Statistics for Russian Geography A-Z

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
C	Peninsula that became part of Russia in 2014	Crimea	97%
F	Full name of the country: Russian _________	Federation	97%
G	Bordering country, fought a war against Russia in 2008	Georgia	96%
B	Sea to the southwest, popular tourist destination	Black Sea	93%
J	Country that claims some of Russia's Kuril Islands	Japan	92%
U	Mountain range between Europe and Asia	Urals	92%
V	Russia's "mother" river, the longest in Europe	Volga	91%
M	The Third Rome	Moscow	89%
S	Second biggest city, capital of the Russian Empire	Saint Petersburg	87%
H	Communist symbol still in use on some federal subjects' flags	Hammer and Sickle	83%
A	About one-fifth of Russia lies in this latitude zone	Arctic	76%
K	Peninsula famous for its volcanoes	Kamchatka	76%
E	Highest mountain (5,642 m)	Elbrus	75%
D	River famous for its Cossacks	Don	71%
Q	Russia is the largest importer of this mineral, used in jewelry and watches	Quartz	71%
T	World's longest railway line	Trans-Siberian Railway	71%
P	Body of water that forms Russia's eastern boundary	Pacific Ocean	68%
N	Biggest city in Siberia	Novosibirsk	67%
O	Major river in western Siberia	Ob	66%
R	Large city on the banks of D	Rostov-on-Don	65%
I	Large city near Lake Baikal	Irkutsk	62%
L	Largest freshwater lake in Europe	Lake Ladoga	54%
W	Arctic sea, the location of the major port of Arkhangelsk	White Sea	45%
Z	Arctic archipelago, site of the biggest nuclear test in history: Novaya _____	Zemlya	45%
Y	Russian territory larger than Argentina, famous for extremely cold winters	Yakutia	37%