important russian leaders
he was the last Czar of Russia
who is Czar Nicholas ||?
What is the vast expanse of land known for extremely cold temperatures, and permafrost
What is Siberia?
What is the Russian term for its emperor?
What is Czar?
A peasant who was legally bound to live and work on the land of their lord for centuries in Russia
Who are Serfs?
This writer wrote a book is historic fiction concerning the Napoleonic Wars.
Leo Tolstoy. "War & Peace".
the president of Russia
who is Vladimir Putin
This is the dividing line between Europe and Asia
What are The Ural Mountains?
This czar had the black secret police and was a very harsh ruler.
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
This war in the early 18th century enabled Russia to have a port to the Baltic Sea.
What is the Great Northern War?(1700 to 1721.)
This Russian writer wrote a book on the Russian revolution about a romance between a doctor and a mysterious woman named Lara, that led to a movie starring Omar Sharif in 1965.
Who is Boris Pasternak? "Dr. Zhivago."
he is a man who killed 20 million Russians
Who is joseph stallin?
The longest river in Russia
What is the Volga?
The radical Communist group that took over Russia in the Russian Revolution.
Who were the Bolsheviks?
This war in the 19th century caused Russia to be stopped from getting a port in the Black Sea?
What is the Crimean War?
This Russian writer loved women's feet and wrote novels including Eugene Onegin (1833), The Captain’s Daughter (1436), Dubrovsky (1841).
Who is Aleksander Pushkin?
he was the soviet Premier when JFK was shot dead and attended his funeral
Who was Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev?
The world's largest inland body of water that is south of Russia.
What is the Caspian Sea?
Who was the main leader of the Bolsheviks?
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
This Russian Leader corresponded with Voltaire and agreed largely with his ideas and brought numerous reforms to Russia.
Who was Empress Catherine the Great?
This famous Russian writer's novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Brothers Karamazov (1880) and Demons (1872).
Who was Fyodor Dostoevsky?
He was the last leader of the Soviet Union, allowing for a peaceful transition from USSR to Russia.
Who was Gorbachev?
he highest peak in Russia and is an extinct volcanon
What is Mt. Elbrus?
The letters USSR stand for what?
What is The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
The Original Capital of Russia
What is Kiev?
This Russian writer defected to the USA in 1976 and wrote extensively against Communism during the Cold War especially against Joseph Stalin.
Who was Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn?