Random Russian General Knowledge

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What for did Russia get barred from the 2018 Winter Olympics?
State-Sponsoring
Doping
What Jennifer Lawrence movie is based on a 2013 novel set in Moscow?
Red Sparrow
What was Andrei Kirilenko's sport?
Basketball
What is the third-largest ethnic group among Russian residents?
Ukrainian
What playwright was known for his short stories, including "The Lady with the Dog"?
Anton Chekhov
What event did Russia host for the first time in 2018?
FIFA World Cup
What "great" tsar moved the capital to Saint Petersburg?
Peter the Great
What country shares the shortest border with Russia in Europe?
Norway
What was the official state newspaper of the Soviet Union?
Prava
What is the longest river in Europe?
Volga
What American whistleblower founded asylum in Russia in 2013?
Edward Snowden
What is the name of the first of the two 1917 revolutions?
February Revolution
What is the Russian word for "no"?
Nyet
What is the easternmost of the three major Siberian rivers that
flow into the Arctic Ocean?
Lena
What Arctic sea lies between Russia and Svalbard?
Barents Sea
What territory did Russia sell to the United States in 1867 for just $7.2 million?
Alaska
What is the name of the alphabet in which the Russian language is written?
Cyrillic
What is the name of the second largest art museum in the world?
Hermitage
What country did Russia defeat in the "Great Northern War"?
Sweden
What was the first country to secede from the Soviet Union?
Lithuania
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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