Numbers
Lev's age in the story
What is 17?
“...Look, I don’t expect composers and poets to be heroes. I just don’t like hypocrites.”
Who is Kolya?
A 'luger' is this type of weapon
What is a gun?
The interior ministry of the Soviet Union is abbreivated as this
What is the NKVD?
das Vaterland refers to this in German
What is 'The Fatherland'?
Kolya's age in the story
What is 20?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
“I’ll play white. And do not worry—you can keep your queen.”
A native or citizen of Moscow is known as this
What is a Muscovite?
Lev mentions a certain supernatural being who appears as a deformed or ferocious-looking old woman with this name
What is Baba Yaga?
Lev's grandson currenty lives here
What is Los Angeles?
The number of days Lev and Kolya have to retrieve a dozen eggs
What is five?
“I started shooting people.”
Who is Vika?
A German, especially a soldier in the First World War is often nicknamed this
What is a Fritz?
Dmitri Shostakovich was known as a composer and a player of this instrument
What is a piano?
The first location Lev and Kolya head to, known as a black market
What is Haymarket?
The number of eggs the colonel has gathered in the end
What is 48?
“You’re a writer. Make it up.”
Who is Lev?
This word describes the state of being like, or relating to a wolf or wolves
What is lupine?
These jewelled objects were created by a renowned jeweller firm, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
What are Fabergé eggs?
It is suggested that the 'M' of the city Mga is an initial for this name
What is Maria?
The original number of men in the partisian Lev and Kolya encounter
What is a dozen?
“They said you were dead!”
Who is Sonya?
A highly decorated tea urn used in Russia is called this
What is a somavor?
The Russian prima ballerina mentioned in the story
Who is Tamara Karsavina?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
In the Hebrew Bible, this is a place of darkness to which the dead go