Russian Quiz
 

1. Which book famously begins with the line “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”

2. A 'dacha' is a:

3. Which classic Russian film is set on New Year’s Eve in which the main character mistakes an apartment in Leningrad for his own apartment in Moscow?

4. Who was the first leader of the USSR.

5. The Russian word "блин" best translates to:

6. In what year did Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space?

7. The city of Kazan is in which Russian republic?

8. In pairs figure skating Russia or Soviet Union has won gold at the Winter Olympics every year since:

9. Which Russian leader founded St Petersburg, and moved the Russian capital there?

10. How many Russian cities have a population of more than 1 million people? (2002 Census)

11. Who is considered the greatest Russian poet?

12. After Russian, what is the second most spoken language in Russia?

13. Which lake is the largest lake in Russia, the world’s deepest, containing one fifth of the world's fresh surface water?

14. What is the highest mountain in Russia?

15. Which body of water can not be found on Russia’s coastline

16. Oymyakon is considered the coldest town in the world, what is the lowest temperature recorded?

17. Containing over 1.4 million people, what is the most populated city in Siberia?

18. All the train routes below are single continuous rail services that travel via the Trans-Siberian Railway, but which is the world’s longest (11,085 km, 6,888 mi)?

19. Following Vladimir Putin, who became the president of Russia in 2008?

20. Russia is estimated to have some 86,200 km of railway. Approximately how much is electrified?

21. Of the following Russian Tsars, who was the earliest ruler?

22. The Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg houses approximately how many works of art?

23. What is the current name of the city formally known as Stalingrad?

24. The Russian word "собака" best translates to:

25. Which is most common in Russia?

26. Which of the following Russian cities does not have an underground metro system?

27. In what year did Napoleon capture the evacuated city of Moscow, only to retreat weeks later?

28. When did the Russian revolution take place, bringing Bolshevik forces to power?

29. Which county does not share a border with Russia?

30. The army of the Soviet Union was known as:

31. How many letters are in the Russian alphabet?

32. The Russian word "спортсменка" best translates to

33 Which Russian aircraft company designed the supersonic strategic bomber. Designated ‘blackjack’ by NATO, but the ‘white swan’ by Russian pilots?

34. Which city will host the 2014 Winter Olympics?

35 Which year did Moscow host the Summer Olympics

36. In which city did Mikhail Kalashnikov design the famous AK-47 assault rifle, the city where he still lives, and the rifle is still manufactured?

37 Considered one of the greatest chess players of all time, at age 22 in 1985, which Russian became the youngest ever world chess champion?

38 The rouble is divided into 100:

39. Which Russian bank note features a picture of the Bolshoi Theatre?

40. At it’s peak, the Soviet Union’s nuclear weapons arsenal is estimated to contain how many nuclear warheads?

41 Which two tools where featured on the flag of the soviet union?

42 Considered the border between Europe and Asia, which mountains run north-south across western Russia?

43 Which is one of the main ingredients in the Russian borshch?

44 The Russian word "чашка" best translates to:

45 Who is the author of the modern Russian sci-fi/fantasy book "Nightwatch", which has is now a feature film?

46. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a famous...

47 The most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested was tested in the atmosphere by the Soviet Union in 1961. It was capable of 100 megaton explosion, but its power was deliberately reduced to 50 megaton to reduce nuclear fall-out. At this power it was well over 3000 times more powerful than the bomb that hit Hiroshima in 1945. Where was it tested?

48 A Russian banya is a type of:

49 Who wrote War and Peace?

50. Russia is the world’s largest country. How large is Russia?