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EUS 201 Test 1 WWUWhich river runs through the city of Kiev? - ANS Dniepr
Which prince was killed for trying to collect taxes twice from the same tribe? - ANS Igor
Which prince killed Askold and Dir and took over Kiev as the Grand Prince's city? - ANS Oleg
According to legend, this prince 'Died from his horse': - ANS Oleg
This ruler of Kiev took bloody revenge on the Drevlanians: - ANS Olga
This prince unwisely destroyed the Khazars and opened up the steppes to new invasions: -
ANS Svyatoslav
This prince attacked Constantinople and gained a more favorable trade treaty: - ANS Oleg
First Christian ruler of Kiev: - ANS Olga
This ruler was killed by Pecheneg nomads and his skull made into a drinking cup for their Khan
- ANS Svyatoslav
Inheritance of the kingdom from father to eldest son is know as: - ANS Primogeniture
This prince won the throne of his murdered father after several year's of civil war with his
brothers, who also wanted the throne: - ANS Vladimir I
The Turkic nomads who invaded the steppes near Kiev soon after the Khazars were destroyed
were the: - ANS Pechenegs
This ruler of Kiev established excellent trade relations with all Kiev's neighbors without fighting a
single war with them. Arguably one of the best rulers in Russian history: - ANS Olga
According to the Primary Chronicle, this was the year when Rus (or Russian) history began,
when a Varangian began ruling in Novgorod: - ANS 862
This grand prince forced the people of Kiev to be baptized as Orthodox Christians: - ANS
Vladimir I
How many republics were in the Soviet Union when it collapsed? - ANS 15
Which of these was never a symbol of Russia or the Soviet Union? - ANS Dragon
, What is the name of the Eurasian short grass prairie? - ANS steppe
Which river is not in Siberia? - ANS Volga
What city was Russia's capital from 1710 to 1917? - ANS St. Petersburg
Which people is NOT East Slavic? - ANS Lithuanians
What is the traditional religion of the Russian State? - ANS Orthodox Christianity
What is the land with moss and shrubby growth north of the Arctic Circle called? - ANS Tundra
What famous cathedral stands on Red Square? - ANS St. Basil's
Who was Jugashvili? - ANS Stalin (Last Name)
Which peninsula is currently disputed between Russia and Ukraine? - ANS Crimea
Which ruler did not have an office in the Kremlin when he died? - ANS Peter the Great
The "Bronze Horseman" Statue commemorates which tsar? - ANS Peter the Great
Which country is NOT in the Baltic? - ANS Moldova
What is the largest of the five -stan countries in Central Asia? - ANS Khazakhstan
Which country is NOT in the Caucasus? - ANS Estonia
The birthplace of Joseph Stalin - ANS Georgia
Which Caucasus country is rich in oil? - ANS Azerbaijan
Which former Soviet republic was traditionally a part of Romania? - ANS Moldova
What is the name of the cold northern forest found mainly in Siberia? - ANS Taiga
What church denomination would a Patriarch lead? - ANS Orthodox
True or false: Modern Russian is written in what is called the Cyrillic Alphabet. - ANS True
True or false: Slavs are Indo-Europeans. - ANS True
Which mountain range separates European Russia from Siberia - ANS Ural
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