1. What event occurred before the others: 1) Establishment of the «unofficial committee»; 2) Formation of the State

1. What event occurred before the others:
1) Establishment of the «unofficial committee»;
2) Formation of the State Council;
3) Establishment of ministries;
4) Issuance of the decree on «free cultivators of the land.»

2. Which of the following statesmen initiated and organized the project «Introduction to the Code of State Laws»:
1) N.N. Novosiltsev;
2) A.A. Arakcheev;
3) M.M. Speransky;
4) M.I. Kutuzov.

3. Which city changed hands 8 times during the Patriotic War of 1812:
1) Borodino;
2) Smolensk;
3) Near Maloyaroslavets;
4) Shevardino.

4. Who among the listed military leaders was a hero of the Patriotic War of 1812:
1) D.A. Milutin;
2) P.I. Bagration;
3) M.B. Barclay de Tolly;
4) N.N. Raevsky.

5. Which of the following secret societies emerged earlier than the others:
1) Southern Society;
2) Society of Well-being;
3) Northern Society.

6. Which social class is characterized by «engaging in internal and external trade»:
1) Merchants;
2) Nobility;
3) Peasantry;
4) Cossacks.

7. What event happened before the others:
1) Emergence of the Southern Society;
2) Uprising of the Chernigov Regiment;
3) Patriotic War;
4) Treaty of Tilsit.

8. Who was appointed as the dictator of the uprising on Senate Square:
1) S.P. Pestel;
2) E.P. Obolensky;
3) M.I. Kutuzov;
4) S.P. Trubetskoy.

9. V. Kozhin, G. Kurin, D.V. Davydov, and A. Chechenskiy are known for what:
1) Surviving the Kremlin explosion during Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow;
2) Being the first to join the Petersburg militia under the command of M.I. Kutuzov;
3) Leading partisan detachments;
4) Being the first to receive the «People’s Militia» medals.

10. Which of the listed secret societies emerged later than the others:
1) Southern Society;
2) Society of Well-being;
3) Northern Society.

11. Which of the following events occurred during the reign of Alexander I:
1) Patriotic War;
2) Peasants’ War led by E.I. Pugachev;
3) Creation of military settlements;
4) Abolition of serfdom.

12. What event happened later than the others:
1) Emergence of the Southern Society;
2) Uprising of the Chernigov Regiment;
3) Patriotic War;
4) Treaty of Tilsit.

13. The term «Decembrists» refers to:
1) Participants in the December 14, 1825 uprising on Senate Square;
2) Participants in battles on the Berezina River in December 1812;
3) Members of the secret committee on December 6, 1826;
4) Members of the «unofficial committee.»

14. Which events are related to Russia’s foreign policy during Alexander I’s reign:
1) Georgia became part of Russia;
2) Treaty of Tilsit;
3) Russo-Turkish War 1871-1878;
4) Persian wars.

15. The significance of the victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 is that:
1) The war awakened the sense of national identity among the people and sparked patriotic fervor in the country;
2) Serfdom was abolished;
3) It provided a strong impulse for the development of capitalist relations in the country;
4) Universal military service was introduced in Russia.

16. In which year was the decree «On Free Cultivators of the Land» issued:
1) 1794;
2) 1803;
3) 1815;
4) 1834.

17. In the program documents of future Decembrists’ secret societies, it was envisaged to:
— Preserve serfdom;
— Abolish serfdom.