Международная олимпиада по истории

Международная олимпиада по истории

(на английском языке) Russian History

9-11 КЛАССЫ СТУДЕНТЫ

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1. During what international war did the Russian Revolution take place?

(A) World War II

(B) Russo-Japanese War

(D) World War I

2. What calendar did Russia use until February 1918?

(A) Julian

(B) Gregorian

(D) Hebrew

3. Which tsar did terrorists assassinate in 1881?

(A) Nicholas I

(B) Alexander I

(D) Alexander III

4. What slogan was shouted during the February Revolution?

(A) “Let them eat cake!”

(B) “Freedom and justice!”

(D) “Bread and peace!”

5. The February Revolution began as a(n)

(A) International Women’s Day march

(B) Railroad strike

(D) Bolshevik rally

6. Where was the tsar during the February Revolution?

(A) Visiting soldiers on the front

(B) In the Winter Palace

(D) In the Kremlin

7. As a result of the February Revolution, the tsar

(A) Was thrown out of office

(B) Exiled

(D) Was immediately executed

8. After the February Revolution, how many organizations claimed to be the new Russian

government?

(A) One

(B) Two

(D) Four

9. The provisional government was made up of

(A) Former members of the Synod

(B) Former ministers under the tsar

(D) Former members of the Duma

10. Which country’s government aided Lenin in returning to Russia?

(A) France

(B) Germany

(D) Britain

11. Upon his return to Russia, how did Lenin view revolutionaries outside his own party?

(A) As friends and allies

(B) As potential Bolsheviks whom he needed to convert

(D) As enemies who might be used temporarily but had to be eliminated in the end

12. What slogan did Lenin use following his arrival in Russia in April 1917?

(A) “There is such a party!”

(B) “All power to the Soviets!”

(D) “Onward to the shining future!”

13. What was the set of ideas that Lenin expressed in the newspaper Pravda following his

return to Russia?

(A) The April Theses

(B) The Communist Manifesto

(D) Das Kapital

14. During the summer following the February Revolution, what did Lenin initially believe was

the best strategy for starting a second revolution?

(A) Use loyal troops to attack government buildings

(B) Take control of the press

(D) Execute the tsar in public

15. The Bolshevik Party drew its support primarily from

(A) Peasants

(B) Aristocrats

(D) The working class

16. The Petrograd Soviet was a(n)

(A) Union of workers and soldiers

(B) Organization of ex-monarchists

(D) Group consisting primarily of lawyers

17. Which of the following events seriously weakened the Bolsheviks?

(A) The First Congress of Soviets

(B) Kerensky’s June offensive

(D) Rasputin’s murder

18. Which of the following seriously weakened the provisional government?

(A) The July Putsch

(B) The Kornilov Affair

(D) The First Congress of Soviets

19. Who was Lavr Kornilov?

(A) A Bolshevik

(B) A rebellious Cossack

(D) Leader of the Petrograd Soviet

20. What happened as a result of the July Putsch?

(A) The provisional government was unseated

(B) The Petrograd Soviet split apart

(D) Several prominent Bolsheviks were arrested