Vladimir Putin Trivia Quiz
On 25 May 1998, what was Vladimir appointed?A: First Deputy Chief of Presidential Staff for regions.
Who did he replace?
A: Viktoriya Mitina.
On 15 July, he was appointed what?
A: Head of the Commission for the preparation of agreements on the delimitation of power of regions and the federal center attached to the President.
Who did Putin replace?
A: Sergey Shakhray.
After Vladimir's appointment, the commission completed how many such agreements?
A: None.
How many agreements had been signed during Shakhray's term as the Head of the Commission?
A: 46.
Later, after Vladimir became president what did he do about the agreements that were signed?
A: He canceled all of them.
On 25 July 1998, Yeltsin appointed Putin as what?
A: Director of the Federal Security Service.
What was the Federal Security Service (FSB)?
A: The primary intelligence and security organization of the Russian Federation.
It was the successor of the what?
A: KGB.
How long did Putin hold that position?
A: Until 9 August 1999.
On 9 August 1999, Putin was appointed one of three what?
A: First Deputy Prime Ministers.
On that same day Putin was appointed acting whaty by President Yeltsin?
A: Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Yeltsin also announced that he wanted to see what?
A: Vladimir Putin be his successor.
Still later on that same day, Putin agreed to do what?
A: Run for the presidency.
On 16 August, the State Duma approved his appointment as Prime Minister with how many votes in favor?
A: 233.
This made Putin Russia's fifth PM in fewer than how long?
A: Eighteen months.
On his appointment, few expected Putin, virtually unknown to the general public, to last how long?
A: Longer than his predecessors.
Putin was initially regarded as a what?
A: Yeltsin loyalist.
Putin did not choose ministers himself, his cabinet being determined by whom?
A: The presidential administration.
Yeltsin's main opponents and would-be successors were already doing what?
A: campaigning to replace him.
His would-be successors fought hard to prevent whose emergence as a potential successor?
A: Putin.
Putin's law-and-order image and his unrelenting approach to the Second Chechen War did what to his popularity?
A: Raised it.
This allowed Vladimir Putin to do what?
A: To overtake all rivals.
Putin was not associated with any party, but Putin pledged his support to what party?
A: The newly formed Unity Party.