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What country did Russia defeat in the "Great Northern War"?
Sweden
What is the Christian denomination of most of the Russians?
Russian Orthodox
By what name was Saint Petersburg formerly known?
Leningrad
What is the name of the most famous ballet theater in Moscow?
Bolshoi
What territory did Russia sell to the United States in 1867 for just $7.2 million?
Alaska
What tsar became the first Grand Duke of Finland after winning the "Finnish War"?
Alexander I
What is the full name of Russia in the English language?
Russian Federation
Which palace was the residence of the Russian emperors?
Winter Palace
What animal went extinct on Russia's Wrangel Island around 2000 BC?
Woolly Mammoth
What does "Moscow Does Not Believe in" in Vladimir Menshov's 1979 romantic film?
Tears
What Russian billionaire is the owner of Chelsea FC?
Roman Abramovich
Who composed "The Firebird", "Petrushka" and "The Rite of Spring"?
Igor Stravinsky
With what country does Russia share only a 17 km (11 mi) long border?
North Korea
What term refers to the vast, Eurasian grasslands of Russia?
Steppe
What is the name of the vast northern and eastern region of Russia?
Siberia
What is the Russian pronunciation of "Moscow"?
Moskva
What is the name of the national airline of Russia?
Aeroflot
Who was the first tsar of Russia?
Ivan the Terrible
Who has been the first democratically-elected leader in Russian history?
Boris Yeltsin
What term from the Soviet era means "fellow citizen"?
Comrade
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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
Agreed
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Level 25
Apr 8, 2024
The official Newspaper of the Soviet Union is Pravda not prava