Joseph Stalin Quiz - 69 Trivia Questions!

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Examine the life and legacy of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet leader who left an indelible mark on 20th-century history. Test your knowledge of his rule, policies, and the profound effects of his leadership on the Soviet Union.

In which city did Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in November 1943?

Vienna
Tehran
Tokyo
London

Who was the first wife of Joseph Stalin?

Helena Bonham Carter
Anna Politkovskaya
Ekaterina Svanidze
The Great Lenin

Where was Stalin sent in May 1918 to take charge of food supply in Southern Russia?

Saint Petersburg
Volgograd
Moscow
Tsaritsyn

In which city was the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour demolished in 1931 to make way for the Palace of the Soviets?

Saint Louis
Saint Petersburg
Saint-Petersburg
Moscow

Which 20th century leader was the subject of a pervasive personality cult within the international Marxist-Leninist movement?

Lenin
Stalin
George Washington
Hitler

Where did Joseph Stalin seek to retain Soviet dominance after World War II?

South America
In America
Russia
Eastern Europe

What was the title of Joseph Stalin's last book, published in 1952?

The Economic History of the USSR
Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR
How to Develop a New Economy
Economic and Social Development in the USSR

Who replaced Kruschev as leader of the Soviet Union in 1964?

George Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladimir Putin
Boris Yeltsin

What city was seized by the Red Army in April 1945?

The Hague
Berlin
Paris
The Soviet Union

Who was the US President at the Potsdam Conference of 1945?

Harry S. Truman
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of Germany
Theodore Roosevelt

In which country was a monument to Joseph Stalin erected in 2010?

South Korea
Ukraine
Canada
Russia

Which British Prime Minister flew to Moscow in October 1944 to meet with Joseph Stalin?

Winston Churchill's father
George Bernard Shaw
David Cameron
Winston Churchill

How many public speeches did Joseph Stalin make between 1946 and his death in 1953?

More than one
Two
Only one
Three

In which country was Joseph Stalin born?

Russia
The United States
Georgia
Poland

In World War 2, where did the Germans attempt an encirclement attack on the Soviets in 1943?

Kursk
The Black Sea
Invasion of France
Moscow

Who became the first communist leader of China in 1949?

Zedong
Li Keqiang
Hu Jintao
Deng Xiaoping

Stalin demanded war reparations from which country?

China
South Africa
Britain
Germany

Who smoked a pipe with Stalin at his dacha near Sochi in the 1930's?

A journalist from the British newspaper
George Bush
Nestor Lakoba
Boris Yeltsin

In which country did Stalin initially refuse to withdraw his troops after World War II?

China
Poland
South Africa
Iran

Who was murdered in 1934, which caused Stalin to become more concerned about security?

Vladimir Lenin
Theodore Roosevelt
Boris Yeltsin
Sergey Kirov

In which Russian village was Joseph Stalin sent to exile in 1909?

Solvychegodsk
Tver
Volga
Kostroma

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953?

Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
George Washington
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

Who was Stalin's Foreign Minister from 1939 to 1941?

Putin
Vladimir Lenin
Molotov
Boris Yeltsin

What was the name of the Russian Communist Party's first daily newspaper, founded by Joseph Stalin in 1912?

Pravda
The New York Times
The Moscow Times
The Guardian

Which order was revoked after Stalin's death in 1953?

Order of the Red Cross
Order of Red Star
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Star

Who was the third member of the Big Three, along with Churchill and Stalin, at the Tehran Conference in 1943?

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hitler
The Russians
The Soviet Union

In which city did Joseph Stalin settle after the heist of the Imperial Bank in Tiflis in 1907?

Baku
Moscow
Tbilisi
New York

In 1948, the Soviet Union was one of the first nations to recognize what new nation?

Palestine
South Africa
Egypt
Israel

What was the name of Stalin's wife who shot herself in 1932?

Nadezhda
Ivan
Kseniya
Anna Politkovskaya

What was Joseph Stalin's title after World War II?

Generalissimus
Politburo
Chief of Staff
Grand Commander

What was the name of the first major show trial in the USSR, held in 1928?

Shakhty Trial
The First Moscow Trial
The First World War Trial
The Moscow trial

Who was the leader of North Korea at the outbreak of the Korean War?

Kim Jong Un
President Jimmy Carter
Kim Il Sung's wife
Kim Il Sung

In which war did the Soviet Union assist the left-wing Republican faction?

Spanish Civil War
The World War I
The Second World War
Vietnam War

Who was the commander of the Red Army during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II?

Theodore Roosevelt
Alexander I
Rokossovski
Alexander

What was the name of Joseph Stalin's secretary who was married to him?

