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Which mountain range divides European Russia from Siberia? |
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Siberia was opened up largely thanks to the building of the Trans-Siberian railway line. From which Moscow railway station do the Trans-Siberian trains depart? |
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The remoteness of Siberia has made it a favoured place of exile throughout Russia's history. Dostoyevsky was exiled for four years in which Siberian city? |
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Eastern Siberia contains the world's largest (by volume) freshwater lake. What is it called? |
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Lake Baikal is home to many species of plant and animal which are found nowhere else on earth. One is a fish which locals consider a tasty delicacy. What is it called? |
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In December 1825 a group of noblemen revolted against the Tsar. The uprising was suppressed, and many of its instigators exiled to Irkutsk in Eastern Siberia. What was the group known as? |
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Much of Siberia is covered by vast swathes of mainly coniferous forest. What is it called in Russian? |
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Many of the most notorious Soviet labour-camps were scattered throughout Siberia. Many thousands of prisoners died in the gold and uranium mines of which area? |
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Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered by Bolshevik revolutionaries in 1918 in a Western Siberian city which was subsequently named after the official who ordered their execution. After the fall of the Soviet Union it reverted to its pre-revolutionary name. What is it? |
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The Eastern Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk stands on a river which is, in volume, the largest in Russia, and is 4129 kilometres long. What is it called? |
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