Culture
History
Geography
Literature and Art
Language
100
What is the form of currency that is used in Russia?
Dollars
Euros
Rubles
Kronor
Rubles
100
Who is the current President of the Russian Federation?
Dmitri Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Alexei Navalny
Emilia Slabunova
Vladimir Putin
100
What is the capital of Russia?
Perm
Moscow
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Moscow
100
What is the type of Russian souvenir that is made up of colorfully painted dolls called?
Stakan
Matryoshka
Ushanka
Samovar
Matryoshka
100
How many letters are in the Russian alphabet?
26
30
32
33
33
200
What is the order of the colors of the Russian flag? (from top to bottom)
White, red, blue
Blue, green, red
Blue, white, red
White, blue, red
White, blue, red
200
Who was the first president of the Russian Federation?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Dmitri Medvedev
Boris Yeltsin
200
Which county does not share a border with Russia?
Belarus
Norway
Mongolia
Finland
Norway
200
Who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet?
Marina Tsvetaeva
Anna Akhmatova
Anton Chekov
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin
200
A “баня” is a type of:
Sauna or bathhouse
Dessert
Chocolate
Dumpling
Sauna or bathhouse
300
During which Russian celebration do people partake in playing games, dancing, and eating lots of blini (Russian pancakes)?
Maslenitsa
Christmas
Victory Day
New Years
Maslenitsa
300
What was the name of the first man who journeyed into outer space?
Boris Pasternak
Yuri Gagarin
Vladimir Putin
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Yuri Gagarin
300
Russia has how may time zones?
Eleven
Nine
Four
Seven
Eleven
300
Who is the author of the novel Crime and Punishment?
Ivan Turgenev
Nikolai Gogol
Alexander Pushkin
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
300
What was the title given to Russian rulers before the Russian Revolution?
Человек
Князь
Царь
Богатыр
Царь
400
Which Russian composer wrote “The Nutcracker”?
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Alexander Borodin
Igor Stravinsky
Caesar Cui
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
400
Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
Leonid Brezhnev
Vladimir Lenin
400
In which city were the 2014 Winter Olympics held?
St. Petersburg
Sochi
Moscow
Yelabuga
Sochi
400
Who is the author of the novels Anna Karenina and War and Peace?
Daniil Kharms
Anna Akhmatova
Leo Tolstoy
Zinaida Gippius
Leo Tolstoy
400
"Дача" is a:
City on the black sea
Vacation/Holiday house
Type of fish
A breed of Russian dog
Vacation/Holiday house
500
What is the name of Saint Petersburg's football (soccer) team?
Aeroflot
Zenit
Teremok
Leningradets
Zenit
500
Who was the Russian ruler who was responsible for bringing western culture to Russia?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Rurik
Katherine the Great
Peter the Great
500
What is the highest mountain in Russia?
Mount Elbrus
Ural Mountain
Mount Kamchatka
Mount Everest
Mount Elbrus
500
Who is the Russian artist who is responsible for the creation of the style of art known as Suprematism?
Kazimir Malevich
Ivan Shishkin
Vassily Kandinsky
Natalia Goncharova
Kazimir Malevich
500
What does the word “достопримечательность” roughly translate to?
University
Dormitory
Landmark
Palace
Landmark
