Dr. Zhivago
Formalism
Rocket Platforms
Stalin
Random
Russian
Stuff
100
The major theme of this novel is the destruction of mysticism and idealism by the machinery of the Bolshevik revolution.
What is Dr. Zhivago?
100
A movement led by Boris Eichenbaum in which the text is intentionally roughened in order to obscure meaning.
What is Russian Formalism
100
This rocket received a NATO designation of SS-18 and began it's life in 1964 and was used as a nuclear missile carrying a sing RV and was later modified to carry three MRV. Was once described by Tom Clancy as having the ability to "turn Cheyenne Mountain into Cheyenne Lake"
What is the R36
100
Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili
Who is Joseph Stalin?
100
This is the largest lake in Europe connecting the Volga river with the Baltic sea it is located near Karelia
What is Lake Ladoga?
200
This character loses his parents as child.
Who is Zhivago?
200
Russian Formalism was primarily a response to this literary criticism.
What is the New American Criticism?
200
The modern rocket launched from "Sea Launch" a giant ship built to launch rockets.
What is the Zenit 3SL?
200
The period during the 1930's where Stalin depleted the Red Army resulting in being ill prepared for Hitler's attack in 1941.
What is the "Red Terror"
200
The Caspian Rose (a lotus flower) grows on the delta of this famous river.
What is the Volga river?
300
Zhivago's wife
Who is Tonya?
300
Literary criticism grew out of this study of interpretation originating in Talmudic scholarship.
What is Hermeneutics?
300
A mobile rocket launching system capable of Intercontinental ranges. What made it unique was it's three stage solid rocket design and ability to "Cold Launch" in a matter of five minutes with an accuracy of 200 meters.
What is the Topol-M?
300
After this leader of the Bolshevik seizure died in 1924, Stalin promoted himself as the exclusive political heir and by outmaneuvering his rivals became the dictator of the Soviet Union.
Who is Lenin?
300
The number of seas in Russia.
What is 12?
400
Zhivago's son
Who is Sasha?
400
This Hermenutist spoke of the need for the reader to know the intent of the author.
Who E.D. Hirsch?
400
This multiple rocket launcher was first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in WWII. Although it had low accuracy and took a long time to reload they could deliver rocket powered artillery inexpensively and with a large number of projectiles all at once.
What is the Katyusha rocket launcer?
400
The Russian state where Stalin was born.
What is Georgia?
400
The Russian government gets 10% of it's revenue from the sale of this liquid.
What is vodka?
500
Larissa Feodoronovna Guishar
Who is Lara?
500
This Hermeneutist spoke of the canon of tradition and the importance of culture on the interpretation of text.
Who is Martin Heidegger?
500
The rocket that launched "Sputnik"
What is the R-7
500
The meaning of the name "Stalin"
What is steel?
500
This bell located in the Kremlin is the worlds largest. It measures 20 ft from the crest to the bottom of the rim and weighs 223 tons.
What is the Tsar Kolokol bell?
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