Quiz
CountriesUsing the table below supply the Russian for the following names of countries
- Austria
- Great Britain
- China
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Mongolia
- Russia
- Spain
- Ukraine
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- Ирландия
- Франция
- Испания
- Великобритания
- Норвегия
- Германия
- Италия
- Швеция
- Финляндия
- Польша
- Чешская Республика (Чехия)
- Австрия
- Украина
- Турция
- Япония
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2) The Russian words you already know. Match the following Russian words and English-language definitions.
- A country house or cottage in Russia
- a fortified medieval Russian city; the most famous one is in Moscow and now houses the central offices of the Russian government
- a Russian-made sub-machine-gun, used especially by terrorists and guerrillas
- a traditional Russian musical instrument of triangular shape with three strings
- a small sometimes moveable booth from which newspapers and cigarettes are sold
- a Ukrainian, Russian and Polish soup based on beetroot
- a violent and sudden uprising, political revolt; a coup d'etat
- an alcoholic drink originating in Russia, made from grain, potatoes, etc
- an extensive grassy plain usually without trees
- an organised persecution or extermination of an ethnic group, especially of Jews
- any of a series of Soviet artificial satellites; the first one orbited the earth in 1957
- the capital of the Russian federation
- the most prominant Russian ballet company
- the policy of restructuring the Soviet economy under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev
- the Russian-state airline
- the Soviet secret police after 1954
- the standard monetary unit of Russia
- until 1917 the emperor of Russia
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- Аэрофлот
- Балалайка
- Большой балет
- Борщ
- Водка
- Дача
- Калашников
- КГБ
- Киоск
- Кремль
- Москва
- Перестройка
- Погром
- Путч
- Рубль
- Спутник
- Степь
- Царь
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Public AmenitiesSelecting your answers from the list of words supplied on the right, answer the following questions
Where would you go to:
- attend a ballet?
- attend a football match?
- attend a lecture?
- attend a play?
- catch a plane?
- catch an underground train?
- dance the night away?
- drink a cup of coffee?
- have a drink?
- have a meal?
- read a book?
- see a siberian tiger?
- walk your dog?
- get money?
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Бар
Кафе
Метро
Парк
Театр
Стадион
Аэропорт
Ресторан
Банк
Зоопарк
Университет
Библиотека
Дискотека
Большой балет |
Russian leadersSupply the English equivalent of the following Russian rulers. Their dates have been supplied to help you.
Владимир (980-1015)
Иван (1533-1584)
Петр I (1682-1725)
Екатерина II (1762-1796)
Николай II (1894-1917)
Ленин (1917-1924)
Сталин (1927-1953)
Брежнев (1964-1982)
Горбачëв (1985-1991)
Ельцин (1991-1999)
Путин (2000- )
