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Who did Catherine the Great overthrow to become Empress?
her husband
Who moved the capital from Kiev to Moscow?
Ivan the Moneybags
Who defeated the Mongols giving the Russians their freedom back?
Ivan the Great
Who is considered the father of the Russian navy?
Peter the Great
Why did Ivan the Terrible not leave an heir to the throne?
He killed his last surviving son.
How did Ivan the Terrible spend most of his childhood?
in prison
Mongols were experts at what?
horseback riding and archery
Who was the leader of the Mongols?
Genghis Khan
What religion did Vladimir the Great convert to?
Orthodox Christianity
What country was reunified in September of 1990?
Germany
What did Ivan the Terrible demand in order for him to reclaim his throne?
absolute power
following the October Revolution, what type of government was established?
Communist
Who was the first leader of the Communist Party in Russia?
Vladimir Lenin
Peter the Great wanted Russia to be more like who?
Western Europe
Peter the Great moved his capital to where?
St. Petersburg
What marks the traditional boundary between European and Asian Russia?
Ural Mountains
What lies between the Black and Caspian Seas?
Caucasus Mountains
What languages were spoken in Kievan Rus?
Slavic
Lenin oversaw a group known as what?
Bolsheviks
What was Stalin's hunger-extermination called?
Holodomor
What rank was Catherine the Great born into?
a low-ranking German princess
What was the peaceful protest where hundreds were killed during the Russian Revolution?
Bloody Sunday
What was the first country that the USSR demanded a government subject to Soviet influence?
Poland
Following the February Revolution, what type of government was established?
a Duma that was planning on a democratic government.
What was forcing small private farms to become large government farms called?
collectivization