* What is the capital city of Russia?
* Situated on the Lena River in the far east of Siberia and the second coldest city in the world, many dissidents were exiled here during the communist era?
* Known as Sverdlovsk during most of the 20th century, this city was the infamous site of the execution of Czar Nicholas and his family in 1918?
* Formerly known as Leningrad and founded near the mouth of the Neva River in 1703, this city is the second largest in Russia?
* Named from a Sami word meaning 'the edge of the earth' this is the largest city inside the arctic circle and Russia's only major ice-free port in the west?
* Known as 'Stalingrad' during much of the communist era, this city was destroyed during World War II and represented the farthest point of the German advance?
* Situated on the Ob River in southern Siberia, this city is a major point on the Trans-Siberian railway and is regarded as the cultural capital of eastern Russia?
* Situated on Russia's Pacific coast, this city has been a major port and naval base and was occupied by Japanese troops after the Russian Revolution until 1922?
* Founded originally on the Volga River by Mongol invaders and nowadays capital of the Tatarstan Republic, this city was a source of trouble for a succession of Russian administrations until finally subdued in 1774?
* Known as 'Gorky' during the communist era and long a centre of trade and commerce, this city is located at the confluence of the Volga and Oka Rivers and is one of the largest cities in Russia?
* The most famous square in Moscow is of course the Red Square. How did it get its name?
* One of the surprising charms of Moscow is its metro. The stations look like art palaces. Which later Soviet leader was in charge of the building of the Moscow underground system in 1931?
* What colour are, in 2001, the famous onion domes of the St Basil's cathedral which dominates the Red Square?
* One of the Moscovite 'tourist attractions' is the Lenin Mausoleum. What is its geometrical shape?
* What does the word Kremlin originally mean ?
* What's the name of the building of the Parliament of the Russian Federation in front of which Boris Yeltsin stopped the anti- Gorbachev putschists in 1991?
* What's the name of the Cathedral inside the Kremlin where the Czars were crowned ?
* You of course will now find MacDonalds in Moscow too.But you could as well eat Russian style in Moscow. What's the name of the famous little pancakes which are eaten with caviar ?
* Moscovite vodka is considered to be the best quality. There is a tradition of aromatising vodka.Which of these is aromatised with Spanish peppers?
* Victory Park commemorates the Second World War. What's the traditional name given to that war by the Russians?