Landforms and Climates
History
Culture
Economy
Anything Goes
100
This mountain range separates Europe from Asia
What is the Ural Mountains
100
Father of the Revolution pictured here in his tomb
Who is Vladimir Lenin
100
Main religion of Russia
What is Russian Orthodox (Eastern Orthodox)
100
Russia is the world's second largest producer of this.
What is Oil
100
Russian term for an emperor.
What is Czar
200
Land east of the Ural Mountains is most commonly referred to as this
What is Siberia
200
Leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
Who is Joseph Stalin
200
City on the Baltic Sea that is Russia's cultural capital
What is St. Peterburg
200
System in which a country produces all that it needs without trading with other countries
What is Autarky
200
The Central Asian country Borat was from
What is Kazakstan
300
Deepest lake in the world. Often referred to as the Jewel of Siberia
What is Lake Baikal
300
U.S.S.R. stands for this
What is Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
300
Soup made from beet roots
What is Borcht
300
The best means of transportation for people and goods in Russia
What is train
300
Site of a 1986 nuclear power plant explosion
What is Chernobyl
400
Central Asian lake that is drastically shrinking is size due to overuse for irregation
What is the Aral Sea
400
The U.S. purchaced this state from Russia 1867
What is Alaska
400
Type of nomadic dwelling seen here
What is a yurt
400
Russia's only unfrozen arctic port
What is Murmansk
400
Russian composer who wrote the Nutcracker and the 1812 overture
Who is Tchaikovsky
500
The area of evergreen forests that covers 1/2 of Russia
What is taiga
500
In 1812 the Russians defeated this French leader by burning the city of Moscow leaving his army without supplies and exposed to the harsh winter weather.
Who is Napoleon
500
Type of hat pictured here
What is a Ushanka
500
Russian River around which most industry is located.
What is the Volga River
500
Cathedral seen here
What is St. Basil's Cathedral