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Moscow was founded in
1140
1147
1177
What Russian tsar built up the first Russian navy using his own first-hand knowledge of ship-building?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Nikolay II
Everyone knows Alexander Pushkin. Who are other Russian poets?
Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy
Balmont, Mayakovsky, Esenin
Chekhov, Pasternak, Bulgakov
What is the name of main bell tower at the territory of the Moscow Kremlin?
Spasskaya Tower
The Bell Tower of Ivan III
Nabatnaya Tower
Which Russian tsar established the order to celebrate the new year on January 1 in Russia?
Ivan the Great
Peter the Great
Ivan IV
This novel is usually called "the War and Peace of the 20th century’". The author of this novel won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1965.
Mikhail Sholokhov's "The Silent Don"
Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita"
Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago"
These mountains separate Europe from Asia.
The Altay
The Urals
The Caucasus
Who is the greatest Soviet comedy film director?
Eldar Ryazanov
Leonid Gaidai
Andrey Tarkovsky
“The Cherry Orchard” play is written by
Alexander Ostrovsky
Nikolai Gogol
Anton Chekhov
A talented Russian actor, theater director and actor’s trainer, who developed his own dramatic training method and founded the new acting school.
Sergey Diagilev
Konstantin Stanislavsky
Anna Pavlova is the great Russian
actress
ballet dancer
singer
“The Government Inspector” play is written by
Alexander Ostrovsky
Nikolai Gogol
Anton Chekhov
When was Russian cinema born?
in 1896
in 1905
in 1908
The World War II began on the 1st of September 1939, but the Great Patriotic War began later. When?
8 September 1940
22 June 1941
23 August 1942
This day is the Victory Day in Russia.
1st of May
8th of May
9th of May
This is the famous portrait of Alexander Pushkin painted by
Vasily Tropinin
Orest Kiprensky
Alexander Ivanov
Great Russian poet Anna Akhmatova was the representative of literary movement of
Symbolism
Acmeism
Futurism
This hearty soup is one of Russia’s most famous dishes. It is prepared using meat and beetroot, it is full of meat and sautéed vegetables, including cabbage, carrots, onions, and potatoes, and is served with sour cream.
Schi
Borsh
Solyanka
What is the most beautiful and popular early Russian folk culture genre which tells about legendary heroes and historical events?
Legend
Bylina
Fairy Tale
That novel was written in 1928, it is a fantasy satirical novel published in 1966 only. The book was available illegally by samizdat for many years in the Soviet Union. "The Times" called this novel as “one of the masterpieces of the 20th century”.
Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago"
Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and Margarita"
Mikhail Sholokhov's "The Silent Don"
The most-read Soviet sci-fi writers are ...
Viktor Astafiyev and Victor Pelevin
Brothers Strugatsky
Ludmila Petrushevskaya and Ludmila Ulitskaya
Which city was the capital of Ancient Rus’?
Novgorod
Moscow
Kiev
Which religion did Prince Vladimir of the Kievan Rus convert Russian people to in the 11th Century A.D.?
Islam
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Roman Catholic Christianity
The Tsar who established absolute monarchy with himself as "czar (tsar) of Russia" is
Ivan the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
The Russian Federation is…
a parliamentary monarchy
a semi-presidential republic
a social republic
Which is not common for Russians?
Not smile in public
Give even number of flowers to women
Not shake hands for greetings
This is the famous painting "Morning in a Pine Forest" (1889). Who is the author of this painting?
Ilya Repin
Ivan Shishkin
Issac Levitan
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