Russian Geography A-Z

Can you guess these facts about Russian geography, one for each letter of the alphabet?

Excluding the letter X.

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	Hint	Answer
A	About one-fifth of Russia lies in this latitude zone	Arctic
B	Sea to the southwest, popular tourist destination	Black Sea
C	Peninsula that became part of Russia in 2014	Crimea
D	River famous for its Cossacks	Don
E	Highest mountain (5,642 m)	Elbrus
F	Full name of the country: Russian _________	Federation
G	Bordering country, fought a war against Russia in 2008	Georgia
H	Communist symbol still in use on some federal subjects' flags	Hammer and Sickle
I	Large city near Lake Baikal	Irkutsk
J	Country that claims some of Russia's Kuril Islands	Japan
K	Peninsula famous for its volcanoes	Kamchatka
L	Largest freshwater lake in Europe	Lake Ladoga
M	The Third Rome	Moscow

	Hint	Answer
N	Biggest city in Siberia	Novosibirsk
O	Major river in western Siberia	Ob
P	Body of water that forms Russia's eastern boundary	Pacific Ocean
Q	Russia is the largest importer of this mineral, used in jewelry and watches	Quartz
R	Large city on the banks of D	Rostov-on-Don
S	Second biggest city, capital of the Russian Empire	Saint Petersburg
T	World's longest railway line	Trans-Siberian Railway
U	Mountain range between Europe and Asia	Urals
V	Russia's "mother" river, the longest in Europe	Volga
W	Arctic sea, the location of the major port of Arkhangelsk	White Sea
Y	Russian territory larger than Argentina, famous for extremely cold winters	Yakutia
Z	Arctic archipelago, site of the biggest nuclear test in history: Novaya _____	Zemlya

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Level 59

Jun 24, 2017

Great quiz!

Level 78

Jun 24, 2017

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Level 76

Sep 2, 2021

Please write "communist symbols" at H, as I thought only of hammer because of the description, it wasn't accepted

Level 76

Sep 2, 2021

Me too. Should allow just hammer.

Level 78

Sep 24, 2021

The hammer and sickle is generally considered to be a single symbol, but Ι understand that the clue can be confusing. I've now tweaked it so that "hammer" gives you the full answer. Thanks for the input!

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