Nadezhda Alliluyeva
Anna Politkovskaya
Liuzhna Kozlova
Maria Putin

Who was the Chief of Staff to Joseph Stalin during World War II?

Georgy Zhukov
Theodore Roosevelt
Vladimir Lenin
Boris Yeltsin

In World War 2, what was the name of the Russian Army's major offensive against Germany in Byelorussia in 1944?

Bagration
The Kursk Operation
The Great Powers' offensive
The Kursk Offensive

What was the occupation of Joseph Stalin in Tiflis, Georgia in 1899?

Policeman
Teacher
Meteorologist
A teacher

What was the name of Stalin's movement to encourage hard work in the Soviet Union during the 1930s?

Socialists
Stakhanovite movement
The Party of Soviet Workers
Working people's party

In November 1939, the Soviet Union invaded which country?

Germany
Finland
Japan
Poland

What was the name of the plot to kill Joseph Stalin in 1952?

The Secret Police
A Plan to Kill a President
Doctors' Plot
The Plot of the Doctors

In March 1918, Lenin and Stalin signed the Treaty of which Russian city, ending World War I?

Brest-Litovsk
Saint Petersburg
Moscow
Saint-Petersburg

Where was Joseph Stalin exiled to in 1912?

The USSR
Moscow
Siberia
New York

What was the name of Stalin's dacha, where he died in 1953?

Sverdlovsk Dacha
Kuntsevo
Kuntsevo Dacha
The Palace

What type of carriage was used to transport Stalin's casket?

A carriage made of metal
Howitzer carriage
carriage for a horse
Horse carriage

Which Russian leader was removed from the Communist Party leadership in 1929?

Vladimir Lenin
Bukharin
Putin
Lenin

Who was Stalin's Vice-President during the Great Purge of 1937?

Yezhov
K.I. Lenin
Putin
The Count of Moscow

What Jewish nationalism did Joseph Stalin oppose?

Zionism
The Soviet Union
The United States
Jewish terrorism

What was the name of Joseph Stalin's son?

Alexander
Vladimir
Joseph
The Great

Who became Chancellor of Germany in 1933?

Adolf Hitler
Hitler's wife
George W. Bush
Hitler's father

In 1930, Joseph Stalin ordered the liquidation of what class of Russians?

Kulaks
Workers
Russians
Russians of the upper class

What was the name of the Soviet Union's long-term economic plan, launched in 1928 and completed in 1932?

Five-year plan
The plan of 1932
Economic miracle
The Soviet economy

What was the national anthem of the Soviet Union before World War II?

The Internationale
The Soviet Anthem
The Soviet Union
Soviet Union

Who was on the throne of Russia at the time of the Russian Revolution of 1905?

Tsar Nicholas's wife
The Russian Empire
Tsar Nicholas II
Emperor Alexander III

Where was Joseph Stalin buried after his death in 1953?

The Moscow Museum
Lenin's Mausoleum
The Red Square
The Palace of Flowers

What is the name of the Marxist-Leninist political party in Great Britain?

Communist Party
Liberal Party
Nationalist Party
Liberal Unionist Party

What was the name of the U.S. plan launched in June 1947 to assist Eastern European countries to open their markets to trade?

The European Economic Union
Marshall Plan
Trans-Atlantic Trade Program
The European Economic Community

What was the name of Joseph Stalin's political philosophy?

Socialism
The Russian Revolution
Leninism
The Soviet Union

What sport did Joseph Stalin play?

Tennis
Football
Table tennis
Billiards

Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union to be executed for plotting assassination?

Putin
Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Kamenev

In 1934, the Soviet Union became a member of which organisation?

World Bank
International Monetary Fund
The European Union
League of Nations

Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union in 1953?

Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Lenin
Nikita Khrushchev
Lenin

Who was the leader of the Russian Communist Party who was exiled in 1927 and later deported in 1929?

Lenin
Trotsky
Vladimir Lenin
Leonid Brezhnev

What was the name of Stalin's criminal gang?

The Outfit
The Redshirts
The Reds
The Red Army

What was the profession of Joseph Stalin's father, Besarion?

Cobbler
Farmer
A teacher
Teacher

Who was Stalin's Chief of General Staff during World War II?

Zhukov
Yuri Gagarin
Putin
The Soviet Union

What was the name of Stalin's secret police?

KGB
The Red Army
Cheka
The Reds

In which region of the world was Joseph Stalin born?

Central Asia
Africa
Western Europe
Caucasus

Which country was ruled by Joseph Stalin from 1921 to 1953?

Soviet Union
South Africa
The United States
China
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