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Breaking Stalin's Nose
Super Quiz 2
Resource Guide 2
100

The literal meaning of the name St. Petersburg

What is Rock Fortress?

100

A council of church officials

What is Zemsky Sobor?

100

The faraway region in Russia where Stalin sends those who don't deserve to live or work amongst honest people

What is Kolyma?

100

Known as the Founder of Modern Russian Literature

Who is Alexander Pushkin?

100

An object sent into space must maintain a speed that resists Earth's pull

What is orbital velocity?

200

This painting was given to the Prince in Kiev during the 12th century

What is The Mother of God of Vladimir?

200

Committed violent acts against Russians and his own family

Who is Ivan the Terrible? (Ivan IV)

200

This person wants Sasha to help him get into Lubyanka Prison

Who is Borka "Four Eyes" Finklestein

200

This technique was used to decorate eggs for Easter

What is pysanky?

200

The order of the planets in our Solar System

What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?

300

Construction on the Winter Palace began on and ended on

What is 1711 and 1764?

300

Ivan's secret police

What is the oprichniki?

300

The Pioneer Motto

What is Always Ready?

300

This French Jewelry Company produced 50 imperial Easter eggs

What is House of Fabergé?

300

A large supercontinent of all the world's continents.

What is Pangea?

400
This ruler was not born into the Romanov dynasty.

Who is Catherin the Great? 

400

Marked as a time of famine, foreign invasion, and economic hardships. 

What is the Time of Troubles?

400

This person became a wrecker in chapter 16

Who is Sasha Zaichik?

400

This 1 3/16 inch replica was found inside the Imperial Peter the Great Easter Egg

What is the Bronze Horseman?

400

This planet has no seasons

What is Mercury?

500

This statue overlooks the River Neva on the Senate Square

What is the Bronze Horseman?

500

These two Romanov czars expanded Russia's borders to the Ural Mountains, the shores of the Pacific, and the lands of Siberia

Who are Michael and Alexis Romanov?

500

Shames Vovka Sobakin for reciting the Laws of the Young Soviet Pioneers

Nina Petrovna

500

The year St. Petersburg was founded

When is 1703?
500

Scientist bounce radar signals off its surface to map this planet

What is Venus?