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Nikolai Podgorny - Quiz
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  • 1. In which year was Nikolai Podgorny born?
A) 1968
B) 1945
C) 1920
D) 1903
  • 2. Which position did Nikolai Podgorny hold in the Soviet Union?
A) Chairman of the Presidium
B) Foreign Minister
C) Defense Minister
D) Prime Minister
  • 3. When did Nikolai Podgorny serve as Chairman of the Presidium?
A) 1980-1990
B) 1965-1977
C) 1995-2005
D) 1950-1960
  • 4. Which Soviet leader did Nikolai Podgorny have a power struggle with?
A) Leonid Brezhnev
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Vladimir Lenin
D) Mikhail Gorbachev
  • 5. What was Nikolai Podgorny's primary career before entering politics?
A) Farmer
B) Actor
C) Journalist
D) Engineer
  • 6. What did Nikolai Podgorny receive in 1973 for his diplomatic efforts?
A) Oscar Award
B) Lenin Peace Prize
C) Nobel Peace Prize
D) Medal of Honor
  • 7. What year did Nikolai Podgorny leave his position as Chairman of the Presidium?
A) 1977
B) 1985
C) 1960
D) 1992
  • 8. In which year did Nikolai Podgorny pass away?
A) 1983
B) 2000
C) 1975
D) 1990
  • 9. In which city did Nikolai Podgorny spend most of his career in the Soviet government?
A) Moscow
B) Minsk
C) St. Petersburg
D) Kiev
  • 10. Which country did Nikolai Podgorny visit frequently during his tenure?
A) China
B) Yugoslavia
C) Vietnam
D) United States
  • 11. Which political party did Nikolai Podgorny belong to?
A) United Russia
B) Socialist Revolutionary Party
C) Communist Party of the Soviet Union
D) Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
  • 12. In which city was Nikolai Podgorny born?
A) St. Petersburg, Russia
B) Karlovka, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
C) Moscow, Russia
D) Kiev, Ukraine
  • 13. Which Soviet leader did Podgorny speak to after Brezhnev and Kosygin at the Kremlin event?
A) Leonid Brezhnev
B) Andrei Gromyko
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) Mikhail Suslov
  • 14. In what year did Podgorny become a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?
A) 1964
B) 1930
C) 1945
D) 1926
  • 15. What was Podgorny's role in the Soviet Union after his removal from leadership?
A) He became an advisor to Brezhnev.
B) He was forced to resign from active politics and sidelined until his death.
C) He continued as Chairman of the Presidium in a ceremonial role.
D) He led a new political faction.
  • 16. Who visited Canada in 1971 while Podgorny was on his state visits?
A) Kosygin.
B) Brezhnev.
C) Anwar Sadat.
D) Leonid Brezhnev.
  • 17. Who was unanimously approved as First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium?
A) Vasili Kuznetsov
B) Grigory Romanov
C) Nikolai Podgorny
D) Alexei Kosygin
  • 18. Who proposed the removal of Podgorny from the Politburo?
A) Alexei Kosygin
B) Leonid Brezhnev
C) Grigory Romanov
D) Vasili Kuznetsov
  • 19. How old was Vasili Kuznetsov when he was appointed First Deputy Chairman?
A) 70
B) 65
C) 80
D) 76
  • 20. Which country did NOT award Nikolai Podgorny a foreign state prize?
A) Bangladesh
B) Mongolian People's Republic
C) The United States
D) Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
  • 21. Who was considered the second most powerful man in the Soviet Union before Podgorny's removal?
A) Alexei Kosygin
B) Leonid Brezhnev
C) Nikolai Podgorny
D) Grigory Romanov
  • 22. Which of these countries awarded Nikolai Podgorny foreign state prizes?
A) Finland
B) Japan
C) United States
D) Germany
  • 23. What did Mikhail Suslov call Podgorny's views?
A) Conservative
B) Revisionist
C) Liberal-minded
D) Progressive
  • 24. How many votes could Brezhnev count on to remove Podgorny at the 1970 Central Committee plenum?
A) Seven.
B) Five.
C) Ten.
D) Twelve.
  • 25. Why did Podgorny briefly fall out of favor with Khrushchev in 1961?
A) He criticized Khrushchev's foreign policy.
B) He blamed bad corn yields on 'bad weather' while Khrushchev claimed they had been 'stolen' and 'pilfered'.
C) He opposed Khrushchev's agricultural policies.
D) He supported the Prague Spring crisis.
  • 26. What intelligence report did Nikolai Podgorny deliver to Egyptian Vice President Anwar Sadat in 1967?
A) An accurate assessment of military movements by Israel.
B) A false claim that Israeli troops were massing along the Syrian border.
C) A warning about a potential attack from Syria.
D) Information on Soviet troop deployments in Egypt.
  • 27. Which institution did Podgorny graduate from in 1926?
A) Moscow State University
B) A local worker's school
C) Leningrad Polytechnic Institute
D) Kiev Technological Institute of Food Industry
  • 28. How long after his removal from the Politburo did Podgorny lose his Chairmanship of the Presidium?
A) Fifteen days
B) Thirty days
C) Twenty-three days
D) Forty days
  • 29. What role did Nikolai Podgorny hold before becoming the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet?
A) First Secretary
B) Party's Second Secretary
C) KGB chairman
D) Chairman of the Secretariat
  • 30. What was the cause of Nikolai Podgorny's death?
A) Cancer
B) Stroke
C) Heart attack
D) Old age
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