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100

About 75 percent of Russians live here?

Western Russia

100
This was the non-fighting conflict between the US and USSR
The cold war
100
This is the largest city of Russia. (also the capital)
What is Moscow?
100

This czar created a beard tax.

Who is Peter the Great?

100
This is a king, except the Russian kind.
What is a czar?
200
This is the largest fresh water lake in the world
Lake Baikal
200
This was the German thinker who Lenin modeled many of his ideas after
Karl Marx
200
What year did the Soviet Union officially collapse?
1991
200
Peter the Great traveled to a few places. These are three.
What are England, Austria, and Germany?
200
This is a powerful Russian landowner.
What is a boyar?
300
This is a permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface
What is permafrost or tundra
300
This man ruled the Soviet Union after Lenin's death
Joseph Stalin
300
This is the type of economic system they have in Russia
Free Market or Free enterprise
300
This czarina had her name changed when she became czarina.
Who is Catherine the Great?
300
This is money or goods that people have to pay to stronger people.
What is tribute?
400
This is a belt of forestland just south of the tundra.
Taiga
400
Who did Russia side with during WW2, the US or Germany?
US
400
These mountains lie between the Black and Caspian Sea
Caucasus
400
This is a fortress built to protect a city in Russia.
What is a kremlin?
400
This is a farmer, who did not own any of the land he worked on.
What is a serf?
500
This landform is the barrier between European Russia and Asia Russia
Ural Mountains
500
Who was the first to space, US or Russia?
Russia
500
This is the longest river in Europe.
What is the Volga River?
500
This is the title that Ivan the Terrible had before he was crowned czar.
What is Grand Prince of Muscavoy?
500
Before Russia was Russia, these sea-faring folk visited the land.
Who are the Vikings?