Rivers
Which is the longest river?
1) the Volga
2) the Lena
3) the Amur
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 White Sea
the White Sea
Which rivers flow into the Sea of Azov?
1) the Dnieper and the Kuban
2) the Dnieper and the Don
3) 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
Lake Fumarolnoye
Which sea is the shallowest sea in the world?
1) the East Siberian Sea
2) the Chukchi Sea
3) the Sea of Azov
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) Lake Pleshcheyevo
3) the Baltic Sea
Lake Pleshcheyevo
What river has the nickname "Matushka"?
1) the Kama
2) the Volga
3) the Anadyr
the Volga
Which lake is called the "pearl of Altai"?
1) Lake Seliger
2) Lake Ladoga
3) Lake Teletskoye
Lake Teletskoye
Which sea washes the shores of Russia and Norway?
1) the White Sea
2) the Barents Sea
3) the Norwegian sea
the Barents Sea
What lake is mentioned in the poem by Igor Severyanin?
"...Я множество разных историй
И песен тогда вспоминал
Про это озёрное море,
Про этот священный ______."
the 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
Lake Ladoga
What countries does the Amur River flow through?
1) Russia, China, Mongolia
2) Russia, China
3) Russia, 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
Lakes Onega and Ladoga
The La Pérouse Strait connects...
1) the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan
2) the Barents and White Seas
3) the Kara and Laptev Seas
The Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan
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 Nero
3) Lake Chudskoye
Lake Chudskoye
Which river connects Lake Baikal with the Arctic Ocean?
1) the Yenisei
2) the Ob
3) the Lena
4) the Angara
the Yenisei
What lake is Kizhi Island located in?
1) Lake Onega
2) Lake Ladoga
3) Lake Kizi
Lake Onega
Which is the deepest sea that washes Russia's shores?
1) the Kara Sea
2) the East Siberian Sea
3) the Bering 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 Ugra River
2) the Kalka River
3) the Vozha River
the Ugra River