Significant Events and Figures in the Collapse of the Soviet Union Quiz

Explore pivotal moments and leaders in the Soviet Union's dissolution. Test your knowledge with Sovietology quiz questions!

#1

Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?

Mikhail Gorbachev
Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin
#2

Which Soviet republic declared independence in August 1991, leading to the final collapse of the Soviet Union?

Ukraine
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
#3

Which city hosted the signing of the Belavezha Accords, leading to the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 1991?

Moscow
Kiev
Minsk
Vilnius
#4

Which Baltic state had the 'Singing Revolution,' a series of peaceful mass demonstrations in the late 1980s that played a role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
#5

Which Eastern European country experienced a series of protests and a non-violent revolution in 1989, leading to the end of communist rule?

Poland
Hungary
Romania
Czechoslovakia
#6

Which year marked the official dissolution of the Soviet Union?

1989
1991
1993
1995
#7

What economic and political restructuring policy was introduced by Gorbachev in the 1980s?

Glasnost
Perestroika
Solidarność
Prague Spring
#8

What event in 1986 significantly contributed to the public's distrust in the Soviet government's transparency?

Chernobyl disaster
Afghanistan invasion
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
Budapest Uprising
#9

Who was the first and only President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR)?

Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Putin
Leonid Brezhnev
#10

Who succeeded Leonid Brezhnev as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1982?

Mikhail Gorbachev
Yuri Andropov
Konstantin Chernenko
Boris Yeltsin
#11

Which Baltic state was the first to declare independence from the Soviet Union in 1990?

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus
#12

Who played a crucial role in resisting the 1991 coup attempt against Gorbachev?

Vladimir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Andrei Sakharov
#13

Which treaty signed in 1990 symbolized the end of the Cold War by reducing the number of nuclear weapons between the U.S. and the Soviet Union?

START I
INF Treaty
SALT II
Treaty of Moscow
#14

What term is commonly used to describe the period of political openness and transparency initiated by Gorbachev in the mid-1980s?

Perestroika
Glasnost
Solidarność
Prague Spring
#15

Which republic was the first to declare sovereignty within the Soviet Union in 1990, sparking similar movements in other republics?

Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Ukraine

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