General Knowledge Questions and Answers about Russia
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1. What is the area of Russia in square kilometers?
The answer is: 17.1 million (That is approximately 6.602 million
mi²)
2. As per the area what is the position of Russia in the
world?
The answer is: First
3. Name the capital of Russia?
Answer: Moscow
4. Name the currency
of Russia?
Answer: Russian Ruble
5. Lower house of parliament of Russia is called.
Answer: State Duma
6. Where Kremlin is situated?
Answer: Moscow, Russia.
7. Russian revolution started in the year…
Answer: Mar 8, 1917
8. What was the name of the old capital city of Russia?
Answer: Saint Petersburg
9. Red Square is situated in what place? (This is an
important question)
Answer: Moscow, Russia
10. The policies of Glasnost and Perestroika were introduced
by?
Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev
Russian Empire
11. From which name were the
emperors of the Russian empire called?
Answer: Tsars
12. Who is the first emperor of the Russian empire?
Answer: Peter the Great
13. the killer of the Russian empire Peter the Great lll is?
Answer: Catherine the Great
14. The last empire of Russia is?
Answer: Nicholas II
15. How did the Russian tsar empire fall?
Answer: By the Russian revolution
16. The symbol of military power in Russia at the time of the Tsar is.
Answer: Eagle
17. The reason the popularity of the Russian Tsars decreased
was
Answer: Due to the Crimean and Japanese war
18. When did the tsars fall in Russia?
The answer is: 7 November 1917
19. The Crimean war started on?
Answer: Oct 5, 1853
20. Name the main
cause of the Crimean War?
Answer: Control of access to religious sites
21. The Crimean war took place between Russia and which country?
Answer: Turkey
22. Britain and France supported which country In Crimean
War?
Answer: Turkey
23. Name the person who bought a medical team to treat the
soldiers in the Crimean War?
Answer: Florence Nightingale
24. What ended the Crimean War in February 1856?
Answer: Treaty of Paris (signed on March 30, 1856)
25. Who was the winner of the Crimean War?
Answer: Turkey
26. Name the country which owns Crimea?
Answer: Russia
27. In which year did
Russia take over Crimea?
Answer: on 18 March 2014
28. When State Duma treaty was signed for Crimea?
Answer: 20 march 2014
29. The Federal Assembly of Russia recognize Crimea on?
Answer: 21 march 2014
30. Name the poem written by Alfred Tennyson about the Crimean
war?
Answer: The Charge of the Light Brigade