Tutorial Questions: Weeks 11-15
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Tutorial Three
Discuss the three revolutions in Russia in the
early twentieth century? When did they occur? What were their causes?
What were the results of each of them?
Who was the last of the Russian
Tsars?
Who was the first leader of
the Soviet Union?
Who was the first head of the
Red Army?
With what country was Russia at war in 1904-1905?
What event in
1905 caused many workers and peasants to lose faith in the goodness and kindness of
the Tsar?
What major event in European history may have been the final factor in
destabilizing the Tsarist government, making it susceptible to revolution?
Who was the last of the Russian
Tsars?
Who was the first leader of
the Soviet Union?
Who was the first head of the
Red Army?
With what country was Russia at war in 1904-1905?
What event in
1905 caused many workers and peasants to lose faith in the goodness and kindness of
the Tsar?
What major event in European history may have been the final factor in
destabilizing the Tsarist government, making it susceptible to revolution?
Who was the founder of Rayonism?
Painting Identification: What are the following paintings called
and who painted them?
1. Click
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2. Mikhail Larionov's "Soldier in the Woods" Click
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4. Natalya Goncharova's "The Cyclist" Click
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5. Kazemir Malevich's "The Knife Grinder" Click
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What happened at the opening of
The Rite of Spring?
Who wrote the music for
The Rite of Spring?
Who was the founder and producer of the Ballets Russes?
Who were the most famous dancers in early 20th Century Russian
Ballet?
Name three works by Igor Stravinsky.
What famous Moscow theater was
founded by Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko?
Name four plays that premiered at the
Moscow Art Theater between its
founding and 1910.
What writer wrote plays which were especially well-suited for the
Moscow Art Theater's
concept and style of drama?
What editing technique
is
Sergei Eisenstein famous for?
Name three
Eisenstein films.
What was Stalin's
nationality?
What was the GULAG?
What was a kulak?
In what year did Stalin die?
What happened in 1932-1933
as a result of the collectivization campaign in Ukraine?
Whose novel, Mother, is
considered the prototype for socialist realism in literature?
Define "socialist realism"? How did the theory of "socialist
realism" relate to its application in art and as a political tool?
How did the Soviet Union fare in the beginning of World War Two?
What do Russians call World War Two?
What major Russian city was held under
siege for about 900 days
during World War II?
What city on the Volga river was the site of a
major Russian victory in World
War II?
In what
Soviet city did
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet in February of 1945 to discuss the post-war future
of Europe?
What
Soviet leader is
most closely associated with the "thaw"?
What was the name of the first
artificial satellite to successfully orbit the Earth?
Who was the first man in
space?
What
Soviet leader is most
closely associated with the "period of stagnation"?
What physicist and
champion of human rights was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975?
Who were the leaders (click for
first
or next) of the Soviet Union
between Brezhnev and Gorbachev?
What Solzhenitsyn
novel about a day in the life of a prisoner in the GULAG was published in Novyi Mir in
1962?
Name the five Russian writers who won the Nobel
Prize for literature.
With what artist did Nikita Khrushchev have a confrontation
at an art exhibit at Manezh Square?
Whose trial for "parasitism" in 1964
signalled the end of the "thaw"?
Define samizdat.
Define tamizdat.
Who was the editor of Novyi Mir throughout
most of the Fifties and Sixties?
What were some of the contributions to Russian literary culture made by Novyi Mir?
Why were Andrei Sinyavskii and Yuli Daniel put
on trial in 1966?
What nation was invaded by the USSR in 1979?
Who was the
leader
of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the year it broke up?
What two Russian words (word
1, word 2)
entered the English language as the names of two of Gorbachev's political policies?
What is the meaning of these words?
In what year did the
USSR
break up?
Who was the first
president
of post-Soviet Russia?
Who was the
president of
Russia from 2008 to 2012?
Who is the current
president of Russia?
What occurred in
October of 1993?
Who is the artist
who created the
monument to Peter the Great in Moscow?
Name three contemporary (currently living) Russian writers.
Essay Topic:
The final will include an essay. In this essay you will be
asked to trace the development of any one aspect of Russian culture from the
earliest days of Kievan Rus' to the present. You could discuss, for
example, religion, politics, military might, literature, music, or art. What
about this aspect of Russian culture is similar to its counterpart in
American culture or in other cultures with which you are familiar? What are
some specifically Russian elements and what makes them specifically Russian?
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