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Random Russian General Knowledge

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Can you find the answer to each of these questions about Russia?
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Last updated: August 11, 2020
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What is the name of the alphabet in which the Russian language is written?
Cyrillic
What was Andrei Kirilenko's sport?
Basketball
On what river is Novosibirsk located?
Ob
The Treaty of Portsmouth ended the war against what country in 1905?
Japan
What city was named after Yakov Sverdlov during the Soviet era?
Yekaterinburg
By what name was Saint Petersburg formerly known?
Leningrad
What is the most famous cathedral of Moscow?
St. Basil
What Russian ballet dancer emigrated to Canada in 1974?
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Who was the most-decorated Soviet general of WWII?
Georgy Zhukov
What tsar is known as the "Liberator" for his reforms in the 19th century?
Alexander II
What series of jewelled eggs were manufactured between 1885-1917?
Fabergé Egg
What plaza is located near the Kremlin?
Red Square
What Pittsburgh Penguin is nicknamed "Geno"?
Evgeni Malkin
What author said "If there is no God, everything is permitted"?
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
What country was jointly invaded by the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom in 1941?
Iran
What language, besides Russian, is commonly spoken in the city of Kazan?
Tatar
At the world championships of what game did the American Bobby Fischer
defeat Boris Spassky?
Chess
What is the Russian pronunciation of "Moscow"?
Moskva
What city is the headquarters of the Russian Pacific fleet?
Vladivostok
What event was hosted in Moscow in 1980?
Summer Olympics
4 Comments
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Level 96
Aug 11, 2020
Excellent quiz and great mix of questions.
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Level 74
Aug 11, 2020
Thanks, glad you liked it :)
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Level 75
Aug 12, 2020
Agreed
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Level 22
Apr 8, 2024
The official Newspaper of the Soviet Union is Pravda not prava