Bottomley's Quiz

Question 1

Who was Vasily Zhukovsky?

Answer 1

Tutored Alexander II

Question 2

Who was Larv Kornilov?

Answer 2

Military leader

Question 3

What was the treaty of Riga?

Answer 3

Granted polish independence

Question 4

What was Russia’s annual industrial growth rate per year between 1908 and 1913?

Answer 4

8.5%

Question 5

From when was Witte appointed finance minister?

Answer 5

1892 - 1903

Question 6

What speech did Alexander II deliver on his accession as Tsar?

Answer 6

Unshakable autocracy

Question 7

Give one result of Stalin’s second five year plan

Answer 7

Magnitogorsk - huge industrial centre which housed over 150, 000 workers - became an emblem of socialism

Question 8

How long did the third Duma last?

Answer 8

November 1907 - June 1912

Question 9

When did Cossacks charge into a crowd of students killing 13?

Answer 9

1901

Question 10

What was th economic cost of the Crimean war?

Answer 10

Lost access to the naval base in the Crimea

Question 11

How long did the fourth Duma last?

Answer 11

1912 - 1917

Question 12

When was the Baltic Fleet sunk?

Answer 12

2nd October 1904

Question 13

What was indirect voting?

Answer 13

Had to be over 25 to vote

Had to have over 4000 acres

Question 14

Between 1867 and 1917 what happened to the urban population?

Answer 14

Quadrupled