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What is European Russia's
most
important river?
What is the approximate
population
of Russia today?
What are some of the problems posed by Russia's geographic location?
To which language family does Russian belong?
Who are the East
Slavs?
Who were the Varangians?
Who was the first
Varangian
leader of Rus?
Who was the first Christian ruler
of Kievan Rus?
Who
christianized Kievan Rus?
Why did the prince who
christianized
Kievan Rus choose Christianity?
What did Oleg's army do as a sign of
victory
in Constantinople?
According to the chronicle,
how did Oleg die?
Who ruled during Kiev's golden age? What was
Kiev like at that time?
Whose
Pouchenie
(instructions to his children) contains advice on how to live, as well as
descriptions of his military and hunting exploits?
What Old Testament scene do Russian icon painters employ to represent the trinity?
Whose hands does Christ hold in the Icon "Christ's
Descent into Hell"?
What city's
icons are known for their use of deep greens and reds?
What is at the base of the mountain in most Russian crucifixion icons?
Name three masters of Icon
painting.
What is an Iconostasis?
How does the Russian Christ Pantocrator differ from the Byzantine one?
What is remarkable about the icon depicting "The
Battle beetween the Novgorodians and Suzdalians"?
How does The Igor Tale differ from the
other surviving works of Kievan literature?
For what are
Boris and Gleb
known?
What are some characteristics of Orthodox Christianity?
Which
two monks are
credited with bringing literacy to Russia?
How many domes does Sancta Sophia in Kiev have? What do they represent?
Who led the Russian forces in the defeat the Livonian Order in Northern Russia in 1242?
Who led the army that defeated
the Mongols in 1380 and where was the battle fought?
What Saint founded the
Monastery of the Holy Trinity?
What are some remarkable episodes from the
Life of St. Sergius?
How extensive was the damage that the Mongols caused in Kiev?
What are some of the factors that led to the rise
of Moscow?
What Russian ruler both annexed
Novgorod and declared the end of Mongol-Tartar rule in Russia?
Who was the first Russian ruler to be given the title Tsar at his coronation?
What was
Ivan the
Terrible's childhood like?
What city did Ivan the Terrible's army conquer in 1552?
Who were the
oprichniki?
What Russian city was virtually destroyed by
Ivan
the Terrible's army in 1570?
What happened between
Ivan
the Terrible and his son in 1581?
What did
Moscow (or Russia)
come to be called after Constantinople fell to the Turks?
What
military leader
wrote
critical letters to Ivan the Terrible from exile?
What are the
Domostroi's
instructions when it comes to raising children?
Why does Ivan have to marry a
frog princess?
Who is Baba-Yaga and what is her house like?
What does the
golden fish do?
What does the
Gray Wolf
do when it first meets Ivan?
Why doesn't
Ivan stay dead after his brothers kill him?
What is a lubok?
How is the man in "Shemiaka's Judgment" instructed to take revenge on the man
who killed his father?
What happens when the priest tells the peasant that he
must have learned to prepare eggs without the use of a stove from the devil?
Describe the Russian bath ritual?
Who is the
bogatyr
(hero) who defeats Nightingale the Robber?
Where did Ilya of Murom (Ilya Muromets) spend the first 30
(33) years of his life?
How did Sadko win his bet
with the merchants?
With what city is Sadko
normally associated?
What was a veche? Name two cities that had veches.
What were the issues that led to the schism in the Russian
orthodox church?
Who was the Patriarch who introduced the reforms that started the schism?
What old believer
Arch-Priest wrote his own "life"? What is so interesting about this
work from the perspective of the history of Russian literature?
What woman
was persecuted for her old believer convictions despite the fact that she was
very actively involved in charity for the diseased and destitute?
What was the name of the Tsarevich,
who died mysteriously in Uglich?
Who, after being named ruler by a council of boyars known as a zemskii
sobor, became the first Tsar of Russia
who was not a descendant of Riurik?
What is the period
(1598-1613) between the reigns of the house of Riurik and the house of the Romanov's
known as?
Why was the False Dmitrii so unpopular in Moscow?
Why did Peter the Great hate Moscow and particularly the Kremlin?
How did Peter's forces finally manage to take Azov in 1696?
What controversial measures did Peter
take in 1698 after his return from his first visit to Europe?
Where did Peter's
forces defeat the Swedes in 1709?
Who was really in charge when Peter
began his reign with his brother Ivan as co-Tsar?
What were Peter's interests in his youth? Where did he spend his free time?
What is the most notorious use of the
Peter and Paul fortress in St. Petersburg?
What was the
fate of
Peter's son, Alexis?
Who is the architect who designed the Winter Palace and
the Smolnyi Cathedral?
In the mouth of what
river
is St. Petersburg located?
Why did so many people move to St. Petersburg in Peter's time?
What two cities did Peter want to model his city after?
What is the
period
around the summer solstice known as in St. Petersburg?
For what is Peter's daughter Elizabeth known?
What were the values of the Enlightment?
What was the dominant school of painting
in 18th Century Russia?
Who was the man of humble origins from the far north who became Russia's first great scientist?
Who wrote
"Poor Liza"?
What is Liza's lover's name?
Who wrote the play, "The Minor"?
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answer.
How did Lomonosov classify the styles of language use in Russia?
Who wrote
"Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow"?
What is remarkable about "Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow"?
What
sentence did Radishchev receive for the publication of "Journey from St.
Petersburg to Moscow"?
What nationality was
Catherine the
Great?
How did Catherine rise
to power?
Against what nation did Catherine achieve her greatest military successes?
What nation was partitioned by Russia, Austria, and Prussia in 1772, 1793, and 1795?
What language was most commonly spoken by the Russian nobility under Catherine?
What were the central ideas of the philosophe
movement?
What aspect of Catherine's
personality is used by her critics to belittle her?
Who was Catherine's
lover and right-hand man, who is famous for is able leadership as well as for making fake
villages in lands captured from the Turks?
Who was greater: Catherine or Peter? Why?
Please be prepared to identify the following architectural monuments (please
memorize their names and locations):
The links to architectural monuments in St. Petersburg are unreliable.
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here.
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