Which colorful church with onion domes stands on Red Square in Moscow?

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

What are matryoshka dolls?

Wooden dolls that nest inside one another

Straw dolls burned at festivals

Russia Quiz: The World's Largest Country in Ten Questions

This Russia quiz explores the world's largest country by area, from Moscow's Kremlin and Red Square to Saint Petersburg's Hermitage, Lake Baikal, the vast forests of Siberia, the Trans-Siberian Railway, writers like Leo Tolstoy, the ballet, Yuri Gagarin and matryoshka dolls. Ten questions.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 90 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 90s

Size
Russia spans how many time zones?
Moscow
Which colorful church with onion domes stands on Red Square in Moscow?
Cities
Which city, founded by Peter the Great in 1703, was Russia's capital for about two centuries?
Museums
Which world-famous art museum is in Saint Petersburg's Winter Palace?
Lakes
Lake Baikal in Siberia holds what record?
Space
Who became the first person in space, in 1961?
Literature
Which Russian novelist, author of Anna Karenina, also wrote the epic War and Peace?
Crafts
What are matryoshka dolls?
Music
Which Russian composer wrote the ballet Swan Lake?
Geography
Which mountain range is traditionally seen as the border between European and Asian Russia?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Russia spans how many time zones?
Answer: Eleven
Russia stretches about 9,000 kilometers from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. When it is morning in Moscow, it is already evening in the Far East.
Q2: Which colorful church with onion domes stands on Red Square in Moscow?
Answer: St. Basil's Cathedral
St. Basil's was built in the 1550s for Ivan the Terrible. Next to it stands the Kremlin, a fortress that houses the government.
Q3: Which city, founded by Peter the Great in 1703, was Russia's capital for about two centuries?
Answer: Saint Petersburg
The city was known as Petrograd and later Leningrad before returning to its original name in 1991.
Q4: Which world-famous art museum is in Saint Petersburg's Winter Palace?
Answer: The Hermitage
The State Hermitage Museum holds about three million items, from ancient artifacts to paintings by Rembrandt and Matisse.
Q5: Lake Baikal in Siberia holds what record?
Answer: The world's deepest lake
Baikal is more than 1,600 meters deep and around 25 million years old. It is home to the Baikal seal, a freshwater seal.
Q6: Who became the first person in space, in 1961?
Answer: Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin orbited Earth once in Vostok 1. Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in 1963.
Q7: Which Russian novelist, author of Anna Karenina, also wrote the epic War and Peace?
Answer: Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy also wrote Anna Karenina. Dostoevsky wrote Crime and Punishment, and Chekhov is famous for plays and short stories.
Q8: What are matryoshka dolls?
Answer: Wooden dolls that nest inside one another
The first set was made in the 1890s. The largest doll opens to reveal smaller and smaller dolls inside.
Q9: Which Russian composer wrote the ballet Swan Lake?
Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Swan Lake premiered at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre in 1877. Russian ballet companies are among the most famous in the world.
Q10: Which mountain range is traditionally seen as the border between European and Asian Russia?
Answer: The Ural Mountains
Most Russians live west of the Urals, in the European part. Siberia, east of the Urals, covers most of the country's land.

Russia Quiz – Across Eleven Time Zones

Russia is the largest country on Earth, covering more than 17 million square kilometers across Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It stretches across eleven time zones, from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, and includes Arctic tundra, vast forests called taiga, steppes and mountains. Despite its size, most of its people live in the western, European part.

Moscow, the capital, is home to the Kremlin, Red Square and the colorful St. Basil's Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great in 1703, served as the capital for about two centuries and is famous for its canals, palaces and the Hermitage Museum. Other historic cities include Kazan, Novgorod and Vladivostok on the Pacific coast.

Russia's natural wonders are on a huge scale. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest and oldest lake on Earth and holds about a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh surface water. The Volga is Europe's longest river, and the Trans-Siberian Railway, one of the longest rail lines in the world, links Moscow with Vladivostok.

Russian culture has made major contributions to literature, music, ballet and science. Writers such as Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Alexander Pushkin, composers such as Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, and the Bolshoi Ballet are famous worldwide. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel into space. Traditional crafts include the nesting matryoshka doll.

This quiz covers the geography, cities, culture and achievements of Russia.

Russian traditions remain strong in everyday life. Families often spend summer weekends at country cottages called dachas, growing vegetables and picking mushrooms and berries in the forests. Tea is served from samovars, and dishes such as borscht, pelmeni dumplings and blini pancakes are popular. The winter festival of Maslenitsa celebrates the end of winter with pancakes, games and bonfires.

What This Quiz Teaches

This quiz is perfect for geography fans, readers of classic novels and anyone curious about the world's largest country.

How big Russia is
Its most famous landmarks and cities
The records held by Lake Baikal
Russian achievements in space
Famous writers and composers
Traditional crafts like matryoshka dolls

Quick Facts About Russia

Russia shares land borders with 14 countries.
The Russian alphabet is Cyrillic.
Oymyakon in Siberia is one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth.
The Volga River flows into the Caspian Sea.
Mount Elbrus, in the Caucasus, is the highest mountain in Europe.
The Moscow Metro is famous for its grand, palace-like stations.