Soviet Union - take the quiz

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II?

Which of these countries was not a member of the Warsaw Pact?

What was the official ideology of the Soviet Union?

Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution?

5. Which city was the capital of the Soviet Union?

What was the main economic system in the Soviet Union?

Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?

8. Which event marked the beginning of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States?

What was the name of the space program launched by the Soviet Union?

10. Who succeeded Joseph Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union?

11. Which country was not a part of the Soviet Union?

What was the main goal of the Five-Year Plans in the Soviet Union?

Who was the first woman to travel to space from the Soviet Union?

Which country invaded Afghanistan in 1979, leading to a decade-long war?

What was the name of the secret police organization in the Soviet Union?

Who wrote the famous novel "War and Peace," depicting Russian society during the Napoleonic era?

What was the official language of the Soviet Union?

Which country was the first to successfully launch a human into space?

19. What was the name of the policy implemented by Mikhail Gorbachev to reform the Soviet Union?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

21. Which country was the first to recognize the independence of the Soviet Union?

22. What was the main purpose of the Gulag system in the Soviet Union?

Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union to visit the United States?

Which country was the first to successfully launch an artificial satellite into space?

25. What was the name of the Soviet Union's intelligence agency?

Who led the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, which resulted in the establishment of the Soviet Union?

Which country was the first to reach space with a manned spacecraft?

28. What was the name of the Soviet Union's main intelligence agency during World War II?

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union at the time of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster?

30. Which country was the first to put a woman in space?