Russian History
The first tsar of Russia who killed his own son in 1581.
Who is Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)?
This city is the capital of Russia
What is Moscow?
This author wrote "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina"
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
This was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This is the Russian word for "hello"
What is Здравствуйте?
This Russian tsar is known for his Westernization reforms and the founding of the city known as the “window to Europe”.
Who is Peter the Great?
This Russian city is known for its historic architecture and was called Leningrad during the Soviet Union
What is St. Petersburg?
This Russian writer is known for his works "The Brothers Karamazov" and "Crime and Punishment"
Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?
In this year, the Soviet Union officially dissolved
What is 1991?
This is how you say “thank you” in Russian
What is Спасибо?
This 1917 event led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the end of the Russian Empire
What is The February Revolution?
This body of water is the largest freshwater lake in Russia, and the world by volume
What is Lake Baikal?
This novel by Anton Chekhov centers around the struggles of a family estate
What is "The Cherry Orchard"?
This is the name of the political organization founded by Vladimir Lenin, which became the leading party in the Soviet Union
What is The Bolshevik Party?
This is the name of the Russian alphabet, which is also used by Ukrainian and Bulgarian
What is The Cyrillic alphabet?
This massacre of unarmed protesters sparked the Russian Revolution of 1905
What is Bloody Sunday?
This is the longest river in Russia
What is the Volga River?
This Russian poet, known as the "Russian Shakespeare," wrote the poem "Eugene Onegin"
Who is Alexander Pushkin?
This Russian political figure, known for his advocacy of reform and openness, was the last leader of the Soviet Union
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This is the Russian term for the linguistic phenomenon of "softening" consonants, which occurs frequently in the language
What is palatalization?
This treaty signed in 1918 between The Soviet Union and the Central Powers, marking Russia’s exit from World War I
What is The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?
This mountain range forms part of the natural boundary between European Russia and Siberia
What are the Ural Mountains?
This is the name of the famous novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn that gives insight into what Soviet gulags were like
What is "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"?
This was the name of the covert organization within the Soviet Union that was responsible for espionage and internal surveillance, similar to the KGB
What is the NKVD?
This is the term for the system of inflections in the Russian language that indicates case, number, and gender
What is declension?