Catherine The Great
Catherine was said to have one of the world's most impressive art collections in this palace.
What is the St. Petersburg Winter Palace?
The names of the two organizations Peter created to mock and control the Orthodox Church.
What is the Drunken and Holy Synod?
The new title for Russian Leaders after Ivan gained power.
Vladimir The Great converted Rus to Christianity during this year.
When was 988?
Peter The Great loved collecting these, and even traded tall people to other monarchs in order to obtain them.
What are little people?
The actual name of Catherine the Great.
Who is Sophie Von Anhalt-Zerbst?
The tradition that Peter changed into a circus show where twelve physically deformed drunk people would ride around town on odd animals.
What is Palm Sunday?
Ivan had 8 of these, which would make him a real ladies man.
What is a wife?
The name of Vladimir's wife who he obtained from Byzantine after converting to Christianity.
This Tsar was known for doing horrific things in the name of God.
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
Catherine was said to have amassed this many lovers over her political career, and continued to keep them in her life for political as well as personal reasons.
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Peter The Great was known for his immense tolerance to this substance, and can be compared to a modern day frat bro because of it.
What is alcohol?
Ivan was pen pals with this famous European ruler.
Who was Queen Elizabeth The First?
The neighbor of Rus and one of the main reasons why Vladimir chose to convert to Orthodoxy.
What was the Byzantine Empire?
This railway is the longest in the world, and is located within Russia.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railway?
Catherine kept a lifelong correspondence with this famous French writer.
Who is Voltaire?
Peter gave himself this title to mock the Church, and even signed official letters with it.
What is Deacon Peter?
Ivan's most influential advisor and the metropolitan of Moscow who seemingly kept him in check while he was alive.
Who was Makarii?
The grandmother of Vladimir the Great who converted to Christianity before it became the official religion.
This famous computer game was invented in Russia in 1984, and is known for it's geometric shapes which one must fit into rows.
What is Tetris?
There is a rumor that Catherine died while trying to have intercourse with this type of animal.
What is a Horse?
These two Europeans are one of the main reasons that Peter was so obsessed with the west.
Who is Francis Lefort and Patrick Gordon
Ivan often thought he saw these, and believed they were signs that the day of judgment were coming.
What are ghosts?
Vlad was so amazed by the beauty of these places in Byzantine that he believed they were a gateway to the beauty of heaven.
What is a Church?
Russia sold this large piece of land to the U.S. all the way back in 1897.
What is Alaska?