History of Russia Questions

Under this ruler, Russia added the Crimean Peninsula and most of Poland. With the support of much of the army, the court, public opinion and enlightened nobles, she deposed her husband, Peter the Third. In September 1762, who was crowned autocrat and empress of all Russia, a title she would hold for 34 years?

The first of these actions was undertaken in 1772 at the request of Frederick the Great, who sought to avoid escalating the Russo-Turkish War. The second resulted in Russian restoration of a prior constitution, and the Prussian acquisition of Gdansk [guh-DAHNSK]. What territorial divisions between Russia, Austria, and Prussia eliminated an Eastern European nation?

Which three countries gained control of Poland through its partitions?

By volume, this rift lake contains more water than all five Great Lakes combined. That's because it has a surface area of more than 12,000 square miles and a depth of up to nearly 5,400 feet. Considered to be the earth's deepest and oldest lake, what is this 25-million-year-old lake in southern Siberia?

How old was Peter the Great when he became co-Tsar with his half-brother?

This time period featured loss of Russian territory during the Russo-Polish war. What period refers to the time from 1598 to 1613 that featured famine and many Tsars following the death of Ivan IV's childless son, Feodor.

The Time of Troubles featured territorial loss for Russia. What war, lasting from 1605 to 1618 resulted in Polish conquest of Moscow and the installment of several "false" Tsars named Dimitry?

Under his reign, he tripled the size of his state, introduced a new legal code and renovated the Moscow Kremlin. Whose 1480 victory over the Great Horde ended Mongol rule and laid the foundations for the Russian state?

What Russian leader introduced Christianity with his own Baptism?

This took place from 1648 to 1657, and involved Zaporozhian cossacks allying with Crimean Tatars. This conflict ended Polish catholic domination over the Ukrainian Orthodox population. Name this war that lead to the Pereslaslav agreement and the eventual incorporation of eastern Ukraine into the Tsardom of Russia.

This war was between Sweden and Russia and lasted between 1610 and 1617. What war ended with the Treaty of Stolbovo and resulted in territorial gains for Sweden and a loss of Russian access to the Baltic sea for about a century.

One cause of this war was one party's desire for access to the Baltic Sea. The war was ended by the Treaty of Nystad [NEE-stahd] and included the Battle of Poltava [pohl-TAH-vuh]. Name this war, fought between Sweden, under Charles the Twelfth, and Russia, ruled by Peter the Great.

Located in Russia in the Caucasus mountains, what is the tallest mountain in Europe?

Seven of them were forced to recognize the Polish prince Wladyslaw IV Vasa in 1610. Later, they would support Michael Romanov as Tsar of Russia. What term refers to ancient Russian nobility?

A son of Vladimir the Great, Kievan Rus' reached its greatest extent under this ruler. Name the man whose work served as the basis for a code of laws called the Russkaya Pravda.

Name the Russian code of laws created by Yaroslav the Wise

This dynasty came to power after the fifteen-year Time of Troubles that started in 1598. Its first ruler was Michael, who was proclaimed tsar in 1613, and ruled until 1645. Identify the dynasty that ruled Russia until 1917.

Name and number, or name and title required. At just ten-years-old, he began ruling alongside his half-brother, Ivan the Fifth in 1682. After his brother's death, he assumed sole rule of his country, ruling until his death in 1725. Identify the Russian tsar [zahr] who was made emperor in 1721, and was succeeded upon his death by his widow, Catherine the First.

This empire expanded its control of the regions on the Eastern shore of the Baltics during the 16th and 17th centuries to include the regions around Estonia and Lithuania today. Despite a period of relative peace during the second half of the 1600s, this country found itself facing a growing Russian threat to the east as Peter the Great militarized. Allied with the Ottoman Empire for the first five years of the conflict, what nation fought The Great Northern War against Russia while led by Charles the Twelfth at the beginning of the conflict?

This man ruled Russia from 1547 to 1584. He established the first Russian feudal body but his long Livonian War weakened the Russian state. Name this leader, known for executing nobles at the slightest provocation, who ruled longer than any other Russian and was the first to name himself Tsar.