One of the most infamous figures in history, this man is credited for industrializing the Soviet Union and unnecessarily killing 10 million people.
What is Josef Stalin?
100
Please list at least three current countries formerly in the Soviet Union, not including Russia.
What is Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania?
100
A city in the south of Russia which is famous for hosting the most recent Winter Olympic games.
What is Sochi?
100
Russians tend to belong to this faith (please give the sect as well).
What is Orthodox Christianity?
200
This composer is responsible for "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake". Was also one of Russia's most prominent LGBTQ figures.
What is Tchaikovsky?
200
The name of the political party which created the USSR and overthrew the royal family.
What is Bolshevik?
200
Putin's mastery in judo has won him an honorary black belt from this Asian country.
What is South Korea?
200
This peninsula, which is principally ethnically Russian, was recently annexed by the Russian Federation on the grounds of salvation from the oppressive Ukrainian regime (which is a lie but we're ignoring that right now).
What is Crimea?
200
The Russian/Soviet currency.
What is Rouble?
300
The name of the Russian royal family.
What is Romanov?
300
This Soviet leader followed Khrushchev, and was famous for his crazy eyebrows and efforts at agricultural reform.
Who is Brezhnev?
300
This country at one point ruled jointly with the Lithuanians, but was taken over by Hitler and then became a Soviet satellite state.
What is Poland?
300
In 2008, Russian forces attacked this small country in the Caucasus mountain range, following disputes over the border and two small regions called "Abkhazia" and "South Ossetia".
What is the Republic of Georgia?
300
Most Nobel prizes awarded to Russians have been from this scientific field.
What is Physics?
400
In this year, massive civil unrest and political protests rocked the Russian Federation. Though it was before 1917, this was in response to the Russo-Japanese War.
What is 1905?
400
In this year, Moscow hosted the Summer Olympics, prompting a protest from President Carter. Later this year, the US Olympic hockey team beat the Soviets.
What is 1980?
400
The Soviet government fought this Islamic group in effort to gain control of Afghanistan in 1979, which obviously went swimmingly.
What is Mujaheddin?
400
In 2013, the Russian Federation banned equating these types of "lifestyles" to typical relationships, citing the need to protect children and elevate the birth rate.
What is "nontraditional sexual?" (LGBTQ, basically)
400
A drink (with disputed origins) whose ban is an under-cited reason for the Russian Revolution as well as fall of the Soviet Union thanks to making leaders unpopular and draining finances.
What is vodka?
500
A Russian author who starts off Anna Karenina with "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
What is Tolstoy?
500
The year when the Soviet Union fell.
What is 1991?
500
The year in which the Russians withdrew from the First World War, thanks to the rising of the socialist government.
What is 1917?
500
The Russian government is seeking banning McDonalds citing "Unethical food practices" except for this one food item.
What is Big Mac?
500
Decade in which the serfs were (at least legally) emancipated.