Nonsense

Grading exams is just as much fun as I thought it would be.
Some of today's lovely pearls:

After WWII Germany was defeated and Poland was divided by the Berlin wall into West and East.

Russia is unfortunately placed in a very rural area

The Russian government was so ineffective that many citizens failed to notice the revolution

EU is an abbreviation for Europe, which extends from Western European countries like Ireland and Spain to Eastern ones like Russia

Emperor Nicholas II was for the revolution

Chernobyl is:
A leader in Czechoslovakia who fought for Czechs against Serbs and eventually helped lead them to break off from each other.
A character in Bread and Wine, a wise man who hated Mussolini.

Vaclav Havel is:
A British poet
A Hungarian politician assassinated in 1956
A river near Berlin that divided the Baltic Sea

De Gaulle was
A German chancellor
A writer of some kind mentioned in the song We didn't start the fire by Billy Joel (right before California baseball)

Berlin wall:
Divided USA from Germany
Divided USSR from Germany

Adenauer was:
A famous poet. She wrote poetry, memorized the poem and then burned the poem so there was no trace of it ever being written. Other people would memorize it too.
A White Russian general during the Civil war.

Andropov, on the other hand was:
Also a famous poet. She wrote poetry, memorized (so did other people) and then burned the poem so there was no trace of it ever being written.
Also a White Russian general during the Civil war.
One of the stages of Russian Revolution.
Someone who stood up for people who spoke out against Gorbachev in Russia and was arrested.
A Russian artist.

Havel, in fact, wrote a famous poem about Andropov's painting of Adenauer burning his poetry during a White Army retreat from Samara...