Statistics for Geography of Russia

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the capital of Russia?	Moscow	100%
What is Russia's former capital and second largest city?	St. Petersburg	97%
What was the name of that city during Soviet times?	Leningrad	92%
What is the name of the vast northern and eastern region of Russia?	Siberia	89%
On what sea would you find the city of Sochi?	Black Sea	85%
What strait separates Russia from Alaska?	Bering Strait	84%
What two mountain ranges divide Europe and Asia?	Urals	84%
What is the longest river in the European part of Russia?	Volga	83%
What is the world's deepest lake?	Lake Baikal	72%
What two mountain ranges divide Europe and Asia?	Caucasus	69%
With what other country does Russia share the region of Karelia?	Finland	68%
What part of Russia, taken from Germany, is not connected to the rest?	Kaliningrad	61%
What Russian city is near the border with North Korea?	Vladivostok	61%
What animal went extinct on Russia's Wrangel Island around 2000 BC?	Woolly Mammoth	56%
What peninsula, with 29 active volcanoes, can be found in the far northeast of Russia?	Kamchatka	51%
What is the tallest mountain in Russia (and also Europe)?	Mount Elbrus	47%
Name one of the four rivers in Asian Russia that is longer than the above.	Ob, Amur, Lena, or Yenisei	44%
On what river does the city of Rostov lie?	Don	43%
What island, Russia's largest, was once claimed by Japan?	Sakhalin	39%
What language, besides Russian, is commonly spoken in the city of Kazan? (Hint: starts with T)	Tatar	38%