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Can you name the top leaders of Russia/USSR since the Russian Revolution (1917-present)?
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Russian Leaders (since 1917) Quiz
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springmom
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Oct 11th, 2008 at 15:37 GMT
9 points
Yay! Got 'em all....first time! I would be so ashamed to get one wrong....I'm a history teacher!
AdmiralMaxtreme
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Oct 11th, 2008 at 16:06 GMT
5 points
I can never remember Andropov. And Dmitry Medvedev hardly counts as a President of Russia; everyone knows that Putin still controls the government.
davidr
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Oct 11th, 2008 at 16:42 GMT
33 points
It's easy to remember Andropov because he dropped off so quickly. *cough* And Medvedev is indubitably president; the question is whether he is a "leader of Russia". ;-)
Bretzky
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Oct 11th, 2008 at 17:05 GMT
19 points
I should be embarrassed to admit it, but I never have any trouble remembering Andropov because, in an episode of "Silver Spoons," Rickey Schroeder had a dream that he was President and he told Yuri to go drop off a cliff. I have no logical reason why I should remember that, but I do.
CottonNero
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Oct 11th, 2008 at 17:52 GMT
11 points
Brett: I only remember Chernenko from a song by the Capitol Steps about how it was hard to rhyme "Yeltsin". (Their end result: "pull our belts in".)
Uhlan
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Nov 24th, 2008 at 18:21 GMT
-2 points
Maybe Andropov and Chernenko upset Stalin... I wouldn't be comfortable even knowing he was dead.
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TannerNation
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Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:21 GMT
-30 points
expecting people to spell nikita k's name right is silly. i'm smart and a good speller (can spell 'kyrgyzstan' w/o trouble) but that's an impossible name.
emilkr
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Jan 14th, 2009 at 22:50 GMT
4 points
@Paul: Indeed there are other ways of spelling his name and also Gorbachev's which should be allowed in this quiz.
LB1973
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Jan 23rd, 2009 at 09:48 GMT
8 points
What about Yanayev as a bonus answer acting president during the coup of 1991
isaac:
Jan 24th, 2009 at 05:34 GMT
3 points
I only had to try Krushchev and Brezhnev's names about 10 times each before they were accepted. Other than that, I'm a little surprised I got them all.
Learned_Hand
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Jan 29th, 2009 at 19:12 GMT
2 points
shouldn't "Kruschev" be an acceptable spelling for Nikita Khrushchev's name?
ZeppoMarxist
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Jan 30th, 2009 at 04:10 GMT
4 points
Learned Hand - Why would it be? That's not his name. I missed the two post-1982/pre-1985 fellows. I knew I would.
Uhlan
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Feb 6th, 2009 at 20:25 GMT
2 points
@ Anthony; these are all anglicised, Latin script versions of Russian Cyrillic names.
calvin coolidge:
Feb 21st, 2009 at 07:00 GMT
6 points
Malentov was General Secretary between Stalin and Nikita
Rzeziol
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Mar 7th, 2009 at 19:13 GMT
1 point
Miss Brezhnev and Medvedev because I was too lazy to check on wiki how do you guys spell it in English. Totally forgot Andropov's name, though :/
chrsksk
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Mar 9th, 2009 at 22:51 GMT
-1 points
Missed Andropov. I'm choosing to write that off as a footnote.
LEE:
Jun 1st, 2009 at 12:55 GMT
2 points
fun quiz. i had some trouble with spelling but I got them all on the first go.
HiddenPalace
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Jun 14th, 2009 at 22:34 GMT
1 point
Spelling is a bugger. That being said I got 7/10. The least well known three, I didn't get. Weird how there were three deaths of the leaders within just a couple of years before Gorby got put in.
micah
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Jun 25th, 2009 at 03:38 GMT
4 points
It's not a coincidence--basically, people were being promoted based solely on seniority, which led to them all dying of old age immediately afterward.
