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Question	Answer	% Correct
What name is given to he Siberian prison system during rule of Joseph Stalin?	Gulag	100%
What person ruled the Soviet Union from the 1920s until 1953?	Joseph Stalin	100%
By what name was Saint Petersburg formerly known?	Leningrad	100%
What is the name of the Soviet army?	{Red} Army	100%
What is the full name of Russia in the English language?	Russian {Federation}	100%
What Christmas ballet was composed by Pyotr Tchaikovsky?	The Nutcracker	100%
What was the native language of Joseph Stalin?	Georgian	90%
What "great" tsar moved the capital to Saint Petersburg?	Peter the Great	90%
Who was the leader of the Russian Revolution?	Vladimir Lenin	90%
What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?	Afghanistan	89%
What is the name of the Russian national parliament?	Duma	89%
What conqueror invaded Russia and forced it to burn Moscow in 1812?	Napoleon	89%
What is the longest river in Europe?	Volga	89%
What nuclear plant melted down in 1986?	Chernobyl	88%
In what three countries is Russian an official language? (name any of them)	Belarus \| Kazakhstan \| Kyrgyzstan	87%
What Communist faction seized power in 1917 after the Russian Revolution?	Bolsheviks	86%
What animal is often used to symbolize Russia?	Bear	85%
What is the currency of Russia?	Ruble	85%
What peninsula in Europe did Russia annex in 2014?	Crimea	84%
What is the Slavic name of the beet soup?	Borscht	83%
What agricultural item appeared on the Soviet flag?	Sickle	83%
What is the name of the alphabet in which the Russian language is written?	Cyrillic	80%
Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union before collapsing?	Mikhail Gorbachev	80%
Who has been the de-facto leader of Russia since 2000?	Vladimir Putin	80%
What sea does Saint Petersburg overlook?	Baltic Sea	79%
Which Russian city hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics?	Sochi	79%
In what country did Soviet leaders inflict a terrible famine, in an event called the Holodomor, killing millions?	Ukraine	79%
What Russian refers to a "grandmother" or "elderly woman"?	Babushka	78%
What strait separates Russia from North America?	Bering Strait	78%
What is the Russian pronunciation of "Moscow"?	Moskva	78%
What was the name of the last tsar's youngest daughter?	Anastasia	77%
At the world championships of what game did the American Bobby Fischer defeat Boris Spassky?	Chess	77%
What is the Christian denomination of most of the Russians?	Russian Orthodox	77%
Who was the first person to orbit the Earth?	Yuri Gagarin	77%
What is the Soviet equivalent of the CIA?	KGB	76%
What "Mad Monk", who was hard to kill, had considerable influence in Russia?	Rasputin	76%
With what country does Russia share only a 17 km (11 mi) long border?	North Korea	75%
What is the most popular alcoholic beverage in Russia?	Vodka	75%
What event was hosted in Moscow in 1980?	Summer Olympics	74%
What country did Russia invade in 2008?	Georgia	73%
Who was the most-decorated Soviet general of WWII?	Georgy Zhukov	73%
What army that fought against the Communists from 1917-1921?	{White} Army	73%
What is the name of the second largest art museum in the world?	Hermitage	71%
What last tsar of Russia was executed in 1918?	Nicholas II	71%
What "table" did Mendeleev publish the first version of in 1860?	{Periodic} Table	71%
What traditional metal boiler is used for making tea?	Samovar	71%
What is the former name of Volgograd?	Stalingrad	71%
What territory did Russia sell to the United States in 1867 for just $7.2 million?	Alaska	70%
Who has been the first democratically-elected leader in Russian history?	Boris Yeltsin	70%
What event did Russia host for the first time in 2018?	FIFA World Cup	70%
On what river is Saint Petersburg located?	Neva	70%
What prize was Joseph Stalin hilariously nominated for in 1945 and 1948?	Nobel Peace Prize	70%
What for did Russia get barred from the 2018 Winter Olympics?	State-Sponsoring Doping	70%
What video game's goal is to drop blocks down to make lines?	Tetris	70%
What is the world's deepest lake?	Lake Baikal	69%
What was the name of the second of the two 1917 revolutions?	{October} Revolution	69%
What is the name of the vast northern and eastern region of Russia?	Siberia	69%
What part of Russia, taken from Germany, is not connected to the rest?	Kaliningrad	68%
Which two countries border Russia through Kaliningrad? (name either)	Lithuania \| Poland	68%
What inland sea is considered to be the largest lake in the world?	Caspian Sea	67%
What is the Russian term for the astronaut?	Cosmonaut	67%
What writer died in 1910 having never won a Nobel Prize - considered to be one of the greatest omissions in its history?	Leo Tolstoy	67%
