A) The Jiaqing Emperor B) The Qianlong Emperor C) The Kangxi Emperor D) The Yongzheng Emperor
A) The Treaty of Nerchinsk B) The Treaty of Beijing C) The Treaty of Kyakhta D) The Treaty of Aigun
A) Border demarcation B) The caravan trade C) Navigational rights D) Fishing quotas
A) Han rebels B) Tibetan monks C) Dzungar Mongols D) Manchu nobles
A) The Boxer Rebellion B) The Taiping Rebellion C) The Dzungar genocide D) The Dungan revolt
A) As an unpleasant and arrogant neighbour B) As a reliable trading partner C) As a wise and benevolent ruler D) As a weak and easily manipulated leader
A) Establishing trade with India B) Suppressing the pride of China C) Ejecting the Turks from Europe D) Annexing Beijing
A) German B) English C) French D) Russian
A) The arrogant ruler of the East B) The destroyer of the Dzungars C) The expansionist of Central Asia D) My Chinese neighbour with small eyes
A) Mongolia and Manchuria B) Siberia and Sakhalin C) Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands D) Alaska and the Aleutian Islands
A) To acquire advanced weaponry B) To establish a military base C) To spread Christianity D) To obtain supplies and food
A) Tadataka Ino B) Mamiya Rinzō C) Honda Toshiaki D) Daikokuya Kōdayū
A) Chinese territory B) Russian territory C) British territory D) Japanese territory
A) 15 August 1783 B) 28 June 1791 C) 10 September 1792 D) 1 July 1762
A) Nikolai Rezanov B) Ivan Golovkin C) Adam Laxman D) Grigory Potemkin
A) The Tokugawa shogunate B) The Edo City Council C) The Satsuma Domain D) The Imperial Court in Kyoto
A) Japan declared war on Russia B) A major trade treaty was signed C) An alliance was formed against China D) Negotiations failed
A) As cautious and defensive B) As a dishonest one C) As a brilliant and visionary success D) As legally sound and strategic
A) She abandoned them due to a lack of funds B) She achieved all of them perfectly C) She modified them for the better D) She failed to reach any of them
A) A masterclass in geopolitical maneuvering B) A series of mistakes and lacking a long-term strategy C) A cautious approach focused solely on defense D) An alliance-driven strategy focused on peace
A) The Baltic governorates B) The Crimean Peninsula C) The Grand Duchy of Finland D) The Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania
A) France and Great Britain B) Sweden and the Ottoman Empire C) China and Japan D) Prussia and Austria
A) Ivan the Terrible B) Alexander I C) Peter I D) Michael Romanov
A) Protesting military conscription B) Advocating for their religious freedoms C) Seeking parliamentary representation D) Demanding tax exemptions
A) An isolated agrarian empire B) A global great power C) A strictly regional European power D) A minor maritime power
A) Dzungar raids along the Siberian border B) Trade embargoes imposed by Japan and China C) The abrogation of the Treaty of Kyakhta D) Global trade of Russian natural resources and Russian grain
A) Because she failed to eject the Turks from Europe B) Because of the failed trade mission led by Adam Laxman C) Because of the loss of Kamchatka to Japan D) Because of resource trading famines and a war with Austria and Germany
A) Sweden and the Ottoman Empire B) Great Britain and France C) China and Japan D) Austria and Germany
A) Holstein-Gottorp B) Schleswig C) Bavaria D) Holstein-Prussia
A) The Baltic Sea B) The Atlantic Ocean C) The North Sea D) The Black Sea
A) Naval superpower B) Colonial conqueror C) International mediator D) Financial backer
A) 1778–1779 B) 1788–1790 C) 1780–1782 D) 1790–1792
A) Uncle B) Cousin C) Brother D) Nephew
A) Saint Petersburg B) Stockholm C) Holstein D) Moscow
A) Black Sea Fleet B) Northern Fleet C) Atlantic Fleet D) Baltic Fleet
A) A decisive Russian victory B) It was tied C) A cancellation due to weather D) A crushing Swedish victory
A) Austria B) Britain C) Prussia D) Denmark
A) The King of Denmark B) Gustav III C) The Austrian Emperor D) Catherine herself
A) 5 years B) 10 years C) 20 years D) 50 years
A) 1788 B) 1800 C) 1792 D) 1790
A) 1796 B) 1781 C) 1762 D) 1768
A) Byzantine design B) Romanian art C) British royal regalia D) Ottoman architecture
