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How do you say "Аpple" in Russian?

Яблоко  

100

Name ALL the Baltic States

Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia

100

This mountain range divides European and Asian Russia from each other

The Ural Mountains

100

This is the name Russians traditionally call "The Second World War"

The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)

100

This is the name for the cottage that many Russians have, usually outside urban areas and in forests

Dacha

200

What is the Russian word for Businessman?

Бизнесмен 

200

What do Russians do before they travel? 

Sit in silence 

200

This small post-Soviet country is famous for its rolling hills and fertile plains, and history was a centre of wine production in the Soviet Union. 

Moldova

200

How many terms has Vladimir Putin served as president of the Russian Federation?

5 (1999-2000, 2000-2006, 2012-2018, 2018-2024, 2024-????)

200

After Russian Orthodoxy, what is the largest religion in Russia?

Islam

300

Я живу в [Южная Дакота]

Южной Дакоте

300

There is no direct translation for this basic English noun in Russian. The closest is веселье, which literally translates to the emotions joy or merriment.

Fun

300

In 2023 following their partial occupation, these two Ukrainian subdivisions were added to the Russian Federation specifically as oblasts, not as autonomous republics. 

Zaporizhia and Kherson

300

This city was brutally sieged and starved during Operation Barbarossa, resulting in the death of at least 800,000 Russians. 

Leningrad

300

What is the modern political significance of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" in Russia?

The death of the leader; political instability

400

"New Mexico" in Russian

Нью-Мексико

400

Which Eastern European country consumes more potatoes than any other in the world?

Belarus

400

How many timezones does Russia span?

11

400

In 988, Grand Prince Vladimir made perhaps the most critical decision in Slavic history; what was it?

The Baptism of the Rus'

400

What day is Russian Christmas

January 7th

500
What state does Sean live in? Spell it on the board на русском. 

Род-Айленд

500

Before McDonalds Closed in Russia, this seafood-based sandwich could only be found there...

McShrimp

500

This city was essentially built on a bog, in the forests just north of Eastern Europe's plains; this ended up making it one of the most defendable cities in Europe, and an artery of Eastern Slavic civilisation. 

Moscow

500

Before 1961, Volgograd was known as Stalingrad, but what was the city's name before that?

Tsaritsyn (1589-1925)

500

This Church, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, was built in St. Petersburg in 1883 after the assassination of which Russian Emperor

Alexander II

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