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What Muslim-majority federal subject was the site of a war in 1999?
Dagestan
What does "USSR" officially stand for?
Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
What is the world's deepest lake?
Lake Baikal
What sea does Vladivostok overlook?
Sea of Japan
What is the Slavic name of the beet soup?
Borscht
Which palace was the residence of the Russian emperors?
Winter Palace
What term refers to the vast, Eurasian grasslands of Russia?
Steppe
Who was the first tsar of Russia?
Ivan the Terrible
What Russian billionaire is the owner of Chelsea FC?
Roman Abramovich
What photogenic tennis player has won 5 Grand Slam titles?
Maria Sharapova
What is the name of the second largest art museum in the world?
Hermitage
What peninsula in Europe did Russia annex in 2014?
Crimea
What does "Moscow Does Not Believe in" in Vladimir Menshov's 1979 romantic film?
Tears
What was the final novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky?
Brothers Karamazov
What was the name of the last tsar's youngest daughter?
Anastasia
Who is often considered to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport?
Lev Yashin
What animal is often used to symbolize Russia?
Bear
What country's F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M in 2015?
Turkey
What animal went extinct on Russia's Wrangel Island around 2000 BC?
Woolly Mammoth
What is the name of the sub-sea that lies between Russia and Crimea?
Sea of Azov
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4 Comments
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Level 99
Aug 11, 2020
Excellent quiz and great mix of questions.
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Level 76
Aug 11, 2020
Thanks, glad you liked it :)
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Level 78
Aug 12, 2020
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Level 25
Apr 8, 2024
The official Newspaper of the Soviet Union is Pravda not prava