Geography
The amount of time zones in Russia, from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka.
What is eleven?
Who is Catherine II? (Catherine the Great)
The first dog in space, launched by the Soviets in 1957.
Who is Laika?
The literal translation of the greeting "здравствуйте."
What is "be well"?
Anton Chekhov's primary occupation outside of writing.
What is a physician?
This ancient Siberian rift lake is the deepest in the world.
What is Lake Baikal?
The Soviet Union's first president.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
The most powerful weapon ever created and tested by man.
What is the Tsar Bomba?
The Russian names of these two letters: Ъ, Ь
A three-stringed triangle-shaped Russian instrument.
What is a balalaika?
The second largest ethnic group in Russia.
What are the Volga Tatars?
Nizhny Novgorod was once named after this Russian writer.
Maxim Gorky
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a commercial for this American fast-food restaurant in 1998.
What is Pizza Hut?
This author is widely considered to be the father of the modern Russian language.
Who is Alexander Pushkin?
Viktor Tsoi was the founder and lead singer of this influential Russian rock band.
What is Kino?
This biome consists of flat grasslands with little tree coverage, and is widespread throughout Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
What is the steppe?
The demonym that refers to people from Moscow.
What are Muscovites?
The Russian Tsar who sold Alaska to the United States.
Who is Alexander II?
The US state with the most Russian speakers.
What is New York?
While working for the Dorodnitsyn Computing Center of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, Alexey Pajitnov created this video game in 1984.
What is Tetris?
This republic within the Russian Federation is the only Buddhist majority region in Europe.
What is Kalmykia?
The current Foreign Minister of Russia.
Who is Sergei Lavrov?
The city in which the Russian-Ukrainian revolutionary Lev Trotsky was assassinated.
What is Mexico City?
The declension of “Бог” in the phrase “Боже мой!” is an example of this archaic grammar case.
What is the Vocative case?
The opening scene of this book takes place in Patriarch Ponds, Moscow.
What is Master and Margarita?