Statistics for Russian History Multiple Choice

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was the fate of the last Russian Tsar?	Was shot in the basement	94%
What description is often associated with Ivan IV?	Terrible	88%
What was the primary reason of selling Alaska to the US?	Lack of money to sustain an unprofitable colony	82%
Who was invited to Novgorod in the year 862 and started the first dynasty of Rus' for the next 7 centuries?	Rurik	76%
True of false. Has the Russian Emperor ever kissed Napoleon?	Yes	71%
What was the real surname of Joseph Stalin?	Jughashvili	65%
Which of these countries has Russia fought the most times?	Ottoman empire	65%
The Emancipation reform abolished Russian serfdom (socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism). When was it held?	1861	59%
How many casualties did the Soviet Union suffer during the WW2?	20 to 30 million	59%
A monk in the 16th century introduced a theological and political concept of asserting Moscow as the successor to ancient Rome. It was stated as "Moscow, ___ Rome"	Third	53%
Which of these cities was never captured by the Russian army?	Stockholm	35%
Which of these crucial battles was lost by the Russian army	The Battle of Borodino in 1812	35%
Which of these is not a Russian invention or discovery?	Vodka	35%
For which of these places was there never a plan of colonizing it by Russia?	Iceland	29%
Who was the founder of Moscow?	Yuri the Long Hand	29%

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