Songs
Posters
Art
Sculpture
Architecture
100

This song seems to be about a young women, but it could also be about a rocket launcher.

What is "Katiusha"?

100

Russia's revolutionaries are sometimes compared to this military saint.

Who is St. George?

100

This 19th century painting by Vasnetsov depicts these heroes of the Russian epics.

What are bogatyrs?

100

Vera Mukhina's towering sculpture is a prime example of this Socialist Realist style.

What is monumental scultpture?

100

If you studied at this university, this might be your dorm.

What is Moscow State University?

200

The 1920 song "Ever Higher" was also used as the anthem for this branch of the Soviet military.

What is the Air Force?

200

The composition of this poster borrows what major element from Russian icons?

What is reverse perspective (the most important figure is disproportionately large)?

200

In the film version of this story, the hero "battles" the Germans by drinking a bottle of vodka.

What is "The Fate of a Man"?

200

This sculpture sits outside the main entrance of this building. 

What is Moscow State University?

200

The patron of this new home is featured in this 1952 painting by Alexander Laktionov.

Who is Stalin?

300

This song from 1936 capture the "cheer" of the Stalin era.

What is "Life's Getting Better"?

300

This poster focuses on this key concept in Socialist Realist art.

What is enlightenment?

300

This 1920 Petrov-Vodkin painting uses this famous mother as inspiration.

Who is the Mother of God?

300

This monumental sculpture is located in Russia's most "heroic" city.

What is Stalingrad/Volgagrad?

300

The stations in this transportation system are some of the most beautiful in the world.

What is the Moscow metro?

400

The song "Sacred War" uses this natural force as a metaphor for "noble wrath."

What is a wave?

400

This poster features a technology featured in this famous Socialist Realist novel.


What is "How the Steel Was Tempered"?

400

This 1938 postage stamp features a part of the world that represents the height of Soviet achievement.


What is the North Pole?

400

Located in Ulan Ude, Siberia, this monumental sculpture features the first head of the Soviet state.

Who is Vladimir Lenin?

400

In this type of post-revolutionary apartment, it was share and share alike.

What is a communal apartment?

500

In this song from 1935, the speaker can't think of "another country Where a man can breathe a freer air."

What is "Song of the Motherland"?

500

This poster features a transformative character known in both Russian fairy tales and Socialist Realism.

What is the blacksmith?

500

These two tools represent the Soviet hope of mastering both technology and nature.

What are the hammer and sickle?

500

This sculpture in Volgograd is modelled on this famous Renaissance work.

What is the Pieta (Michelangelo)?


500

This Soviet workers' club is an example of this architectural style.


What is Modernism?