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1. The town of Rybinsk stands at the confluence of the Volga and which other river?
2. Dedicated in 1811 and 1822 respectively, Uspensky Cathedral and Pokrovsky Cathedral, and an imposing memorial statue of merchant adventurer Grigory Shelikov are prominent features in the centre of the Russian town where he was born.
Which town is this?
3. The settlement of Raduzhny was only given offical town status in 1985. It was founded because the local area is the source of over half of Russia's supply of one particular natural resource.
What is this valuable resource?
4. After originally being called Krestov Brod, this Russian town was renamed to honour the memory of a Bolshevik leader who died in 1917. Who was he?
5. The Russian town of Ramenskoye is also home to the world's second longest example of what feature?
6. The Russian town of Rassakazovo is the administrative centre of the district of Rassakozovsky.
What is unusual about this arrangement?
7. Which Russian town, situated a little over fifty miles from Ekaterinburg, has a coat of arms featuring a golden wildcat on a blue background, with white turrets along the top edge?
8. This Russian town is the closest one to the source of the Volga River. The two halves of the city are referred to by tradition as "Prince-Dmitry's Side and Prince-Theodor's Side" after a historic feud.
Which town is this?
9. As well as being the birthplace of Raisa Gorbachev, this Russian town, in the Altai-Krai area of Southern Siberia, is also the setting for the biographical novel "The Endless Steppe" by Esther Hautzig.
Which town is it?
10. The town of Ruzayevka is in the Russian Republic that has the city of Saransk as its capital city.
What is the name of this Republic?
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