Russian Empire Quiz

What was the capital of the Russian Empire, named after its first emperor?

What country lost significant amounts of territory to Russia in the Great Northern War, allowing Russia to expand around the Baltic Sea and become a European power?

What was the name of the dynasty that ruled the Russian Empire?

What group of people, initially from the steppes of Ukraine, were incorporated into the Russian military as elite soldiers?

What branch of Christianity became the state religion of the Russian Empire, being practiced by around 70% of the population?

Who ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796 and was considered an "enlightened despot" for her modernization of Russia and patronage of the arts?

What general, at one point a lover of the Empress, set up elaborate villages to impress the Empress and eventually had a famous battleship named in his honor?

What country was repeatedly partitioned between Russia, Prussia, and Austria between 1772 and 1795?

What military leader briefly captured Moscow in 1812, only to find it abandoned?

What group of people attempted a coup in 1825 to replace Tsar Nicholas I with his older brother?

What conflict did Russia lose to a coalition consisting of France, the United Kingdom, and the Ottoman Empire in the 1850s?

What group of people, peasants held in involuntary servitude, was freed by Tsar Alexander II in 1861?

What Russian colony in the Americas was sold to the United States in 1867?

What Muslim ethnic group was forcibly removed from their homeland in the Caucuses in the 1860s by the Russian military, in what is now largely considered a genocide?

What philosophy became widespread among young Russians in the late 1800s as a reaction against the prevailing social norms of the Russian government and church?

What Russian author wrote extensively in the 1860s and 1870s and today is best known for his novels "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina"?

What Russian playwright wrote "The Cherry Orchard" and "The Seagull" in the 1890s and is also known for a literary principle involving a gun?

Who was the last tsar of the Russian Empire, who served from 1894 to 1917?

What Asian country did Russia fight in a 1904-1905 war, resulting in a string of embarrassing military defeats?

What event, during which peaceful protesters were killed by military officers outside the Winter Palace, directly led to the Revolution of 1905?

What disease did the tsar's son have that Grigori Rasputin was initially hired to treat?

What nation in the Balkans did Russia strongly support during the July Crisis of 1914, leading to the start of World War 1?

Which event resulted in the abdication of Nicholas II and the replacement of the Russian Empire with the Russian Provisional Government?

What was the name of the last tsar's daughter, whose was rumored to have survived the execution of the Royal Family for decades after her death?