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100

This is the current President of the Russian Federation.

Who is Vladimir Putin?

100

This Russian salad was given a French name.

What is olivie?

100

The year the modern State of Israel was born.

What is 1948?

100

This man was the first elected President in post-Soviet Russia.

Who is Boris Yeltsin?

100

This is the first word in the Soviet national anthem.

What is Soyuz?

200

This man was the last leader of the Soviet Union before it dissolved.

Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?


200

Borscht originates from this country.

What is Ukraine?

200

The Soviet Union bordered this many countries between 1945 and 1991.

What is 12?

200

The Day of Russia (День России) happens on this day.

What is June 12th?

200

This is Russia's current ranking in the list of most populous countries in the world.

What is 9th?

300

This man wrote War & Peace.

Who is Lev Tolstoy?

300

This food is a staple in the celebration of Maslenitsa, or the welcoming of the spring.

What are blins?

300

 This river that runs through Saint Petersburg also has a famous street named after it in the city.

What is the Neva?

300

When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, this was the number of states it had.

What is 15?

300

This is the name of an enlarged Russian river and a famous Soviet automobile company.

What is Volga?

400

This famous czar was also a main character in a well-known 1973 Soviet film.

Who is Ivan Vasilyevich (Ivan the Terrible)?

400

This city is not only the capital of a former Soviet republic, but also the namesake of a chicken dish with tenderized chicken cutlets wrapped and stuffed with butter.

What is Kiev?

400

What cardinal direction is St. Petersburg relative to Moscow?

What is Northeast?

400

This was the first country to secede from the Soviet Union.

What is Lithuania?

400

This is the first number in Russian phone numbers.

What is +7?

500

This composer is responsible for the 1812 Overture.

Who is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky?

500

This is the Russian word for cabbage rolls.

What is golubtsi?

500

This is the lowest point in Russia.

What is the Caspian Sea?
500

This was the exact date the Soviet Union dissolved. 

What is Dec. 26th, 1991?

500
Who of the post-Soviet republics was the most recent to win the Eurovision song contest?

What is Ukraine?