Russian Culture

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  1. 1. Red beet soup, often served with sour cream
  2. 3. Russian for “grandmother”
  3. 4. Lenin’s political rival, was killed with an ice pick in Mexico
  4. 5. Soviet name for St. Petersburg
  5. 11. Russian crêpes
  6. 12. Nested dolls
  7. 14. The name and patrimonial of both a writer and a president
  8. 17. The river on which St. Petersburg stands
  9. 18. Russia’s national drink
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  1. 2. Lover of the Russian Queen. They put some poison into his wine, he drank it all and said, “I feel fine”.
  2. 6. Once upon a December, she was the Grand Duchess of Russia
  3. 7. Leader of the revolution; his body is still among us
  4. 8. First man in space
  5. 9. A Washington, DC Museum that houses a large Russian collection
  6. 10. First satellite
  7. 13. A step up from painted Easter eggs
  8. 15. The longest river in Europe – flows through central Russia
  9. 16. This city does not believe in tears