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The number of time zones in Russia.

What is 11 time zones?

100

Name the French leader who tried to invade Russia.

Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

100
The system that the Soviet Government was based on.
What is communism?
100
The names of the Vikings who moved to the steppe from Scandinavia.
What is Rus?
100
The region where most Russians live (9 million).
What is the Moscow Region?
200

This is the dividing line between Europe & Asia.

What is the Ural Mountains?

200
The ballet composed by Peter Tchaikovsky.
What was the Nutcracker?
200

This person helped to introduce communism to the world through his teachings & writings.

Who is Karl Marx?
200
What the overthrowing of the czars in 1917 was called.
What is the Russian Revolution?
200
The currency of Russia.
What is the Ruble?
300

This lake is the deepest fresh water lake in the world.

What is Lake Baikal?

300
The first artificial satellite launched by the Russians in 1957. 
What is Sputnik I?
300
The name for the Russian Parliament or Federal Assembly?
What is the Duma?
300
The group that took power over Kiev in the 1200's.
Who are the Mongols?
300

This is the year that communism and the Soviet Union fell.

What is 1991.
400

This river is the most important transportation route in Russia.

What is the Volga River?

400
The time period of heightened tensions between the US and USSR.
What is the Cold War?
400
When the government plans the entire economy.
What is a command economy?
400

This leader brought communism to Russia and was the first Soviet leader.

Who is Vladimir Lenin?

400
The name of the place where the Russian government meets.
What is the Kremlin?
500

The largest forest in the world.

What is the taiga?

500

This is the biggest ethnic group in Russia.

What is the Slavs?

500

1. Corruption 2. Struggling Economy  3. People not paying taxes

What are three challenges of Russia's government today?
500

This leader was known for his brutal dictatorship. (He sent millions to Siberian prison camps)

Who is Joseph Stalin?

500

During this war Russia lost millions of lives and helped defeat the Axis powers.

What is WWII?