A) 75 B) 2,300 C) 4,936 D) 398
A) 5.1kg B) 1.5kg C) 2.3kg D) 3.8kg
A) Louvre Museum B) Moscow Kremlin Armoury Museum C) State Hermitage Museum D) British Museum
A) Nikita Panin B) Şahin Giray C) Ivan Osterman D) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
A) Sergey Solovyov B) Ivan Gudovich C) Jérémie Pauzié D) Alexander Suvorov
A) Some one million square kilometres B) Some 520,000 square kilometres C) Some 750,000 square kilometres D) Some 200,000 square kilometres
A) Alexander Suvorov B) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin C) Ivan Osterman D) Nikita Panin
A) Eastern League B) Black Sea Coalition C) Baltic Pact D) Northern Accord
A) Şahin Giray B) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin C) Ivan Gudovich D) Ivan Osterman
A) 1766 B) 1774 C) 1783 D) 1762
A) 31 August 1762 B) 25 September 1789 C) 21 July 1774 D) 22 September 1762
A) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin B) Şahin Giray C) Nikita Panin D) Ivan Osterman
A) 1762 B) 1774 C) 1792 D) 1783
A) Nikolayev B) Odessa C) Yekaterinoslav D) Kherson
A) Yekaterina Alekseyevna B) Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp C) Maria Choglokova D) Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt-Zerbst
A) 28 June 1744 B) 17 November 1796 C) 5 January 1762 D) 2 May 1729
A) Stettin B) Saint Petersburg C) Oranienbaum D) Moscow
A) 18 B) 16 C) 15 D) 21
A) Cicero B) Tacitus C) Voltaire D) Plutarch
A) Sergei Saltykov B) Grigory Orlov C) Peter III D) Grigory Potemkin
A) 1745 B) 1757 C) 1754 D) 1762
A) Elizabeth B) Joanna C) Anna D) Sophie
A) Imperial Guard B) Holstein Regiment C) Izmailovsky Regiment D) Semenovsky Barracks
A) Oranienbaum B) Ropsha C) Stettin D) Schlüsselburg
A) Maria Choglokova B) Princess Yekaterina Dashkova C) Empress Elizabeth D) Joanna Elisabeth
A) 1795 B) 1783 C) 1762 D) 1768
A) Phlebotomy B) Pneumonia treatment C) Bloodletting D) Smallpox inoculation
A) Bar Confederation B) Pugachev's Rebellion C) Lopukhina affair D) Russo-Turkish War
A) Alexander Suvorov B) Pyotr Rumyantsev C) Grigory Orlov D) Fyodor Ushakov
A) Poland B) Crimea C) New Russia D) Alaska
A) New Russia B) Courland and Semigallia C) Holstein-Gottorp D) Russian America
A) Crimean Khanate B) Poland C) Schleswig D) Alaska
A) Sevastopol B) Stettin C) Oranienbaum D) Szczecin
A) Her former lover B) Peter III C) Grigory Potemkin D) Her son Paul
A) Maria Choglokova B) Princess Yekaterina Dashkova C) Joanna Elisabeth D) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
A) Pneumonia B) Smallpox C) Apoplexy D) Haemorrhoidal colic
A) Pneumonia B) Typhus C) Cholera D) Smallpox
A) Bestuzhev B) Grimm C) Voltaire D) Tacitus
A) Oranienbaum B) Schlüsselburg C) Smolny Institute D) Winter Palace
A) Winter Palace B) Oranienbaum C) Ducal Castle D) Ropsha
A) Adolf Frederick B) Frederick II C) Frederick the Great D) Christian August
A) Russian Academy B) Free Economic Society C) Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences D) Imperial Public Library
A) Samuel Greig B) Fyodor Ushakov C) Alexander Suvorov D) Pyotr Rumyantsev
A) Persia B) Azerbaijan C) Georgia D) Armenia
A) Ivan Gudovich B) Morteza Qoli Khan C) Valerian Zubov D) Agha Mohammad Khan
A) Agha Mohammad Khan B) Morteza Qoli Khan C) Valerian Zubov D) King Erekle II
A) Prince Zubov B) Paul I C) Derzhavin D) King Erekle II
A) Agha Mohammad Khan B) Morteza Qoli Khan C) Ivan Gudovich D) Count Valerian Zubov
A) Son B) Father C) Younger brother D) Uncle
A) St. Petersburg B) Moscow C) Derbent D) Kizlyar
A) Shemakha B) Derbent C) Baku D) Ganja
A) Derzhavin B) Paul I C) Valerian Zubov D) Ivan Gudovich
A) Agha Mohammad Khan surrendered unconditionally B) A massive earthquake destroyed the army C) Persian forces defeated Zubov in a major battle D) Catherine died
A) Frederick II B) Kościuszko C) Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski D) Alexander Bezborodko
A) 1764 B) 1791 C) 1768 D) 1795
A) Prussia B) Habsburg monarchy C) France D) Austria
A) French monarchy B) Habsburg monarchy C) Ottoman Empire D) Prussian monarchy
A) The Permanent Council B) The Golden Liberty C) The May Constitution D) The French Monarchy |