Even my grandmother, who received the highest degree, could not answer all the questions about the USSR.

None of my friends were able to correctly answer all the questions about the USSR from this test. I only got 7 out of 10. How many questions can you answer?



GettyImages Questions about the USSR

1. July 25, 1984 for the first time in the world a woman astronaut went into space. What was her name?
   
   
   
   GettyImages a)Valentina Tereshkova
   (b) Elena Kondakova
   (c) Svetlana Savitskaya
   Yelena Serova
   
   
2. In 1966, the first ZAZ-966 car came off the assembly line of the Zaporozhye Automobile Plant. What nickname did he get among the people?
   
   
   
   (a) Brokeback
   (b) Ear-eared
   (c) Soapbox
   
   
3. “I like Gorbachev. We can deal with him.” Who said that on December 15, 1984?
   (a) Ronald Reagan
   (b) Boris Yeltsin
   (c) Donald Trump
   Margaret Thatcher
4. Which film became the absolute leader of the Soviet film distribution?
   (a) “Moscow does not believe in tears”
   (b) “McKenna gold”
   (c) “Pirates of the twentieth century”
   (d) “Esenia”
5. Remember the legendary hockey three: Kharlamov, Petrov... Who didn't we name?
   
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   (a) Fetis
   (b) Cool.
   (c) Larionov
   Mikhailov
   
   
6. Who is the director of this film?
   
   
   
   (a) Vladimir Menshov
   (b) Eldar Ryazanov
   (c)George Danelia
   Andrey Konchalovsky
   
   
7. What is this?
   
   
   
   (a) Slingshot
   (b) Book stand
   (c) Hanger
   
   
8. How many general secretaries did the Soviet Union change in the 1980s?
   (a) None
   (b) One
   Three
   (d) Four
9. In what class in the USSR were they accepted as pioneers?
   
   
   
   (a) First
   (b) Third
   (c) Fourthly
   (d) Fifth
   
   
10. How many years should a young specialist work on distribution after graduation?
    (a) 1 year
    (b) 3 years
    (c) 5 years
    (g) 10 years

Answers.

1. To pay homage to the courage of the female astronauts on our list, they all came first. Valentina Tereshkova is the 1st female astronaut in the world. Elena Kondakova was the first woman to fly for 169 days. Elena Serova became the first woman to cross the ISS threshold. But the first of the women went into space and made a second flight Svetlana Savitskaya.
2. The products of the Zaporizhzhya plant received many ironic nicknames, which are firmly rooted in the people. So, ZAZ-965 for the shape of the hull was dubbed “round” and “humpback”. ZAZ-966 because of the protruding air intakes made “eary”, and ZAZ-968M for the smooth sides and the index “M” was called soap.
3. In December 1984, the then “simple” Politburo member Mikhail Gorbachev visited the UK. After meeting him, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told the BBC: I will say with cautious optimism. I like Mr. Gorbachev. We can do business with him.”
   
   
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4. The absolute championship belongs to the Mexican melodrama “Esenia”, tickets for which were purchased by more than 90 million viewers. Among Soviet films with a score of 87.6 million viewers, the leader is the action movie Pirates of the XX century directed by Boris Durov. The leader of the box office in 1980, the film by Vladimir Menshov “Moscow does not believe in tears” was awarded the Oscar and became the film of the year by the vote of readers of the magazine “Soviet screen”. The drama about the search for happiness by three friends was watched by about 84 million people, which made it the second highest-grossing Soviet films.
   
   
5. In the 1970s, the best link in the attack in the USSR and Europe was rightfully considered the three Kharlamov-Petrov-Mikhaylov. Boris Petrovich Mikhailov is the best hockey scorer in Russian history. In total, he played 120 matches at the World Championships and Winter Olympics, in which he scored 109 goals.
   
   
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6. Loved by millions of viewers, the lyrical comedy Love and Pigeons was directed by Vladimir Menshov. Wing phrases from this wonderful picture many of our readers know by heart. And to see how accurate you can be by taking our fun test.
7. I used this book in my time as well. And more mysterious objects with incomprehensible purpose you will find in this article.
8. The 80s of the last century were remembered by Soviet citizens by the frequent change of party leadership. In 1982, Leonid Brezhnev passed away. From 1982 to 1984, Yuri Andropov was General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee. After him, the highest party post passed to Konstantin Chernenko. In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became Secretary General.
9. The pioneers of October were usually accepted in the third grade, excellent students in the fall, and the rest in the spring of April 22.
10. Young specialists with higher and secondary special education are obliged to work after graduation in accordance with the direction of the Ministry, department, state enterprise (association) for at least three years (except for those specialists for whom other terms are established by the decisions of the Government of the USSR).

Of course, not everyone will get 10 correct answers. But the main thing is that this is a great opportunity to remember the country in which our parents lived and the existence of which modern children learn from history books.

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