Russian Culture

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