Area district and city procurator were appointed by:
1.Their respective supreme soviets
2.Procurators general of republics subject to approval of procurator general of USSR
3.Procurator general of USSR
4.None of them
Comradely courts were:
1.Separate from the judicial hierarchy
2.Part of the judicial hierarchy
3.Sub-ordinate courts of communist party
4.None of them
Council of minister frequently issued decrees jointly:
1.With central committee of communist party
2. With presidium of supreme soviets
3.With soviets of republics
4.None of them
In November of 1991 who banned the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
1. Dmitry Medvedev
2.Vladimir Putin
3.Yeltsin
4.None of them
Largest ethnic group of Russia is Russian. Which is the second largest ethnic group?
1.Tatar
2.Ukrainian
3.Bashkir
4.Chuvash
Most of the legislation did not come from the Supreme Soviet but from:
1.The presidium of supreme soviets
2.The council of ministers
3. The national congress of CPSU
4.None of them
St. Petersburg. The capital was moved to Moscow in:
1.1918
2.1917
3.1921
4.1922
The Bolshevik Revolution took place in:
1.1915
2.1917
3.1919
4.None of them
The courts were to fight for:
1.Justice in Soviet Union
2.The elimination of soviet state enemies
3.The protection of citizen rights
4.None of them
The Crimean War lasted from 1853-56. Which powers did Russia fight during this war?
1.England France Turkey Sardinia
2.England France Turkey Sardinia
3.England France Turkey Austria
4.England France Turkey
This man engineered the first Russian subway system in Moscow. The metro was subsequently named after him
1.Mikhail Suslov
2.Georgii Malenkov
3.Aleksey Shchusev
4.Lazar Kaganovich
What are the total Federal Administrative divisions of Russia?
1.85
2.87
3.89
4.80
What was the most famous Soviet art museum?
1.Tretyakov
2.Hermitage
3.Lenin
4.Museum of Revolution
Which of these was one of Khrushchev s main policies?
1.Emancipation
2. War Communism
3. De-Stalinisation
4.New Economic Policy
Who became president of Russia in 2000?
1.Boris Yeltsin
2.Dmitry Medvedev
3. Vladimir PutinVladimir
4.None of them
Who succeeded Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
1.Stalin
2. Gorbachev
3.Lenin
4.Brezhnev
Who was proclaimed the Supreme Ruler of Russia on November 18 1918?
1. Admiral Alexander Kolchak
2. Vladimir Lenin
3.General Lavr Kornilov
4.Leon Trotsky
According to Article 112:
1.Judges were appointed by Supreme Soviet
2. Independent and subject only to law
3.Could be removed by their respective supreme soviets
4.None of them
According to By Shinki approach to justice:
1.Defence lawyers were unnecessary
2.Defence lawyers were necessary
3.Defence was the respobsibility of the state
4.None of them
Chairman of the state planning committee:
1. Is the member of soviet presidium
2.Is the representative of national area
3. Is the member of the council of ministers
4.None of them
Following Stalin who was the next premier of the U.S.S.R.?
1.Gorbachev
2.Brezhnev
3.Krushchev
4.Malenkov
In what year was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics officially founded?
1.1917
2.1922
3.1978
4.1918
Procurators of the republics territories regions and autonomous regions were appointed by:
1.Their respective supreme soviets
2.Their respective presidium of supreme soviets
3. By procurator general of USSR
4.None of them
Russian attempts to dominate the Balkans led to a war with which country from 1827-29?
1.Greece
2.Austria-Hungary
3.Turkey
4.Serbia
The term of procurator general of USSR was:
1. 5 years
2. 7 years
3. 9 years
4.None of them
1922 was the year when Soviet Union was officially founded. How many republics did it comprise at the time initially?
1.4
2.5
3.11
4.15
According to the new constitution:
1.Judges were to be appointed for six years
2.Judges were to be elected for ten years
3.Judges were to be elected for 12 years
4.None of them
By what majority from each of the central legislature the Supreme Soviet can amend the Constitution:
1.Simple
2.Two third
3.Three fourth
4.None of them
Capital pubishment for serious offences:
1.Enhanced
2.Were condemned
3.Declined
4.None of them
Communist Manifesto was written by:
1.Marx
2.Hegel
3.Stalin
4.None of them
During the reign of Peter I Russia gained some Baltic territories from another European country. Which country lost these territories to Russia?
1.Germany
2.Denmark
3.Poland
4.Sweden
Founder of soviet state was:
1.Vladimir Lenin
2.Joseph Stalin
3.Trotsky
4.None of them
Karl Marx was born in:
1.Austria
2.Finland
3.Russian Social Democratic Party
4.None of them
Mikhail Gorbachev held which position before he became General Secretary of the Communist Party?
