Objective: answer 7 questions correctly to move to next level. JavaScript required!
1. Vladimir Putin is from where?
Moscow Kiev St. Petersburg Vladivostok
2. Who was Svetlana Savitskaya?
Stalin's wife First woman to walk in space First woman in space Famous prima ballerina
3. Who or what is Perun?
Jewish holiday honoring Ester Russian designer bottled water One of the sons of Vladimir I Top Slavic god
4. When was Nikita Khrushchev Premier of the Soviet Union?
1958-1964 1953-1964 1956-1965 None of the above
5. The 1686 treaty with Poland gave Russia possession of what?
Ukraine Kiev Lithuania The Baltic
6. The Old Testament Trinity was what?
Theology written by the Monk Nestor Homily by John Chrysostom Icon written by Andrei Rublev Award winning movie by Andrei Tarkovsky
7. Which of these is a Republic of modern Russia?
Samara Siberia Yaroslavl Mordovia
8. What is Golden Khokhloma?
A folk craft A sweet dessert wine from Georgia Type of amber Town on the Volga
9. Of the following, which is the wettest place?
Moscow Chita Magadan St. Petersburg
10. How many dictators did the Soviet Union have?
12 10 11 9
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