Sorry it took so long, but I lost my third arm in the war. ;) Here it is!

The Russian History Quiz (by an American) :D

#1 -What year did the Russian Empire fall?
#2 -Who invaded Russia in 1223?
#3 -Who invaded Russia in 1237?
#4 -In the 16th century, the Tsars formed streltsy . What was it?
#5 -What family ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917?
#6 -What year was the Russo-Japanese war?
#7 -Name the Siberian peasant and self proclaimed holy man rumored to have great influence with the Tsar.
#8 -What year did the USSR officialy form?
#9 -What year did it (the USSR) fall?
#10-What happened in December 1994?

Not difficult, if you stayed awake during history class!

1) 1917.
2) The Poles? The Teutonic Knights? Mongols under Subodei?
3) The Mongols? Under Batu?
4) ......... serfdom?
5) The Romanov family.
6) 1905.
7) Rasputin.
8) 1920? The yr when the provisional govt led by Alexander Kerensky had fallen. 9) 1992? After the failed coup attempt by the Communist Party.
10) My university term holidays? No wait; the formation of the CIS.

I stayed awake during history class but I never had Russian history in class before. :D

SKM - You got some right, and Im not sayin which ones...yet.

4. the Streltzy were a body of royal household troops form by Ivan IV, equivilent of the Roman Praetorians, with an even more checkered a history of mutiny and coups. They eliminatd by Peter the Great after their last mutiny/coup attempt. SKM got most of the rest (if you count scattergun answers).

Originally posted by joespaniel


#1 -What year did the Russian Empire fall?
#2 -Who invaded Russia in 1223?
#3 -Who invaded Russia in 1237?
#4 -In the 16th century, the Tsars formed streltsy . What was it?
#5 -What family ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917?
#6 -What year was the Russo-Japanese war?
#7 -Name the Siberian peasant and self proclaimed holy man rumored to have great influence with the Tsar.
#8 -What year did the USSR officialy form?
#9 -What year did it (the USSR) fall?
#10-What happened in December 1994?

Not difficult, if you stayed awake during history class!

I stayed awake...but it was several years ago! Let's see...

1. 1917
2. Mongols?
3. Mongols again? (When it doubt...guess Mongols....)
4. A policy of expansion to the east allowing individuals to become governors of new provinces??
5. The Romanovs
6. 1905
7. Rasputin
8. 1921?
9. 1991
10. War in Chechnya?

Originally posted by SKM

10) My university term holidays? No wait; the formation of the CIS.


Really? Maybe so....I could've sworn that the CIS was formed earlier than that. Unless it was an "unofficial" arrangement, I thought that the former Soviet republics competed in the 1992 Summer and 1994 Winter Olympics as the CIS.

But I could be wrong. :)

Jumbo - You are smokin! But still not 100%...

Originally posted by jumbo2002


Really? Maybe so....I could've sworn that the CIS was formed earlier than that. Unless it was an "unofficial" arrangement, I thought that the former Soviet republics competed in the 1992 Summer and 1994 Winter Olympics as the CIS.

But I could be wrong. :) It was a wild guess. I really don't know.

The answers to #2 and #3 have the same "last name".

The Mongol Horde and the Golden Horde. But aren't they the same - Mongol-dominated Eurasian nomadic confederations?
But then maybe I am wrong ......

I was looking for 'peoples' names...

BTW - dont you ever sleep? ;)

It's in the middle of the day over here and I'm at work. :D
Alright, then I think it's Genghis Khan and then Ogodei Khan?

Getting alot of work done? :lol:

You guys want the answers yet?

OOPS! Sorry, I have to go to work!:D

It's a slow day. ;)

My last guess - Ogodei Khan and Mongke Khan?

Might as well give us the answers ......

As mentioned by SKM above
1237 was the Golden Horde of Tatars & Mongols under Batu (Batya).

1223 was an invasion, almost to Kiev, of a Mongol horde under Subedai (Subedeya) but most of this campaign by the mongols was against the Polovtsy, not the Russian pricipalites

#1 -What year did the Russian Empire fall?
1917, replaced by provisional government led by Karensky
#2 -Who invaded Russia in 1223?
Mongols under Ghenghis Khan
#3 -Who invaded Russia in 1237?
Mongols under Batu, Ghenghis' grandson
#4 -In the 16th century, the Tsars formed streltsy . What was it?
It means "Musketeers', and they were Boyers who acted as household troops and standing army of the czar
#5 -What family ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917?
Romanov
#6 -What year was the Russo-Japanese war?
1904-05
#7 -Name the Siberian peasant and self proclaimed holy man rumored to have great influence with the Tsar.
Rasputin
#8 -What year did the USSR officialy form?
Not sure, but 1922 is a good guess
#9 -What year did it (the USSR) fall?
1989
#10-What happened in December 1994?
Don't know

Actualy I am quite impressed!:goodjob:

Heres the answers;

AoA 's response got 1 thru 9 exactly right.

10 is the Russian invasion of Chechnia.

You all did well, so anyone is free to post any Russian history or ask the next question as far as Im concerned.

<Insert evil laugh here> Hijacking the Russian quiz as a Chinese quiz ...... :p

Question : -

The Russians were the first modern European power to make a treaty with Imperial Qing (I think) in the 18th century. Name this treaty and its terms .....

I dont know.

Heres another question in addition to SKMs :

How many names has St. Petersburg had?

Two. Petrograd and Leningrad.

Anyway you can forget about my question. Way too hard. It's the Treaty of Nerchinsk sometime in the middle of the 18th century. Terms were for the Russians to stay out of the Amur region in return for trading rights (tea, silk, porcelain etc). The Russians broke it later when they founded the Russian Maritime Province which covered a good part of the Amur plains.

Then answer would be THREE! Mwah-hah-hah! :D

But, youre right, tovarisch. Next question?

Imperial Russia played the Great Game. Who did they play it with and what's the Game actually about?

BTW, what's tovarisch? :confused:

"Friend."

Great Britain, and the race to "colonize" Central Asia.

PS - I have that scenario...;)

More specifically, it's played over the highlands of Inner Asia i.e. Afghanistan, Hindu Kush, the Pamirs etc. Game of spies.

OK, next question's yours. :crazyeyes Come on, bring it on! :p

Alright! Im gonna ask a question so hard even I dont know the answer! :D

What country's people were deported in whole to Siberia by Stalin, and allowed to return home by Kruschev?

Stalin deported a lot of peoples to the Siberian wastes. I would say, the Crimean Tatars of Ukraine (?), for one.

No wait, it's the Germans. There's a group of about 2.5 mil Volga Germans who were deported to Siberia during WW2 cos of the German invasion. These were descendants of a Gothic tribe which migrated to the area around the same time as other Germanic tribes migrating westwards into the Roman Empire.
Later allowed to "return" to Germany. But I think this was after the fall of the Soviet Union .......

Was it the Chechens, by any chance?

:goodjob: Simon has the honors!

Simon...?