Geography
A vast expanse of land within Russia known for its extremely cold temperatures.
Siberia
Russian author of famous novel 'War and Peace'.
Leo Tolstoy
Spell the first and last name of current Russian president.
Vladimir Putin
Self-proclaimed mystic, healer and holy man who influenced czar Nicholas II and his wife.
Grigori Rasputin (will accept just Rasputin)
Now serving life in prison, Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin had no defense for wanting to kill 64 people to match the number of spaces on the board for what game?
Chess
Three of Russia's neighbours.
Acceptable: Poland, Lithuania, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, and North Korea.
Name a novel of the famous Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamazov, Demons, Notes from the Underground, The Gambler, The Idiot.... etc
Was Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 ultimately a success or failure for the French?
Failure. Considered a significant series of events in Napoleon's downfall.
What alliances did Russia have (which side did they fight on) in both WW1 and WW2?
WW1: "The Triple Entente", "The Allies", Russia France and Britain. WW2: "Big Three", The "Allied Powers", GB US and SU,
Mikhail Popkov, a Russian rapist and serial killer who tallied over 70 victims in the 1990s and 2000s, is known by what animal nickname, associating him indirectly with Team Jacob and Professor Lupin?
The world's largest inland body of water that is south of Russia... the ______ Sea.
the Caspian Sea
Name a Russian composer.
Tchaicovsky, Shostacovich, Stravinsky... etc
What do the letters USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
In what year (closest decade acceptable) did the Soviet Union finally dismantle?
1991
What is the national flower of Russia? (is used widely in teas).
Chamomile
Mountains within Russia that act as a 'dividing line' between Europe and Asia.
the Ural Mountains
What is the animal of the Russian coat of arms?
Double-headed eagle
Name one Russian leader between Stalin and Putin.
Georgy Malenkov, Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Cherenko, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Dmitry Medvedev.
What pact did Russia sign with Germany in 1939?
A non-aggression pact.
Complete this line from the Russian National Anthem (translated to English):
From Arctic lands to southern seas
Lie our forests and fields.
Nothing like you exists in the world,
Native land protected by ___!
God
The size of Russia (rounded to the nearest million square kilometres).
17.1 million square km (17)
The name of the tribes (ethnolinguistic group) that formed early Russia.
In what year does Putin's current presidential term end?
2024
In which year did the Russian Revolution take place? (The most memorable/important year of the revolution).
1917
What is the Russian name for the traditional Russian fur cap with ear flaps?
Ushanka