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Can you find the answer to each of these questions about Russia?
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What is an "Ushanka"?
Fur cap
What strait separates Russia from North America?
Bering Strait
What is the Slavic name of the beet soup?
Borscht
In what country did Soviet leaders inflict a terrible famine, in an event called
the Holodomor, killing millions?
Ukraine
What was the first ballet Pyotr Tchaikovsky composed?
Swan Lake
What was the innermost ruling committee of the Soviet Union?
Politburo
What peninsula in Europe did Russia annex in 2014?
Crimea
What are the two largest lakes in Europe? (name either)?
Ladoga | Onega
What term is used for the anti-Jewish riots and killings in the early 20th century?
Pogrom
What former country did the USSR invade in 1968?
Czechoslovakia
What does the name Stalin mean?
Man of Steel
What is the most famous cathedral of Moscow?
St. Basil
What river makes most of the Russian border with China?
Amur
What is the name of the Soviet army?
Red Army
What country shares the shortest border with Russia in Europe?
Norway
What foreign minister cynically signed a non-aggression pact with Germany in 1939?
Vyacheslav Molotov
What Russian billionaire is the owner of Chelsea FC?
Roman Abramovich
Who was the most-decorated Soviet general of WWII?
Georgy Zhukov
What Communist faction seized power in 1917 after the Russian Revolution?
Bolsheviks
What island, Russia's largest, was once claimed by Japan?
Sakhalin
4 Comments
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Level 97
Aug 11, 2020
Excellent quiz and great mix of questions.
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Level 75
Aug 11, 2020
Thanks, glad you liked it :)
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Level 76
Aug 12, 2020
Agreed
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Level 23
Apr 8, 2024
The official Newspaper of the Soviet Union is Pravda not prava