Bodies of Water
Landmarks
Culture
Physical Characteristics
Mr. Tucker goes Random
100
This large lake that has lost 80% of water volume from irrigation projects.
Aral Sea
100
This cathedral was built in Moscow by Ivan the Terrible
St. Basil's Cathedral
100
These dolls of decreasing sizes are placed one inside the other.
Matryoshka Dolls
100
This wooded region is called an arctic forest or alpine forest, and consists of cone bearing trees, harsh winters and mild summers
Taiga
100
The ocean that surrounds the North Pole.
Arctic Ocean
200
Narrow body of water that separates Russia from Alaska
Bering Strait
200
This Citadel of Moscow houses the offices of the Russian government
The Kremlin
200
These Jeweled eggs that Nicholas II give to his family
Faberge Eggs
200
A vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line
Tundra
200
A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River, world's largest inland body of water located between Europe and Asia
Caspian Sea
300
The longest river in Europe and Russia's most important commercial river.
Volga River
300
This railroad starts in Moscow and ends in the Pacific port of Vladivostok.
Trans-Siberian Railroad
300
This artistic dance form that originated in Russia is performed to music using precise and highly formalized steps and gestures.
Ballet
300
This north-south range separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.
Ural Mountains
300
Russia's great frontier region, a vast territory of what is now central and eastern Russia, called Sleeping Land.
Siberia
400
This river forms the border between Russia and China.
Amur River
400
These large prefab concrete buildings were built in the 1950s and 60s to provide all of Russia with basic housing.
Soviet Style Apartments
400
Name this highly decorated tea urn used in Russia.
Samovar
400
These mountains stretch between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
Caucasus Mountains
400
River that flows north to the Arctic Ocean.
Ob River
500
This is the oldest and deepest lake in the world and is found in Siberia
Lake Baikal
500
These tall slender towers are typically part of a mosque.
Minaret
500
This rich, black topsoil found in the Northern European Plain, especially in Russia and Ukraine
Chernozem
500
A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions.
Permafrost
500
Muslim House of Worship
Mosque