How Much Do You Know About Russian Leaders?

Do you know a lot about Russian history? Come and test your knowledge on this quiz!
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Who became the first President of Russian in 1991?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin

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Which Soviet was in power for the longest time during the Cold War?
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin

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Who was President of the Soviet Union directly before its dissolution?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Lenin

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Which Russian leader was once the head of the KGB?
Boris Yeltsin
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin

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Who succeeded most of Joseph Stalin's titles, though was forced to resign most of them within a month?
Georgy Malenkov
Yuri Gagarin
Ivan Pavlov

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Approximately how tall was Joseph Stalin?
5'3"
5'8"
6'2"

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Who was the informal leader of the Bolsheviks before coming to power as the leader of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev

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Who was the leader of Russian before the creation of the Soviet Union?
Tsar Nicholas
Tsar Nicholas II
Catherine the Great

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What adjective is generally used to describe Ivan IV Vasilyevich?
Terrible
Great
Bloody

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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union directly before Mikhail Gorbachev?
Yuri Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Leonid Brezhnev

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In which year did Joseph Stalin die?
1947
1953
1959

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Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1982-1984?
Yuri Andropov
Dmitry Medvedev
Leonid Brezhnev
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You got a few of the easier ones, but you still missed some of the trickier ones!

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You definitely keep up to date on your Russian history!

A+, True Russian

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1
Who became the first President of Russian in 1991?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
2
Which Soviet was in power for the longest time during the Cold War?
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
3
Who was President of the Soviet Union directly before its dissolution?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Lenin
4
Which Russian leader was once the head of the KGB?
Boris Yeltsin
Dmitry Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
5
Who succeeded most of Joseph Stalin's titles, though was forced to resign most of them within a month?
Georgy Malenkov
Yuri Gagarin
Ivan Pavlov
6
Approximately how tall was Joseph Stalin?
5'3"
5'8"
6'2"
7
Who was the informal leader of the Bolsheviks before coming to power as the leader of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
8
Who was the leader of Russian before the creation of the Soviet Union?
Tsar Nicholas
Tsar Nicholas II
Catherine the Great
9
What adjective is generally used to describe Ivan IV Vasilyevich?
Terrible
Great
Bloody
10
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union directly before Mikhail Gorbachev?
Yuri Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Leonid Brezhnev
11
In which year did Joseph Stalin die?
1947
1953
1959
12
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1982-1984?
Yuri Andropov
Dmitry Medvedev
Leonid Brezhnev