Geography
What is the longest river in Europe, which flows through Russia?
The Volga
What is the name of the emperor who abolished serfdom in 1861?
Who wrote War and Peace and Anna Karenina?
Leo Tolstoy
What are Russia's 2 top export commodities?
Oil and gas
What is the name of the cartoon about a cheerful little bear cub who befriends a young boy and girl?
Masha and the Bear
What is the name of the mountain range that forms a border between Europe and Asia?
The Urals
Who was the first tsar of Russia?
Ivan the Terrible
What is the title of the famous Russian ballet based on a story featuring a magical toy and a mouse king?
The Nutcracker
What is the name of Russia's lower house of parliament?
The Duma
What colour is the star on the logo of the Russian football club CSKA Moscow?
Red
What is the 3rd most populous city in Russia?
Novosibirsk
What is the name of the event that ended the Russian Empire?
Bonus: In what year did it occur?
The February (or March, depending on the calendar) Revolution, 1917.
What is the name of the poet and writer, considered the founder of modern Russian literature, whose works include Eugene Onegin?
Alexander Pushkin
What does BRICS stand for?
Bonus: What year was it established?
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
2009 (South Africa joined in 2010)
In what year did Russia host the FIFA World Cup?
2018
What is the smallest region in Russia?
Kaliningrad Oblast (15,100 sq km)
Which empress expanded the Russian Empire's territory, and was known for her love of the arts and sciences?
Catherine the Great
In Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, what is the name of the protagonist who commits murder?
Rodion Raskolnikov
What is the name of the economic policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s to restructure the Soviet economy?
Perestroika
Which Russian tennis player won the French Open in 1996?
What percentage of Russia's land area is forested? A) 23% B) 36% C) 50% D) 61% E) 72%
C) 50% (49.78%, or 814.9 hectares out of a total land surface of 1637.7 hectares)
In what year was the Soviet Union's first artificial satellite launched into orbit? A) 1952 B) 1957 C) 1959 D) 1962 E) 1969
Bonus: What was its name?
B) 1957
Sputnik I
What is the name of the 19th century author who wrote Dead Souls, and is known for his satirical and supernatural stories?
Nikolai Gogol
What is the name of the Russian oligarch who founded the Wagner Group, a private military company?
Yevgeny Prigozhin
What is the name of the Russian gymnast who won multiple Olympic gold medals in the late 90s and early 2000s?
Svetlana Khorkina