Russian History Questions

visit _________________________________ Date __________ Period ___________ Researching Russia Directions Using the reference materials (including exactly not particular to the Internet, almanacs, atlases, encyclopedias, and books), research the answers to the following questions. The Internet is a useful source further you should make use of opposite resources should it not be available 1. On November 1, 1993, the parliament of the Russian Republic of the USSR granted Russian President ______________________ encompassing power to pop out radical economic reforms. 2.In 1991, the population of Russia was estimated at ________________________. 3. In the ninth century, Scandinavian chieftains established the first Russian state, cracking it on ___________________ and Kiev. 4. When did Lenin die? _____________ How did he die? _____________________ 5. The 900-day siege of Leningrad lasted from June 1941 until January ___________. 6. When did Stalin die? ________ How hoar was he? _ ______ 7. In the late 1960s and other(a) 1970s, massive Soviet military aid to __________________ helped assure communist victories throughout Southeast Asia. 8.Russia comprises everywhere ________% of the total area of the former USSR and has ____________________ square miles, making it the largest country in the world. 9. What is the current life foretaste for Russian males? 10. The Russian monetary social unit is the _________________. 11. The breed of cat known as the Russian blue is lordly for its vivid ___________ colored eyes and the _____________ quality of its blue-gray coat. 12. Who is the author of War and calm? 13. Who is the author of The Brothers Karamazov? 14. Which Russian author was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for Doctor Zhivago but declined the prize? 5. Leningrads St. Isaacs Cathedral on Decembrists Square was intentional by French architect ______________________ and built between 1819 and 1858. 16. The _______________, or Russian wolfhound, was first imported into the United States in 1889. 17. In 1854, British poet Alfred lord Tennyson made Balaklava famous in his poem _______________________________. 18. On January 22, 1904, George Melitonovich Balanchivadze was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. He gained a reputation for the foremost representative of neoclassicism ballet. His professional pass water was __________________________. 9. Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov is best known for what experiment? ____________________________________________________________ _________ 20. In 1910, Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova made her American debut with Russian dancer ______________________ at the metropolitan Opera House in New York City. 21. Which Russian chemist compiled the hebdomadary table of elements? ______________________________________ 22. On what date was the Russian Sputnik I put into roll? ______________________ 23. On what date was the Russian Sputnik II put into orbit? ______________________ 24. kinsf olk 17, 1957, was the 100th anniversary of the birth of Russian rocket pioneer Konstantin E. _________________________. 25. On January 2, 1959, unmanned interplanetary flight was proved feasible when the Soviet yokes Mechta entered into orbit around the sun. 26. The Volga River is ________ miles, or ________ kilometers long. 27. What was the name of the imperial family that rule Russia from 1613 until 1917? _______________________________ 28. The age of romanticism in Russian literature is from the late _________ until the early 1840s. 29. Who wrote The Twelve (1918)? __________________ 0. During World War II, the Soviet Union and Finland fought each other in two wars. The Winter War was from 1939 to __________________. The Continuation War was from 1941 until ______________. Who garbled both wars? 31. When did the Russo-Japanese War begin? ____________ 32. When did the Russo-Japanese War end? ___________ 33. Catherine the Great (1729-96) govern Russia for _________ years. 34. In what year did construction of St. Basils Cathedral begin? 35. The breed of dog known as the borzoi originated in Russia in the 1600s. Its average weight is __________ to ___________ pounds. 36.When World War I broke out, Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky colonized in what country? _______________________ 37. In which direction would you travel if you swarm from Tula to capital of the Russian Federation? __________ 38. The island Great Lyakhov is in the _____________ sea. 39. Who wrote Boris? _____________________________ 40. The 900-day siege of Leningrad during World War II caused ____________ deaths. 41. Russia is ____________ time the size of the United States but has a population of less than _______% per centum of the people in the United States as of 2000. 42. What is the per capita Russian income? _____________________ 43. What is the life expectancy for Russian females? _____________ 44. In 1967, the Soviet government produced a film readjustment of Leo Tolstoys War and Peace in commemoration of fiftieth anniversary of the Revolution. The Russian language version of the film ____ hours and _____. 45. ____________________ delivers gifts to Russian children on New Years Eve. 46. In which direction would you travel if you drove from capital of the Russian Federation to St. Petersburg? __________________________ 47. The ________________ Mountains form a dividing line between Asia and Europe. 48.The _____________________ Strait separates Russia and Alaska. 49. czar Nicholas II was married to the granddaughter of Queen _____________ of England. 50. Name the son of Tsar Nicholas who suffered from hemophilia. _______________ 51. 23 of the _________________ volcanoes on Kamchatka Peninsula are active. 52. The Caucasus Mountains are composed of limestone and ______________ rocks with some volcanic formations. 53. The Caspian Sea has a surface area of about ________________ square miles. 54. In December, Moscow averages _______________ days with overca st skies. 5. St. Isaacs Cathedral is located on ______________ Prospect, a famous thoroughfare in Leningrad. 56. In the late 1980s, the population meanness of the USSR was _______ persons per square mile. 57. In the mid-1980s, the population density of the USSR was _______ persons per square mile. 58. The State _______________ Museum in Leningrad is considered to be one of the worlds great museums. 59. Valentina V. ___________ was the first cleaning woman to orbit the earth. 60. The ___________________ Railroad runs north of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. USS