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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was the name of Saint Petersburg during the Soviet era?	Leningrad	98%
What sea does the city overlook?	{Baltic} Sea	94%
Which Russian tsar established the city in 1703?	Peter the Great	94%
The army of which country surrounded the city in 1941 and cut off the entry and exit points for almost 900 days - causing the death of millions of civilians?	Germany	91%
Which politician and ex-KGB spy was born in Saint Petersburg in October 1952?	Vladimir Putin	85%
In which year did the Bolsheviks move the capital from Saint Petersburg to Moscow?	1918	82%
What part of that sea does Saint Petersburg border more specifically?	Gulf of {Finland}	81%
What were the names of the two parts of the Russian Revolution that took place in Saint Petersburg?	{October} Revolution	77%
What is the name of the second largest art museum in the world?	{Hermitage} Museum	74%
Which palace was the residence of the Russian emperors?	{Winter} Palace	71%
Which Dostoyevsky novel focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov - an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg?	Crime and Punishment	64%
On the delta of what river is the city located?	Neva	63%
What did the Imperial government rename the city to after the outbreak of World War I?	Petrograd	62%
What were the names of the two parts of the Russian Revolution that took place in Saint Petersburg?	{February} Revolution	60%
What country established Nyenskans fortress - the first settlement of the city in 1611?	Sweden	55%
What major lake is situated in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg?	Ladoga	51%
What type of federal subject is Saint Petersburg?	{Federal} City	44%
What are Vasilyevsky, New Holland, Yelagin and Zayachy?	Islands	35%
What is the most common nickname of the city among Russians?	{Window} to the West	30%
What is the name of the largest airport that serves Saint Petersburg?	Pulkovo	28%