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Can you find the answer to each of these questions about Russia?
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What "Mad Monk", who was hard to kill, had considerable influence in Russia?
Rasputin
What is the highest mountain both in Russia and Europe?
Mount Elbrus
What was the name of the second of the two 1917 revolutions?
October Revolution
Who composed "The Firebird", "Petrushka" and "The Rite of Spring"?
Igor Stravinsky
What tsar is known as the "Liberator" for his reforms in the 19th century?
Alexander II
What friendly nickname did Stalin acquire during WWII?
Uncle Joe
Which two countries border Russia through Kaliningrad? (name either)
Lithuania | Poland
What international organisation linked all Communists in the world?
Comintern
What city is the headquarters of the Russian Pacific fleet?
Vladivostok
What "table" did Mendeleev publish the first version of in 1860?
Periodic Table
Which Russian city hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics?
Sochi
Who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder
of modern Russian literature?
Alexander Pushkin
What foreign minister cynically signed a non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939?
Vyacheslav Molotov
What country did Russia invade in 2008?
Georgia
Moscow is sometimes known to be the "third" of what city?
Rome
What is the name of the vast northern and eastern region of Russia?
Siberia
What writer died in 1910 having never won a Nobel Prize - considered to be one of
the greatest omissions in its history?
Leo Tolstoy
What is the third-largest ethnic group among Russian residents?
Ukrainian
What fictional Russian boxer is the rival of Robert Balboa in "Rocky IV"?
Ivan Drago
What is the currency of Russia?
Ruble
4 Comments
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Level 95
Aug 11, 2020
Excellent quiz and great mix of questions.
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Level 72
Aug 11, 2020
Thanks, glad you liked it :)
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Level 75
Aug 12, 2020
Agreed
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Level 21
Apr 8, 2024
The official Newspaper of the Soviet Union is Pravda not prava