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6. Who was Nicholas Alexander Milyutin?

  • Minister of Internal Affairs until 1861
  • Minister of War 1861-1881

7. Who was Alexandra Feodorovna?

  • Nicholas II's wife
  • Alexander II's long-term mistress
  • Alexander III's wife
  • Alexander II's first wife

8. Who was Maria Feodorovna?

  • Alexander III's wife
  • Nicholas II's wife
  • Alexander II's long-term mistress
  • Alexander II's first wife

9. Who was Dmitrii Milyutin?

  • Minister of War 1861-1881
  • Minister of Internal Affairs until 1861

10. Who was Vera Zasulich and what did she do?

  • member of Land and Liberty, shot and wounded Trepov (Governor of St Petersburg) in 1877
  • member of the Black Partition, shot Trepov (Governor of St Petersburg) in 1879
  • a populist, shot and killed Trepov (Governor of St Petersburg) in 1878
  • member of Land and Liberty, shot and wounded Trepov (Governor of Moscow) in 1874

11. Who was Maria Alexandrovna?

  • Alexander II's long-term mistress
  • Alexander II's first wife
  • Nicholas II's wife
  • Alexander III's wife

12. Who wrote 'What is to be Done?' and when?

  • Chernyshevsky in 1868
  • Chernyshevsky in 1860
  • Chernyshevsky in 1864
  • Tolstoy in 1860

13. What is a morganatic marriage and who formed one of these?

  • A marriage between royalty and non-royalty (Alexander II and Caterina Dolgorukov in 1880)
  • A marriage between royalty and non-royalty (Alexander II and Caterina Dolgorukov in 1878)
  • A marriage between two members of royalty (Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna in 1841)
  • A marriage between royalty and non-royalty (Alexander II and Maria Alexandrovna in 1880)

14. Who was Pahlen?

  • Minister of Justice from 1867 (first minister of Justice to hold a law degree)
  • Minister of Finance 1862-1868
  • Minister of Education 1862-1867
  • Minister of Public Instruction 1882-1889

15. Who was Timashev?

  • Minister of Justice 1862-1867
  • Minister of Internal Affairs 1868-1878
  • Minister of War 1861-1881
  • peasant who saved Alexander II from assassination in 1866

16. Who was Caterina Dolgorukov?

  • Alexander II's first wife
  • Alexander II's long-term mistress
  • Nicholas II's wife
  • Alexander III's wife

17. Who was Komissarov?

  • Minister of Education 1862-1867
  • peasant who saved Alexander II from assassination in 1866
  • Minister of Justice from 1867
  • son of a noble who attempted to assassinate Alexander in 1866

18. Who was Zamyatnin?

  • Minister of Justice 1862-1867
  • Minister of Education 1862-1867
  • Minister of Finance 1862-1868
  • peasant who saved Alexander II from assassination in 1866

19. What did Shuvalov do for the army?

  • reduced military service from 15 years to 5 in 1878
  • reduced military service from 15 years to 6 in 1874
  • reduced military service from 25 years to 15 in 1864