Akaki Akakiievich Bashmakin is a character in "The Overcoat" whose name translates to what in English.
What is "excrement on the shoe."
100
This writer wrote "The Tales of Hoffman."
What is ETA Hoffman.
100
This tsar held the maxim: autocracy, orthodoxy, and nationalism.
What is Nicholas I.
100
To deal with unrest, Nicholas I added a new department to the imperial chancellery called what.
What is the Third Section.
100
Ivan Turgenev belonged to this literary school.
What is Realist.
200
"Igor's Tale" falls within this type of literary school.
What is classical.
200
This writer was a great friend of Ghandi's.
What is Leo Tolstoy.
200
This tsar had an interest in the French Enlightenment, and read the works of Montesquieu and Voltaire.
What is Catherine II.
200
This many revolts may have occurred under the rule of Nicholas I.
What is 556.
200
This literary figure was a disaster as Professor of History at the University of Petersburg (i.e. making up history and staring out at the audience without speaking for lengthy periods of time).
What is Nikolay Gogol.
300
Dostoevsky wrote "The Double," which was copied from which one of Gogol's works.
What is "Diary of a Madman."
300
This writer is considered the "greatest national writer of Russia" whom had a direct influence on almost all writers and poets in Russia.
What is Alexander Pushkin.
300
In 1850, this president of France demanded from Turkey the right of French control over holy places in Palestine for the protection of Catholic monks.
What is Louis Napoleon.
300
This uprising occurred due to mistreatment by officers, disapproval of the tsar's interests in the West, his policy towards dissenters, and the threat of new military contingents.
What is the Streltsi Uprising.
300
Pugachev's Revolt came when Russia was fighting a major war with which country.
What is Turkey.
400
In "Twenty-Six Men and One Girl," the baker's name is what.
What is Pavel.
400
"The Island of Bornholm" is part of the gothic school of literature and was written by whom.
What is Nikolay Karamzin.
400
This tsar moved the capital of Russia from Moscow to Petersburg in 1713.
What is Peter I.
400
Catherine the Great had this many lovers.
What is 21.
400
Catherine the Great came up with the "Nakaz," which translates to what in English.
What is "The Instruction."
500
This type of literary school involves the usage of Old Church Slavic (or Old Russian). It also includes odes (which are similar to short poems) that are written to the state, the king, or the tsar.
What is neo-classicism.
500
The name of Tolstoy's estate was "Yasnaya Polyana." It translates to what in English.
What is Clear Meadow.
500
This person christianized the citizens of Kiev in 988, which brought literacy and an alphabet. He was later canonized a saint.
What is Prince Vladimir of Kiev.
500
This group of people brought more settled ways to the Early Russians in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. This included regional administration and military reorganization.
What is the Goths.
500
Under Alexander II, Russia was turning into a two class country, and these included.