These quizzes have been created as course materials for the 2nd year Russian classes at Rutgers University to facilitate and deepen the students' understanding of Russian history.
The the files cover major periods of Russian history from ancient Rus' till the end of the 20th century and in their content match the layout of the Russian History chapter in The Russian Context: The Culture behind the Language, ed. by Eloise M. Boyle and Genevra Gerhart (ISBN: 0-89357-287-X; Slavica Publishers, 2002; http://www.slavica.com/trc/trc.html, www.GenevraGerhart.com) (Chapter 1 on the Russian history is written by William J. Comer).
However, since the quiz files are organized chronologically, they can be used as supplementary study materials with other textbooks on Russian history.
The files are made with the Hot Potatoes software (version 6) and include questions with either a single answer or multiple answers.
| Quiz # | Chronology | Quizzes (in English) on the following periods of Russian history |
Контрольные (на русском языке) по следующим периодам русской истории: |
TRC page # | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | up to the 13th century | Kievan Rus' | Киевская Русь | 1-13 | |
| 2 | 14-16 century | The Gathering of the Russian Lands: Moscow | Собирание русских земель | 13-24 | |
| 3 | from 1613 to 1725 | The Romanov Dynasty. Peter the Great. | Дом Романовых. Пётр Первый | 24-34 | |
| 4 | 1725-1800 | After Peter I. Catherine the Great. | После Петра. Екатерина Вторая | 35-40 | |
| 5 | 1801-1861 | The 19th century. | Девятнадцатый век | 41-48 | |
| 6 | 1861-1917 | Post-Reform Russia. The end of the Empire | Пореформенная Россия. Конец империи | 48-54 | |
| 7 | 1917-1939 | Soviet Power | Советская власть | 54-64 | |
| 8 | 1939-1991 | World War II/ The Great Patriotic War. Independent Russia |
Вторая мировая война/ Великая Отечественная война. Независимая Россия |
64-78 |