| Description | |
| Wrote the famous works 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina' | |
| The first Russian city | |
| Romantic composer, 'Swan Lake' and 'The Nutcracker' | |
| Capital of Russia for over 200 years until the Russian Revolution of 1917 | |
| Founded the Bolshevik party during Russian Revolution | |
| Russian-American novelist, developed philosophy called Objectivism | |
| Most popular religion in Russia | |
| Former prime minister and president starting May 2008 | |
| Wrote the famous work 'Crime and Punishment' | |
| Famous Russian model, well-known for advertising for Calvin Klein | |
| | Description | |
| Writer whose now-famous play 'The Seagull' was poorly received upon reception | |
| Gift Tsar Alexander III gave to his wife Maria Fedorovna | |
| Largest city and national capital | |
| Ruler who transformed the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire | |
| Led the Soviet Union during the Cold War, rule culminated in Cuban Missile Crisis | |
| 15-year-old fashion designer who gained popularity stateside | |
| Russia's first tsar | |
| National currency | |
| Empress who modernized Russia yet caught much personal scandal | |
| Russian instrument with triangular body and 3 strings | |
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