Soviet Union Quiz - 93 Trivia Questions!
Travel back in time to the era of the Soviet Union, a vast and influential superpower. Explore its history, leaders, and the impact of the Cold War on global politics during the Soviet era.
Which US President signed the SALT II Treaty with Leonid Brezhnev in 1979?
Who described the collapse of the Soviet Union as 'a small victory for socialism'?
Who led the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution of 1917?
Which three countries were occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940?
Which country was invaded by the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact allies in 1968?
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded which country, effectively ending a détente with the West?
Who did Mikhail Gorbachev sign a treaty with on his official visit to the USA in 1990?
Who wrote Socialism Betrayed: Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union?
What pact was broken by the USSR and Japan in April 1945?
What is the date of Victory Day in Russia?
Which international communist organisation was founded in 1919 and abolished in 1943?
Who co-wrote 'The Soviet Home Front: A Social and Economic History of the USSR in World War II' with John Barber?
Who was the first man to go into space?
Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?
Which collective defence alliance was formed in 1955 by the USSR and its satellite states in Eastern Europe?
What was the name of the magazine published by the Soviet Union's Society for the Godless in 1929?
Who co-edited the Cambridge History of Communism with Juliane Furst and Silvio Pons?
Who was responsible for the Great Purge of the Soviet Union in 1937-38?
Who was the Soviet leader at the time of the Sino-Soviet split?
Who was the next leader of the Soviet Union after Kruschev?
Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as leader of the Soviet Union in 1956?
Who was the last President of the USSR, resigning in 1991?
Which was the first city to host the Summer Olympic Games for the Soviet Union?
Which city was transferred from Poland to Lithuania in October 1991?
Which British historian wrote a book about the mass rape of German women by Soviet troops during World War II?
In the Soviet Union, what was the term for the draft of all males over 18 into the armed forces?
What was the life expectancy of a female in 1933?
Who was the first People's Commissar for Education in the Soviet Union?
Which Russian city was under foreign rule from 1941 to 1944?
Who was the head of the NKVD during the reign of Joseph Stalin?
Which Eastern European country was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1956?
Which country adopted a constitution in 1936?
Valery Kharlamov won eight gold medals for the Soviet Union in which sport?
SSSR is the Russian abbreviated version of what country's name?
What country became the successor to the USSR in 1991?
Who is the co-editor with Sarah Davies of Stalin: A New History?
Under the Reagan administration, what was the name of the US-Soviet project to acquire science and technology?
What was the name given to the period of geopolitical tension between the USA and the Soviet Union after World War II?
What was the name of NATO's response to the SS-20 missiles of the Soviet Union in the late 1970s?
Who succeeded Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union in 1982?
What was the name of Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of reforming the Soviet Union in the 1980s?
What is the official language of the former Soviet Union?
In Russia, Victory Day is celebrated during which month of the year?
Which country declared independence from the Soviet Union on 1st December 1991?
What is the largest Christian church in the former Soviet Union?
What was the name of the pact signed by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 that paved the way for World War II?
Who was the first US President to recognize the Soviet Union as a country?
What was the highest state body in the Soviet Union?
Which group of left-wing political dissidents were critical of Stalinism?
Who was Stalin's Foreign Minister during World War II?
Who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1924 after the death of Vladimir Lenin?
What was the name of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union?
What was the name of the Soviet Union's international communist organisation from 1947 to 1956?
What was the name of the Soviet state security police?
In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded which country?
What was the first documented case of what occurred at the 1980 Summer Olympics?
Which strait separated the USA from the USSR?
Who wrote 'The Origin of Communist Autocracy: Political Opposition in the Soviet State, First Phase 1917-1922'?
In World War II, on which front did Germany suffer most of its military deaths?
Who is the editor of the 1999 book Stalinism: New Directions?
What was the name of the Russian nuclear submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000?
What does the Russian word 'Soviet' mean?
In the Soviet Union, what was often not available, and toothbrushes did not conform to standards of modern dentistry?
How many republics were there in the Soviet Union?
From which country did 94% of the world's supplies to the Soviet Union come in World War II?
What was the name of the Soviet Union's central economic planner?
What was the name of the Russian space station that burned up in 2001?
What was the name of the Soviet Union's trade organisation during the Cold War?
Who became President of Russia in 1991 after the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev?
Which Chinese political party denounced the USSR as'revisionist' and reverted to capitalism?
What is the deepest lake in the world?
What is the English title of the 1979 book by Helene Carrere d'Encausse entitled 'The Soviet Socialist Republic
Which river is crossed by the 'Road of Bones' from Magadan to Jakutsk?
Which country officially recognised the Soviet Union in 1933?
What was the name of the Soviet science that replaced Darwinism in the 20th century?
Which Russian film director made most of his films during the Soviet era?
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt's advisor on Lend-Lease in World War II?
What was the most heavily used mode of transport in the Soviet Union?
What was the name of the middle-class peasants who were persecuted in Russia in the 1930's?
How many people did the USSR lose in World War II?
Who was the commander of the Soviet navy during the Cuban crisis of 1962?
What was the name of the highest court in the Soviet Union?
Which Russian city was besieged by Germany for 871 days in World War II?
Which country's armed forces consisted of the Land Forces, the Air Force and the Navy?
What empire collapsed in 1991, ending its status as one of the world's two superpowers?
In which US city were the 1984 Summer Olympics held?
What was the name of the sports team founded by the Cheka in 1923?
What was the name of the first Russian space shuttle?
What caused the death of a forest in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia?
What was the name of the treaty signed by Germany and Russia in 1922?
Which country has had the highest rate of economic growth in the world since the 1950's?
What was the highest office in the Soviet Union between 1953 and 1966?
Which book by Silvio Pons and Stephen A Smith is subtitled 'World Revolution and Socialism in One Country, 1917-1941'?