Early Slavs built Russia's first civilization, called by this name.
What is Kievan Rus?
100
Following World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States competed to develop these.
What are weapons?
100
I led a failed invasion of Russia in 1812.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
100
What is the largest ethnic group in Russia?
Who are Russians?
100
These are farm laborers who can be bought and sold with land.
What are serfs?
200
He declared himself Russia's first czar. He was pretty "Terrible."
Who is Ivan IV or "Ivan the Terrible?"
200
Widespread hunger and suffering throughout Russia eventually led to a few of these.
What are revolts/revolutions?
200
I believed that industrialization had created an unjust system. Vladimir Lenin fashioned the U.S.S.R. on my ideas.
Who is Karl Marx?
200
Russia's many good hockey players and gymnasts are partly a result of this.
What is a cold climate?
200
The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union was known as this, since it never escalated to actual combat.
What is the Cold War?
300
Russia joined France and Britain to fight Germany and Austria in this war. The country suffered heavy losses.
What is World War I?
300
When communist leaders took control of Russia and renamed it the Soviet Union, they established this kind of economy.
What is command or government-controlled?
300
I was one of the greatest Russian writers. I wrote War and Peace.
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
300
This is largely ineffective in Russia, making travel difficult for many who live there.
What is the road/highway system?
300
This is the overthrow of the government by military force.
What is a coup?
400
He led a revolt and set up a communist state in Russia.
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
400
They expanded Russian territory to many times its original size over the course of about 400 years. (They also moved the capital several times as well).
Who are the czars of Russia?
400
I was president of Russia during the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
400
This is important to Russia's economy because it creates access to natural resources in Siberia.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
400
Soviet leaders introduced this system in which small farms were combined into large, factory-like farms run by the government.
What is collectivization?
500
When he became Soviet leader, he began a number of reforms that only served to increase the Russian people's doubts about communism.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
500
As a result of this reform movement, factory managers gained more freedoms.
What is perestroika?
500
I was the first person to fly in space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
500
Because this is in short supply (and is often expensive), many grandparents, parents, and children in Russia live together.
What is housing?
500
This was one of Mikhail Gorbachev's policies, under which Soviet citizens could say and write about what they thought without fear of being punished.