Important Figures in Russian History (Chapter 14)

Front

Moscovy's independence from Mongol rule was declared by:

Back

Ivan the Great

Front

Harsh czar who expanded the empire to the Caspian Sea?

Back

Ivan IV

Front

Leader who built St. Petersburg?

Back

Peter the Great

Front

Author of "War and Peace" about Russian defense against Napoleon?

Back

Leo Tolstoy

Front

Freed Russia's 40 million serfs

Back

Czar Alexander II

Front

Who wrote "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker"?

Back

Peter Tchaikovsky

Front

Who established a communist state after the fall of Czar Nicholas II?

Back

Vladimir Lenin

Front

First person to fly in space from Russia?

Back

Yuri Gagarin

Front

Leader of perestroika and glasnost, pivotal in the Soviet Union's fall.

Back

Mikhail Gorbachev