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Soviet Era
100
Who is Russia's leader today?
Vladimir Putin
100
What religion dominates Russian culture?
Orthodox Christianity
100
What is Russia's official language?
Russian
100
What do Russians refer to their grandmother as?
Babushka 
100
What political party governed the Soviet Union
Communist
200
What Russian dictator was responsible for executing 20 million of his own people during the Great Purge?
Joseph Stalin
200

What does Maslenitsa celebrate

the coming of spring

200

a group that shares a common ancestry, language, religion, or customs?

Ethnic group
200
What is Russia's capital?
Moscow
200
The Soviet focused on what educational subjects?
Math, science, and engineering 
300
Which Russian Czar westernized/modernized Russia
Peter the great
300
What belief did the Soviet Union actively promote? 
Atheism 
300
Russia is comprised of how many ethnic groups?
A. 100 

B. 86 

C. 120 

D. 212 plus

300
What Russian prince adopted Orthodoxy Christianity in 988 AD?

Vladimir the Great ruler of Kievan Rus

300
What German Philosopher was responsible for Russia's communist ideals?
Karl Marx
400
Who led the Bolsheviks and had the slogan "peace land and bread"

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin


400
What religion accounts for a small percent of people
Buddhism 
400

One-third of the Tatars live in a western republic called?

Tatarstan

400

What Czar murdered their son with a cane?

Ivan the terrible 
400
What year signified the fall of the Soviet Union
1991
500
Who was Russia's last Czar?
Nicholas the II
500
What is Russia's second largest practiced religion?
Islam
500

Turkic peoples in Russia include the Tatars and what other three groups?

Bashkirs, Chuvash, and Sakha

500

Since 1992, the Russian ___________ has exceeded the __________, resulting in negative population growth.


death rate, birthrate

500
What two dictators did Russia ally with during WWII? 
Mussollini and Hitler