This is the national animal of Russia.
What is the brown bear?
This Russian city hosted the Winter Olympics in 2014.
What is Sochi?
Borsch is a famous Russian soup made from this vegetable.
What is beetroot?
This American state was previously a Russian colony.
What is Ohio?
This early video game popular in the West was developed in 1985 by designer Alexey Pajitnov
What is Tetris?
This artform usually associated with Russia actually came from France and Italy in the 1700s.
What is ballet?
Nearly 75% of Russia belongs to this single biome. It is usually associated with Siberia.
What is taiga/boreal forest?
This famous Russian drink is produced by fermenting grain.
What is kvass?
In the 13th century, Russia was invaded by this group from Central Asia.
What are the Mongols?
This is the name of the currency used in Russia.
What is a ruble?
This refers to a second country home many Russians have to leave the city on the weekends or holidays.
What is a dacha?
St. Petersburg is Russia's second largest city. During the Soviet Union it was known by this other name.
What is Leningrad?
This is the Russian equivalent of a kebab.
What is shashlik?
This Russian cosmonaut was the first person to enter space.
Who is Yuri Gagarin?
Unlike most Western countries, Russian does not use the Latin alphabet. This is the name of the writing system used by Russians.
What is Cyrillic?
This is the most common religion in Russian (a form of Christianity).
What is Orthodox Christian?
This railway, connecting Moscow and Vladivostok, is the longest in the world.
What is the Trans-Siberian Railway?
This dairy product accompanies many other foods, including desserts and soups.
What is smetana / sour cream?
Russia joined World War II after being invaded by Germany in 1941. WWII is known in Russia by this other name.
What is the Great Patriotic War?
This famous Russian was the top chess player in the world and held the title of Grandmaster from 1985 to 1993.
Who is Gary Kasparov?
This the 2nd most spoken language in Russian.
a) Arabic
b) Belarusian
c) Tatar
d) Hebrew
What is Tatar?
Russia is famously less than three miles apart from the United States. This is the name of the narrow waterway separating the two.
What is the Bering Strait?
This Russian scientist, who also invented the periodic table, created a classification for vodka purity.
Who is Dmitri Mendeleev?
In 1698, Emperor Peter the Great passed a tax against this popular men's fashion.
What is the beard tax?
This figure often appears in Russian folklore, and is the Russian equivalent of a Medieval knight.
What is a bogatyr?