Unidentifiedkiwi
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Aug 4th, 2009 at 03:06 GMT
4 points
Poor Medvedev, he's the current president and less than 50% of people know him...
Vivitarbebb
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Dec 11th, 2009 at 22:52 GMT
2 points
Great quiz, but I agree on Malentov. He should be included.
youisfunny
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Dec 16th, 2009 at 03:54 GMT
-3 points
Beria?
Spelvout
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Jan 28th, 2010 at 18:40 GMT
1 point
Got all but the least guessed one. Nice quiz, had a lot of difficulties with the spelling though. In Dutch, their names are spelled differently.
wasmachien
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Jan 29th, 2010 at 16:59 GMT
4 points
It's Malenkov, not Malentov. But yeah, he probably should be in here.
Usman Ahmad:
Mar 9th, 2010 at 01:15 GMT
-4 points
I knew 8/10 but I couldn't figure out their spelling....uber gay!
treelol
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Apr 4th, 2010 at 01:41 GMT
-1 points
Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Yeltsin, Putin, Medvedev meh, I got the important ones
Chipmunkdavis
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Jun 24th, 2010 at 09:54 GMT
4 points
How many of these were actually "Russian"? I know Stalin for one, was actually from Georgia. Any idea about the rest of them?
mukaltin
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Jul 2nd, 2010 at 01:01 GMT
3 points
Chipmunkdavis: Khruschyov and Gorbachyov were Ukrainians, Lenin was Finno-Ugric of some sort, not sure about the others :)
Thackeray798
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Jul 26th, 2010 at 04:11 GMT
2 points
There was Kosygin with Brezhnev.
Sjoerd
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Aug 16th, 2010 at 22:20 GMT
3 points
those romanisations of the Cyrillic alphabet are always bugging me. For instance, in Dutch Khrushchev is written Chroesjtsjov, while it is the same Russian name. Let's just write it Хрущёв from now on.
dpenn89
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Sep 5th, 2010 at 05:36 GMT
0 points
How about Alexander Kerensky? Prime minister between the February and October revolutions. Or do you mean post-Communist rulers?
AutonomusPlebian
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Dec 21st, 2010 at 12:12 GMT
1 point
This title should ask for leaders after October 1917, as Prince Lvov and Alexander Kerensky were both Prime Ministers between the Tsar abdicating in February 1917 and the Bolsheviks taking over in October 1917
Tobsodan
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Feb 15th, 2011 at 15:27 GMT
2 points
Knowing Chroetsjov, Breznjev and Gorbatsjov in Dutch, I just couldn't get the English spelling right. But, so we learn every day!
GodmodeEngaged
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Jul 4th, 2011 at 16:35 GMT
0 points
what about Kerensky as a bonus? he ran the provisional government while lenin was in power?
letsdoit4johnny1
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Jul 6th, 2011 at 04:05 GMT
1 point
Chernenko was Ukrainian, as was Brezhnev.
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Happ_Hazzard
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Jul 14th, 2011 at 21:46 GMT
-6 points
Putin is da man. Wish we had him as pres instead of Obama.
danp
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Aug 13th, 2011 at 21:03 GMT
1 point
Mr Lenin - awaken the boy Mr Stalin - bisexual epoch Khrushchev - self love in his mirrors Brezhnev - married into group sex Gorbachev - celibate self importance Yeltsin - failure in his own impotence
volkstraum
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Aug 26th, 2011 at 21:24 GMT
5 points
bald reformer, then hairy tyrant, bald reformer, then hairy tyrant, bald reformer, then hairy tyrant,
sashikers
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Dec 6th, 2011 at 12:32 GMT
-1 points
missed Chernenko but who gives a ****
tk1712
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May 10th, 2012 at 05:41 GMT
1 point
I spelled Khrushchev so many different ways and finally just gave up. I knew he was on there but couldn't figure out how to spell it. I'd always been taught 'Kruschev'.
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