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Question 1

What ruler commanded the building of St. Basil’s

Answer 1

Boris Godunov

Question 2

St. Basil’s was built to commemorate the taking of what city?

Answer 2

Kazan

Question 3

Name and location of Main holiest church in Russian land?

What ruler commissioned this holiest church in the Russian land?

Answer 3

Dormition Cathedral in Moscow Kremline

Ivan III (the Great)

Question 4

What catastrophe shaken the eastern Christian world at the beginning of the 13th century

Answer 4

sacking of Constantinople by Crusaders

Question 5

What ruler decreed Christianity as the official religion of Roman empire

Answer 5

Constantine

Question 6

What saint was instrumental in the formation of the Nicene Creed?

Answer 6

St. Nicholas

Question 7

The date of the acceptance of Christianity among the Eastern Slavs

Answer 7

988

Question 8

What semi legendary figure gave his name to the first Russian dynasty?
Where did he accept power?

Answer 8

Rurik

Novgorod

Question 9

The second name of all russian is called what?

Answer 9

patronymic

Question 10

Date of first major Russian victory over the Tartars

Name of Monastic leader who supported the Russian army in that campaign

First and last name of Russian artist who painted the great icon in homage to that event

That icon referred to a narrative in what chapter and book in the Bible

Answer 10

1380

St. Sergius of Radonezh

Andrei Rublev

Genesis Chpt 18

Question 11

What is the name and year of the proclamation of Christianity as official religion of Roman Empire?

Answer 11

Edict of Milan 313

Question 12

Year and define the world shattering event that occurred in asia minor in the middle of the 15th century

Answer 12

1453 - fall of constantinople by Ottoman Turks

Question 13

What icon is known to responsible to repulse Tamerlane from invading

Name of the Prince who stole that icon from kiev

Name of the Prince’s father - also known as founder of Moscow

Answer 13

Vladimir Mother of God

Andrei Bogolyubsky

Yury Dolgoruky

Question 14

Name of the Cathedral and place where the ruler of medieval Russ were buried

Answer 14

Archangel Michael Cathedral - Moscow

Question 15

Name of Russia votive church built in gratitude of birth of Muscovite heir to throne

Answer 15

Church of the Ascension

Question 16

Name of the grand prince who built that church in gratitude for the birth of his son

Answer 16

Basil III

Question 17

What nationality took part in the occupation of Russia during times of Troubles

Answer 17

Polish and Swedish

Question 18

First Russian dynasty comes to end in what year

Answer 18

1598

Question 19

The name and foundation year of second Russian dynasty

Answer 19

Romanov Dynasty 1613

Question 20

Name and location of great temple built near moscow to resemble to the sacred christian shrine in Jerusalem

Answer 20

Church of the Resurrection in New Jerusalem