Rivers
Which is the longest river?
1) the Volga
2) the Lena
3) the Amur
4) the Neva
the Lena
What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world?
the Baikal
What is the world's largest inland body of water, classified as a lake and sea?
the Caspian Sea
What river is mentioned in the poem by Mikhail Lermontov?
"______ воет, дик и злобен,
Меж утесистых громад,
Буре плач его подобен,
Слезы брызгами летят.
Но, по степи разбегаясь,
Он лукавый принял вид
И, приветливо ласкаясь,
Морю Каспию журчит..."
the Terek
Where did Mikhail Lomonosov go fishing with his father as a child?
1) the Baltic Sea
2) the Kara Sea
3) the Laptev Sea
4) the White Sea
the White Sea
What rivers flow into the Sea of Azov?
1) the Dnieper and the Kuban
2) the Dnieper and the Volga
3) the Don and the Volga
4) the Don and the Kuban
the Don and the Kuban
Which lake is considered the warmest in Russia?
1) Lake Fumarolnoye
2) Lake Chany
3) Lake Pleshcheyevo
4) Lake Seliger
Lake Fumarolnoye
Which sea is the shallowest sea in the world?
1) the Sea of Azov
2) the Bering Sea
3) the Chukchi Sea
4) the East Siberian Sea
the Sea of Azov
What river is mentioned in the poem by Nikolay Nekrasov?
"О _____! после многих лет
Я вновь принес тебе привет.
Уж я не тот, но ты светла
И величава, как была.
Кругом все та же даль и ширь,
Все тот же виден монастырь
На острову, среди песков,
И даже трепет прежних дней
Я ощутил в душе моей,
Заслыша звон колоколов."
the Volga
Where did Peter the Great build his famous "funny flotilla"?
1) the Neva River
2) the Baltic Sea
3) the Black Sea
4) Lake Pleshcheyevo
Lake Pleshcheyevo
What river has the nickname "Matushka"?
1) the Kama
2) the Volga
3) the Anadyr
4) the Irtysh
the Volga
Which lake is called the "pearl of Altai"?
1) Lake Seliger
2) Lake Ladoga
3) Lake Baikal
4) Lake Teletskoye
Lake Teletskoye
Which sea washes the shores of Russia and Norway?
1) the White Sea
2) the Baltic Sea
3) the Norwegian sea
4) the Barents Sea
the Barents Sea
What lake is mentioned in the poem by Oleg Bykov?
“О, Космос ________,
Ты вечность, в котором всё тайна,
Источник легенд,
Откровений людских и надежд,
Ты – мудрость планет,
И всё-то в тебе не случайно,
Как, скажем, убранство
Твоих несравненных одежд.”
Lake Baikal
What lake was known as "The Road of Life" during the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945)?
1) Lake Ladoga
2) Lake Onega
3) Lake Teletskoye
4) Lake Taymyr
Lake Ladoga
What countries does the Amur River flow through?
1) Russia, Mongolia
2) Russia, China
3) Russia, Kazakhstan, China
4) Russia, China, Mongolia
Russia, China, Mongolia
Which lakes are part of the "Golden Ring" of Karelia?
1) Lakes Lake Taymyr and Ladoga
2) Lakes Pleshcheyevo and Onega
3) Lakes Onega and Ladoga
4) Lake Seliger and Onega
Lakes Onega and Ladoga
Which sea does not freeze?
1) the Kara Sea
2) the Laptev Sea
3) the Barents Sea
4) the Sea of Okhotsk
the Barents Sea
Can you guess the name of the poem by Fyodor Tyutchev?
"Пятнадцать лет с тех пор минуло,
Прошёл событий целый ряд,
Но вера нас не обманула -
И севастопольского гула
Последний слышим мы раскат."
the Black Sea
What lake is famous for the great historical battle known as "The Battle on the Ice," which took place on 5 April, 1242?
1) Lake Ilmen
2) Lake Seliger
3) Lake Chudskoye
4) Lake Nero
Lake Chudskoye
Which river connects Lake Baikal with the Arctic Ocean?
1) the Ob
2) the Yenisei
3) the Lena
4) the Angara
the Yenisei
In which lake is Kizhi Island located?
1) Lake Lama
2) Lake Ladoga
3) Lake Kizi
4) Lake Onega
Lake Onega
Which sea washing the shores of Russia is the deepest?
1) the Kara Sea
2) the Bering Sea
3) the Chukchi Sea
4) the East Siberian Sea
the Bering Sea
What sea is mentioned in the poem by Vitaly Sibirtsev?
“Море смотрит взглядом царским.
Но известно, что давно,
Ни _______, а Варяжским.
У славян звалось оно.”
the Baltic Sea
What river is well-known for the bloodless battle, which took place in autumn 1480, between the army of Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow and Akhmat Khan's army of the Great Horde?
1) the Shelon River
2) the Kalka River
3) the Ugra River
4) the Vozha River
the Ugra River