The Good Ol' Days
"Iron" Curtain?
Cold War?
"Modern" Russia
European or Asian?
100
Fourteen
What is the number of countries bordered by Russia?
100
Lenin's brutal successor who expanded the Soviet Union far into Europe.
Who is Josef Stalin?
100
This "race" led to America and the Soviet Union increasing their stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction during the Cold War.
What is the Nuclear Arms Race?
100
The number of branches in Russia's government.
What is three.
100
The heart of Moscow and the center of government in Russia.
What is the Kremlin?
200
Ruled Russia from 1547 to 1917.
What is the Czars?
200
The "Eastern Bloc."
What are countries that were under Soviet influence/control during the Cold War?
200
The closest the United States and the Soviet Union probably ever came to fighting a nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
200
Current President of Russia.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
200
Longest river in Europe and a key to Russia's shipping system.
What is the Volga?
300
Leader of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
Who is Vladimir Ilich Lenin?
300
He gave a famous speech called the "Sinews of Peace" and said that an "Iron Curtain" had descended across the continent of Europe.
Who is Winston Churchill?
300
His campaign ads in 1964 portrayed Barry Goldwater as a dangerous warmonger who would blow up the world in a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
300
The two federal cities in Russia today.
What is Moscow and St. Petersburg?
300
Elite horse soldiers who have fought in many of Russia's wars during the last 300+ years.
Who are the Cossacks?
400
Last Czar of all the Russias.
Who is Nicholas the 2nd?
400
The "military" hinge of American foreign policy during the Cold War which sought to contain Communism where it already existed.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
400
His policies of perestroika and glasnost were an attempt to reform and stabilize the Soviet Union.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
400
49 large regions or administrative districts in Russia today.
What are oblasts?
400
At 5,778 miles long it is the longest in the world with regular service.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railway?
500
Kaiser Wilhelm II, King George V, Nicholas II
Who were the Kings of Germany, England, and Russia at the start of WW I who were also first cousins?
500
The "socioeconomic" hinge of American foreign policy during the Cold War which helped rebuild western Europe and prevented them from going Communist.
What is the Marshall Plan?
500
His campaign ad "There's a Bear in the Woods" asked the question, "shouldn't we be as strong as the bear, if there is a bear?"
Who is Ronald Reagan?
500
There are 7 of these which help govern the cumbersome system in Russia.
What are Federal Districts?
500
Holds more water than all the great lakes combined.
What is Lake Baikal?
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