European History by Letter - Y

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Former country in the Balkans

The “White Rose” of the royal houses in Britain

HMY Britannia is a famous example of this type of ship

Jewish language emerging in the Middle Ages in Central Europe

Former Ukrainian president poisoned with dioxine in 2004 (Viktor)

Colour of The Beatles’ submarine

Irish poet, dramatist, nationalist and senator (William Butler)

WWI battle site in Belgium where the Germans used poison gas

British TV presenter famous for her interviews “on the bed” in the 1990s (Paula)

Russian president who stood on a tank and averted a coup in 1991 (Boris)

Hero of the Greek war of independence (Alexander)

Traditional winter festival in Scandinavia

Alternative name for 1816 AD which was exceptionally cold and led to crop failure and hunger

Four chemical elements are named after this Swedish mining village (name the village or any of the elements)

How British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe was dubbed

Oldest town on the Volga river and medieval principality (13th – 15th century)

Given name of cosmonaut Gagarin, the first man in space

Scandinavian royal house of the early Middle Ages, subject of a “skald” (old Norse poem)

Irish bacteriologist Adrian Stokes isolated the virus of this tropical disease in 1927 (but died from it)

Most important Soviet aircraft manufacturer in WWII