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1. This great Siberian river rises in Mongolia before becoming the largest river system to empty into the Arctic Ocean, namely the Kara Sea. Which river is this, whose tributaries include the Angara and the Lower Tunguska?
2. This name is shared by an oblast (a district of Russia) and the city which is its administrative center. The city is located near the coast on the White Sea, while the oblast also includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya, Arctic archipelagos.
3. Which major southern city is situated on a river flowing into the Sea of Azov (near the Black Sea)?
4. Which great Siberian river, located relatively close to the Ural Mountains, has the world's longest estuary and flows into the Kara Sea?
5. Which Russian island is found roughly between the Kamchatka Peninsula and Japan's Hokkaido island?
6. By which of these names has the city of Saint Petersburg also been known?
7. Which river in the region of Manchuria forms part of the boundary between Russia and China?
8. Which southeastern city, located not far from the Chinese and North Korean borders, is home to the largest Russian port on the Pacific Ocean?
9. Which western Siberian river rises just 7 km (4 mi) west of Lake Baikal, flows northeast to the Arctic Ocean, and has a major port at Yakutsk?
10. If you've answered questions 1-9 correctly, the first letter of each answer will give you the name of a historic city home to the Church of Elijah the Prophet and the site of the devastating 2011 plane crash which put a temporary halt to Russian hockey.
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