What is the third-largest ethnic group among Russian residents?	Ukrainian	67%
What city is the headquarters of the Russian Pacific fleet?	Vladivostok	65%
What tsar became the first Grand Duke of Finland after winning the "Finnish War"?	Alexander I	64%
Who was the first tsar of Russia?	Ivan the Terrible	64%
What is the official residence of the President of Russia?	Kremlin	64%
What author said "If there is no God, everything is permitted"?	Fyodor Dostoyevsky	63%
What does the name Stalin mean?	Man of {Steel}	63%
What is the Russian word for "no"?	Nyet	63%
What is the longest railway line in the world?	Trans-Siberian Railway	63%
What sea lies between Russia and Turkey?	Black Sea	62%
What former country did the USSR invade in 1968?	Czechoslovakia	62%
What was the innermost ruling committee of the Soviet Union?	{Polit}buro	62%
What royal house ruled Russia from 1613 to 1917?	Romanov	62%
Who described Russia as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"?	Winston Churchill	62%
What country did Russia defeat in the "Great Northern War"?	Sweden	61%
Who was the President of the Russian Federation between 2008-12?	Dmitry Medvedev	60%
The Treaty of Portsmouth ended the war against what country in 1905?	Japan	60%
What space dog became the first animal to orbit Earth in 1957?	Laika	60%
What country shares the shortest border with Russia in Europe?	Norway	60%
What satellite launched the space race?	Sputnik	60%
What is the most famous cathedral of Moscow?	St. Basil	60%
What group of northern people ruled over the Kievan Rus'?	Vikings	60%
What military alliance was founded by the Soviet Union and its allies in 1955?	{Warsaw} Pact	60%
What is the most famous Russian firearm?	AK-47	58%
What is the name of the most famous ballet theater in Moscow?	Bolshoi	58%
What city, starting with I, is also one of the places in the "Risk"?	Irkutsk	58%
What is the highest mountain both in Russia and Europe?	Mount Elbrus	58%
What is the Russian version of a villa or a summer home?	Dacha	57%
What Soviet leader de-Stalinized the Soviet Union in the 1950s?	Nikita Khrushchev	57%
What island, Russia's largest, was once claimed by Japan?	Sakhalin	57%
Which palace was the residence of the Russian emperors?	Winter Palace	57%
Who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature?	Alexander Pushkin	56%
What river makes most of the Russian border with China?	Amur	56%
What country did Russia invade in 1939 and is roundly repulsed despite huge numerical superiority?	Finland	56%
What mountain range divides Russia from Western Asia?	Caucasus	55%
What plaza is located near the Kremlin?	Red Square	55%
What friendly nickname did Stalin acquire during WWII?	{Uncle} Joe	55%
What group of people conquered Russia in the 1200s?	Mongols	54%
What was the nationality of people who were executed in the Katyn Massacre?	Polish	54%
What foreign minister cynically signed a non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939?	Vyacheslav Molotov	54%
Which of the novels of Boris Pasternak was rejected for publication in the USSR, but its manuscript was smuggled to Italy for publication?	Doctor Zhivago	53%
With what country does Russia share the Lake Peipus?	Estonia	53%
What was the first country to secede from the Soviet Union?	Lithuania	53%
What is the name of the national airline of Russia?	Aeroflot	50%
What Prussian princess became Tsar of Russia after overthrowing his husband in 1762?	Catherine the Great	50%
What is the name of the first of the two 1917 revolutions?	{February} Revolution	50%
To what country did the famous male ballet dancer, Rudolf Nureyev, defect in 1961?	France	50%
At what language is Vladimir Putin most fluent after Russian?	German	50%
What is the favourite sport of Putin?	Judo	50%
What region does Russia share with Finland?	Karelia	50%
What city, starting with K, is often considered to be the "third capital of Russia"?	Kazan	50%
What is the easternmost of the three major Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean?	Lena	50%
What photogenic tennis player has won 5 Grand Slam titles?	Maria Sharapova	50%
What term, starting with O, refers to a region of Russia?	Oblast	50%
What term is used for the anti-Jewish riots and killings in the early 20th century?	Pogrom	50%
What country was partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austria?	Poland	50%
What type of fish is used for making the traditional Russian caviar?	Sturgeon	50%
What mountain range divides the European and Asian parts of Russia?	Urals	50%
What is the name of the war that was fought against Finland during WWII?	Winter War	50%
What sea does Vladivostok overlook?	Sea of Japan	47%
