Double Life," which belonged to what literary school.
What is Romantic.
300
This writer wrote about nature, the female mind, and young women in love.
What is Ivan Turgenev.
300
This tsar held the support of the guardsmen whereas the older statesmen reserved their support.
What is Catherine the Great.
300
Nicholas I was forced to put an end to the Crimean War in 1860 with this treaty.
What is the Peace of Paris 1860.
300
This writer was exiled to his father's estate, Milhailvskoye, which saved him from participating in the Decembrist Uprising.
What is Alexander Pushkin.
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