Question

Match each person with something he or she did. Write a letter on each line.

6. Ivan the Terrible
7. Peter the Great
8. Empress Catherine II
9. Karl Marx
10. Nicholas II
11. Vladimir Lenin
12. Joseph Stalin

a. the German who wrote about his ideas
on communism

b. changed Russian government, became the
first czar of Russia

c. the "man of steel, " ruled Soviet Union 1924-1953

d. opened a Russian "window to the West"

e. brought French culture to Russian nobles, put
down peasant revolt

f. led the Communist Bolsheviks, often called
Father of the Revolution

g. the czar of Russia during World War I, gave
up the throne

Answer 1

Ivan the Terrible - e. brought French culture to Russian nobles, put down peasant revoltPeter the Great - d. opened a Russian "window to the West"Empress Catherine II - e. brought French culture to Russian nobles, put down peasant revoltKarl Marx - a. the German who wrote about his ideas on communismNicholas II - g. the czar of Russia during World War I, gave up the throneVladimir Lenin - f. led the Communist Bolsheviks, often called Father of the RevolutionJoseph Stalin - c. the "man of steel," ruled Soviet Union 1924-1953