Leaders
Soviet Union
Name that Year!
Ballet
Geography
100
Who was the last Tsar of Russia?
Who is Tsar Nicholas II?
100
Which was more popular in Soviet Russia: Coca-Cola or Pepsi?
What is Pepsi?
100
In what year did the Bolshevik Revolution take place?
What is 1917?
100
What are the names of the famous theatres in St. Petersburg and Moscow?
What is the Mariinsky and the Bolshoi Theatre?
100
What famous river runs through St. Petersburg?
What is the Neva River?
200
Who was the first democratically elected president of Russia?
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
200
What was the last country to declare independence from the USSR?
What is the Kazakh SSR (Republic of Kazakhstan)?
200
What year did the infamous Chernobyl explosion happen?
What is 1986?
200
Who composed the music for the famous ballet The Nutcracker?
Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?
200
What is the name of the deepest lake in the world?
What is Lake Baikal?
300
Who is famously known for bringing Christianity to Russia?
Who is Vladimir the Great?
300
What popular Soviet car brand was this?
What is Zhiguli?
300
What year did Krushchev deliver his Secret Speech which criticized Stalin's reign and cult of personality?
What is 1956?
300
How many times has the Bolshoi Theatre burned down?
What is 3 times?
300
How many times zones does Russia span?
What are 11 times zones?
400
After leading an invasion of Russia with help from the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth, Dmitri the Pretender ruled as Tsar of Russia from 1605-1606. Whose dead son did he claim to be?
Who is Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)?
400
How could the Soviet government tell what USSR passports were forged and which were real?
What are rusty staples?
400
The first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova was sent in what year?
What is 1963?
400
Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg is one of the most famous ballet schools in the world. Before getting its own building what famous building was the school-based out of?
What is the Winter Palace?
400
What is the western-most city of Russia?
What is Kaliningrad?
500
What ex-leader of the Soviet Union gave a speech at Powell Symphony Hall here in St. Louis Missouri?
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
500
The WWII women's only bomber regiment was nicknamed what by the German soldiers?
What is the Night Witches?
500
What year was Moscow founded?
What is 1147?
500
Known as the "father of American ballet" what Russian Ballet dancer moved to the United States and co-founded the School of American Ballet and the famous company known as the New York City Ballet?
Who is George Balanchine?
500
What is the capital of Sverdlovsk Oblast east of the Ural Mountains?
What is Yekaterinburg?