Tsars I've Known
This Tsar built an entirely new city on the Baltic as "a window on the West"
Who was Peter the Great?
At the end of these wars, Russia's military reputation reached new heights and it was considered unbeatable by many other Europeans.
What were the Napoleonic Wars?
This man's book described an ideal utopian socialist community with equal rights for men and women. He had the answers!
Who was Cherneyshevsky?
This painting by Repin was celebrated as a symbol of Russian defiance and purchased for 35,000 rubles by Alexander III.
What is "The reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks?"
This man played center for the New York Knicks from 1985-2000.
Who is Patrick Ewing?
This Tsar was sometimes called "a bald-headed Medusa" for his unfriendly looks at people when angered.
Who was Nicholas I?
One of the given reasons for the start of this war was the the dispute over who had the keys to two churches in Jerusalem.
What was the Crimean War?
This magazine jump-started the career of many famous Russian writers.
What was "The Contemporary?"
This was written to celebrate Russia's defeat of Napoleon I.
What is the 1812 Overture?
Either one of the brothers who run Lassens
Who is Thomas or Chris?
This Tsar was called "The Liberator"
Who was Alexander II?
The result of the war between this empire and Russia was the independence of Romania and Serbia.
What was the Ottoman Empire?
This writer almost died in a Siberian prison but later had people rolling in the aisles at the dedication of the statue of Pushkin in Moscow.
Who is Dostoevsky?
This was the term for the female head of the family among the peasant class.
What was the "bol'shuka?"
This man was the first president to be elected twice but not to consecutive terms.
Who was Grover Cleveland?
This Tsarina was allegedly involved in the overthrow of her husband, Peter III, and to have plotted to have her son, Paul I, excluded from the throne before her death in 1796.
Who was Catherine the Great?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This man wrote an early history of the Russian people, and emphasized their uniqueness and potential for greatness.
Who was Karamzin?
The "intellectual" of the Romanov family, this woman worked behind the scenes to promote women's rights and serf emancipation.
Who was Elena Pavlovna?
This genre of music allegedly reflects the mellow vibe of the 1970s and early 1980s.
What is "yacht rock?"
This man refused the throne after the death of his brother, Alexander I, in 1825.
Who was the Grand Duke Constantine?
Nicholas I's intervention in Austria in 1848 restored this man to the Austrian throne. He ruled until 1916.
Who was the Emperor Franz Joseph?
This man's letter to Gogol was banned by the Russian government to the point where even hearing it read aloud was grounds for prosecution.
Who is Bellinsky?
This group of artists - of which Repin was eventually a member - made it their goal to both depict Russia as it was and to bring art and culture to the "average" Russian.
Who were the Peredvizhniki or The Wanderers?
What is there is no right answer to this question?