Tsars of Russia: Rulers and Their Legacies: Multiple Choice

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01Which tsar is credited with modernizing Russia, founding St. Petersburg, and introducing sweeping administrative and military reforms in the early 18th century?
02Often referred to as 'the Great,' which empress expanded the Russian Empire southward and westward and presided over the 'Golden Age' of the Russian nobility?
03Which tsar ruled during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, which ultimately ended in a disastrous retreat for the French army?
04Which tsar earned the moniker 'The Liberator' for issuing the Emancipation Manifesto in 1861, which freed the serfs?
05The 'Time of Troubles' ended in 1613 with the election of which individual as the first tsar of the Romanov dynasty?
06Who was the last Tsar of Russia, whose reign ended with his abdication during the February Revolution of 1917?
07Which daughter of Peter the Great continued her father's work, led Russia through the Seven Years' War, and founded Moscow State University?
08Who was the de facto ruler of Russia as regent from c. 1585 to 1598, and then became the first non-Rurikid tsar, reigning until his death in 1605 during the Time of Troubles?
09Which son of Catherine the Great had a short and erratic reign, during which he established the Pauline Laws, changing the rules of succession to absolute primogeniture?
10Which ruler was the first to be formally crowned as 'Tsar of All Rus'' in 1547?
11Known for his reactionary policies and promotion of 'Russification,' which tsar reversed many of the liberal reforms of his assassinated father?
12The reign of which conservative tsar was defined by the doctrine of 'Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality' and ended during the Crimean War?