Mixed Russia Trivia

1. What are Russian pancakes called?

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Answer: blini

Blini are thin Russian pancakes that are often served for breakfast. People eat them with jam or sour cream.

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Answer: Big Diomede and Little Diomede

Though all of these are islands in the Bering Strait that belong either to Russia or the United States, it is the two Diomede islands that bring the two countries to only 2.4 miles from each other while mainland Russia and the United States are 55 miles apart. Big Diomede is Russia's and Little Diomede is part of Alaska. Back in 1987, as a symbol of easing Cold War tensions, Lynne Cox, an American long-distance swimmer, swam from one island to the other, and met congratulations from both President Ronald Reagan and Russian Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.

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Answer: Pepsi-Cola

In 1959, after Pepsi unleashed its soft drink upon the Russian population, the nation became extremely fond of it. But the Russians' currency (rubles) was worthless in the world market at the time, so in order to pay for Pepsi they went to the barter system and traded 17 submarines and 3 warships (a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer) to Pepsi. Amusingly, (sort of) this led to the popular observation that this made the Pepsi-Cola company the 6th largest military in the world. The price of that military package is estimated to be about $3 billion.

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Answer: Alla Pugachova

Alla Pugochiova has been famous throughout Russia since the 1970s. She was married to one of the most popular Russian singers (originally from Bulgaria) Filip Kirkorov until 2007. Alla's daughter, Kristina Orbakaite, is also a famous Russian singer. It's all in the family!

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Answer: It's the coldest place on Earth inhabited by humans

Oymyakon is the coldest place on Earth that a significant number of Earthlings have decided to permanently inhabit and make a village out of. It is located in Russia's Oymyakonsky District of the Sakha Republic, along the Indigirka River. The temperatures range from a tortuous -58 degrees Fahrenheit during the winter months to actually reaching the 70s sometimes in the summer months. In 1924, the record low temperature recorded there was -96.14 Fahrenheit.

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Answer: the regeneration of a 30,000-year-old fruit

About 31,800 years ago, during the Pleistocene Age, an animal (likely a squirrel) buried a fruit in its burrow. In 2012, a team of Russian scientists discovered the fruit fossilized in the permafrost and were able to grow, using "clonal micropropagation", more plants (Silene stenophylla) bearing the same type of fruit. This accomplishment broke the previous record for plant regeneration by 29,800 years.

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Answer: Kreml (Kremlin)

The President lives in the Kreml which is located straight in the center of Moscow, Russia's capital. Tours of the Kreml are available for tourists or you can just view it from the outside. Every New Years Eve, the president addresses the nation through Channel One. He wishes everybody a happy New Year and talks about what he plans to do in the upcoming year.

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Answer: 18

The legal age for drinking and for smoking is eighteen years old. However, rules are very lenient about this. Few policemen enforce the legal ages for drinking and smoking so many teens drink and smoke before they turn eighteen.

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