Russian History
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Miscellaneous
100

This self proclaimed mystic befriended Tsar Nicholas II, after seemingly curing the Tsar's son of hemophilia, a blood disorder.

Rasputin

100

The worlds first steam train was built and ran in which country.

U.K. (England)

200

The city of St. Petersburg was formerly known by this Soviet name.

Leningrad

200

This German racing driver was killed in a 1938 crash whilst trying to set a land speed record in his Auto Union Streamliner racecar.

Bernd Rosemeyer

300

Located in central Russia, this is the deepest lake in the world.

Lake Baikal

300

This was the first jet-propelled airplane ever used in combat.

Messerschmidt Me 262

300

This small, Red Sea Nation, still holds many Italian influences, despite being de-colonized many decades ago. 

Eritrea

400

During a 1987 speech in West Berlin, U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously told which Soviet leader to "tear down this wall!", 

Mikhail Gorbachev

400

The term for an airplane propeller powered by a turbine engine.

Turboprop

500

This decisive naval battle was the final, crushing blow to the Russian Navy during the Russo-Japanese War.

Battle of Tsushima

500
The fastest Swedish road car ever is built by this manufacturer,

Koenigsegg