physical features
The mountains that separate European Russia from Asian Russia
What are the Urals
Czars
What is the name for the emperors who ruled Russia for hundreds of years?
St. Basil's cathedral
What is the name of the brightly painted cathedral in Moscow?
Uzbekistan
Which of the "stan" countries has several straight borders?
Chernobyl
What is the name of the city where a nuclear accident occured?
The Volga
What river system do thousands of Russians rely on?
Nicholas II
Who was the last Russian czar?
Jeweled Easter Eggs
What did Peter Carl Faberge create for the Imperial Family?
Which of the "stan" countries is the largest?
1986
In what year did the Chernobyl accident occur?
Lake Baikal
What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world?
Hemophilia
What disease led the Czarina to seek help from Rasputin for her son?
Cyrillic
What is the name of the Russian alphabet?
Georgia
Which country is farther north - Georgia or Armenia?
failed test
What was the cause of the nuclear accident?
Siberia
What takes up 3/4 of Russia?
Bolshevik Revolution
What happened in Russia in 1917?
TransSiberian Railroad
What did the Russians build that help unite their country?
Which country is the world's largest?
liquidators
What is the name for the workers who were sent in to clean up Chernobyl?
What mountains lie between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea?
1991
When did the U.S.S.R. break up?
glasnost
What is the name for the new openness encouraged by Gorbachev, which allowed for the sharing of culture and the eventual downfall of the U.S.S.R.?
Afghanistan
In which country was the United States at war with the Taliban?
Radioactive poisoning
What was the cause of death of many of the workers and surrounding families at Chernobyl?