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100

Before he became a writer, Bulgakov practiced this profession.

What is a doctor?

100

In this work, singing evokes "a broad road in the distance."

What is Gorky's "26 and 1"?

100

This literary movement followed Symbolism.

What is Acmeism?

100

Alexander Blok wrote "The 12" the after this momentous event.

What is the 1917 Russian Revolution?

100

This is the sound revolution makes in Russian literature.

What is "oo"?

100

This river runs through St. Petersburg.

What is the Neva?

200

Vladimir Soloviev's nephew helped this Russian writer choose a pen name for himself.

Who is Andrei Bely? (Boris Bugaev)

200

In Petersburg, this statesman is "the person who has arisen here from non-being."

Who is Apollon Apollonovich?

200

This philosopher was on the lookout for the "all unity" (sobornost').

Who is Soloviev?

200

More than 15 million Russian men served in this "great" conflict. More than 4 1/2 million were killed or wounded.

What is WWI.

200

This Bulgakov story features a naked man on a museum tour.

What is "The Fire of the Khans" or "The Khan's Fire"?

200

This equestrian statue mostly stays on its pedestal in St. Petersburg.

What is the Bronze Horseman?

300

This Russian writer influenced Orwell and Huxley.

Who is Zamiatin?

300

In Babel's Red Cavalry Stories, this character wait for the "sweet revolution."

Who is Gedali?

300
The age of early 20th-century Russian literature is described by this precious metal.

Silver.

300

Although surrounded by wolves, Doctor Zhivago is able to write poetry at this estate in the Urals.

What is Varykino?

300

In "My First Goose," Liutin reads this aloud to the Cossacks.

What is Lenin's speech?

300

This barrier separates the One State from the natural world.

What is the Green Wall?

400

Because he saved many Russian writers from starvation and persecution, he was called the "Noah" of the Russian Revolution.

Who is Gorky?

400

In We, he is "the poet with the African lips."

Who is R-13?

400

In 1903, the last royal costume ball was held in this grand building.

What is the Winter Palace (Hermitage)?

400

D-503 and I-330 often meet behind the opaque walls of this building.

What is the Ancient House?

400

Later, this quiet fellow changes his name to Strelnikov.

Who is Pasha (Antipov)?

400

This "devilish" group stages a revolution in We.

Who are the MEPHI?

500

This Russian composer was a friend of Pasternak. I-330 performs his music in We.

Who is Scriabin?

500

This writer claimed that "revolution is fruitful and able to renew life only when it happens first spiritually."

Who is Gorky?

500

According to Misha Gordon, this war saved the Russian from Stalin's Great Terror.

What is WWII?

500

This Baltic city is where Dudkin and Shishnarfne first met.

What is Helsingfors (Helsinki)?

500

This imaginary number bother's Zamiatin's D-503.

What is the square root of negative one?

500

His poem features a drug store.

Who is Blok?