What language, besides Russian, is commonly spoken in the city of Kazan?	Tatar	47%
What animal went extinct on Russia's Wrangel Island around 2000 BC?	Woolly Mammoth	47%
What group of horsemen once protected Russia's borders in the late 19th century?	Cossacks	46%
What notable Soviet diplomat was assassinated in Mexico City in 1940?	Leon Trotsky	46%
What novel focuses on the moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov?	Crime and Punishment	45%
What sport does Alexander Ovechkin play?	Ice Hockey	45%
What term from the Soviet era means "fellow citizen"?	Comrade	44%
On what river is the city of Rostov located?	Don	44%
What was the largest country by area in the Soviet Union after Russia?	Kazakhstan	44%
What city was named after Yakov Sverdlov during the Soviet era?	Yekaterinburg	44%
On what river is Novosibirsk located?	Ob	43%
What term refers to the vast, Eurasian grasslands of Russia?	Steppe	43%
What American whistleblower founded asylum in Russia in 2013?	Edward Snowden	42%
What fictional Russian boxer is the rival of Robert Balboa in "Rocky IV"?	Ivan Drago	42%
What country's F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M in 2015?	Turkey	42%
Russia has 11 time zones. Only one country has more than Russia? Which one is it?	France	40%
What are the two largest lakes in Europe? (name either)?	Ladoga \| Onega	40%
What was the first ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed?	Swan Lake	40%
What series of jewelled eggs were manufactured between 1885-1917?	{Fabergé} Egg	38%
What country was jointly invaded by the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom in 1941?	Iran	38%
What peninsula, with 29 active volcanoes, can be found in the far northeast of Russia?	Kamchatka	38%
What is the English term for someone from Moscow?	Muscovite	38%
Moscow is sometimes known to be the "third" of what city?	Rome	38%
What was the main occupation of Yul Brynner?	Acting	36%
What tsar is known as the "Liberator" for his reforms in the 19th century?	Alexander II	36%
What animal depicts on the coat of arms of Russia?	Eagle \| Horse	36%
What Russian physiologist made dogs salivate with a bell?	Ivan Pavlov	33%
What is the name of the sub-sea that lies between Russia and Crimea?	Sea of Azov	33%
What does "USSR" officially stand for?	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	33%
What was Andrei Kirilenko's sport?	Basketball	31%
What chess player ranked as the all-time highest rated chess player until 2014?	Garry Kasparov	31%
Which Vladimir Nabokov novels did Stanley Kubrick make a movie out of in 1962?	Lolita	31%
What federal subject of Russia tried to break away in the 1990s?	Chechnya	30%
What Muslim-majority federal subject was the site of a war in 1999?	Dagestan	30%
What tech company was co-founded by Sergey Brin?	Google	30%
What is an "Ushanka"?	Fur cap	29%
What is the most populous three-letter city in Russia?	Ufa	28%
What country revolted against the Soviet Union in 1956?	Hungary	27%
What brand of Russian car was introduced in 1963?	Lada	27%
What city was formerly known as Gorky?	Nizhny Novgorod	27%
What is the most populous city in the Asian part of Russia?	Novosibirsk	27%
What Russian billionaire is the owner of Chelsea FC?	Roman Abramovich	27%
What was the most famous model of tank that was deployed during WWII?	T-34	27%
What city briefly became famous in 2013 for a meteor explosion?	Chelyabinsk	25%
What group of people were liberated in 1861?	Serfs	24%
Who is often considered to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport?	Lev Yashin	22%
What international organisation linked all Communists in the world?	Comintern	21%
What country imports the greatest amount of weaponry from Russia?	India	21%
What playwright was known for his short stories, including "The Lady with the Dog"?	Anton Chekhov	20%
What Russian city shares its name with a hairstyle?	Perm	20%
Who composed "The Firebird", "Petrushka" and "The Rite of Spring"?	Igor Stravinsky	17%
What Russian ballet dancer emigrated to Canada in 1974?	Mikhail Baryshnikov	15%
What Russian city is the most populous north of the Arctic Circle?	Murmansk	15%
What Arctic sea lies between Russia and Svalbard?	Barents Sea	14%
What Pittsburgh Penguin is nicknamed "Geno"?	Evgeni Malkin	13%
What Jennifer Lawrence movie is based on a 2013 novel set in Moscow?	Red Sparrow	10%
What does "Moscow Does Not Believe in" in Vladimir Menshov's 1979 romantic film?	Tears	10%
What did the Soviet montage theory in film industry create?	Film Editing	7%
What was the final novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky?	Brothers Karamazov	0%
What was the official state newspaper of the Soviet Union?	Prava	0%

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