1.Commissar of State Finances
2.Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces
3.Minister of Agriculture
4.Minister of Civil Defense
Mikhail Gorbachev was Soviet Union s:
1.Last President
2.Last but one President
3.Last but two Presidents
4.Last but three Presidents
Newly created (1989) Congress of People s Deputies voted to end the communist Party s control over the government and elected Gorbachev President of the Soviet Union on:
1. March 141990
2. March 141993
3. March 141991
4. March 141992
Next to the Poliburo of the Communist Party what other party was the most important policy-making body in the USSR?
1. Council of Ministers
2.Soviet Communist Party
3. The Supreme Soviet
4. Committee for State Security
On December 9 1991 the leaders of the Russian Ukrainian and Belorussian republics declared that the Soviet Union was dissolved and replaced by the:
1. Commonwealth of Nation
2.Organization of Independent States
3. Association of Independent States
4.Commonwealth of Independent States
Perestroika was introduced in Soviet Union by:
1.Gorbachev
2.Brezhnev
3.Yeltsin
4.Stalin
Russia got Independence from Soviet Union on:
1.August 241989
2.August 241990
3.August 241992
4.August 241988
Russian expansion in Manchuria caused a war with ______ in 1904-05?
1.Japan
2.France
3.China
4.Britain
Russo-Austrian rivalry was a major cause of outbreak of World War-I Russia fought in alliance with _____ and ______:
1.France and Germany
2.France and Turkey
3.Britain and Turkey
4.France and Britain
Soviet Union made demands also to Finland. When the Finns did not give in the outcome was war. It started at the end of November 1939. By what name that war is known?
1.Winter War
2.Karelian War
3.Continuation War
4.Vyborg War
Soviet Union made demands also to Finland. When the Finns did not give in the outcome was war. It started at the end of November 1939. By what name that war is known?
1.Winter War
2. Karelian War
3.Continuation War
4.Vyborg War
The Constitution of Russian Federation was ratified in:
1.1993
2.1918
3.1977
4.None of them
The highest court in USSR was:
1.Federal court
2.The hgh court of republics
3.Supreme Court of USSR
4.None of them
The soviet legal profession gradually:
1.Declined
2.Dominated
3.Got autonomy
4.None of them
The term of republic procurator general was:
1. 5 years
2. 9 years
3. 7 years
4.None of them
The USSR was dissolved in:
1.1989
2.1990
3.1991
4.None of them
Under which ruler did Russia annex the Crimea part of Poland Western Ukraine and Byelorusia?
1. Peter I (the Great)
2.Anna Ivanovna
3.Peter II
4.Catherine II (the Great)
Voting age in Russia is
1.18 Years
2.21 years
3.25 years
4.20 years
What does Buran mean in Russian?
1.Firestorm
2.Thunderstorm
3.Snowstorm
4.Hurricane
What is the meaning of Bolsheviks ?
1.Minoritarians
2.Majoritarians
3.Great ones
4.Winners
What was Leon Trotsky s original name?
1. Leon Davidovich Bronstein
2.Leon Davidovich Trotsky
3.Lev Davidovich Bronstein
4.Levi Davidovich Trotsky
What was the last version of the Soviet constitution adopted?
1.1957
2.1977
3.1987
4.1987
What was the name of the party that the Bolsheviks belonged to before they broke away from it in 1903?
1.SDLP (Social Democratic Labour Party)
2.Mensheviks
3.Kadets (Constitutional Democrats)
4.Liberals
What was the name of the treaty in 1918 that ended Russia s war with Germany and Austria-Hungary?
1.The treaty of London
2.The treaty of Paris
3.The treaty of Brest-Litovsk
4.None of them
What year did Leon Trotsky join the Bolsheviks?
1.1915
2.1903
3.1913
4.1917
What year did the Soviet Union collapse?
1.1991
2.1922
3.1990
4.1921
Which is the National day of Russia?
1.12-Jun
2.24-Aug
3.29-Aug
4.27-Aug
Which of Stalin s policies did Khrushchev continue?
1.Purges
2.Attacks on churches
3.High military budget
Which tsar was assassinated in 1881?
1.Nicholas I
2.Alexander I
3. Alexander II
4. Alexander III
Which was the last country to be incorporated into the Soviet Union as a Soviet Socialist Republic?
1.Moldova
2.Latvia
3.Estonia
4.Lithuania
Who became president of Russia in 2008?
1.Yeltsin
2.Dmitry Medvedev
3.Vladimir Putin
4.None of them
Who became prime minister of Russia in July-August 1917?
1.Kerensky
2.Nicholas
3.Alexander
4.None of them
Who many independent states that replaced the Soviet Union
1.12
2.14
3.15
4.18
Who preceded Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of Russia?
1.Stalin
2.Brezhnev
3.Malenkov
4.Beria
Who ruled the Soviet Union from the late 1920s until his death in 1953?
1.Stalin
2.Krushchev
3.Brezhnev
4.Trotsky
Who was the last Tsar?
1.Nicholas I
2.Nicholas II
3.Alexander I
4.Alexander II