Russia Map Quiz

1. The Lena River crosses a vast republic before reaching the Laptev Sea. Which republic is it?

2. Which Russian federal subject is an exclave on the Baltic Sea, separated from the rest of Russia by other countries?

3. Which Russian republic lies on the western coast of the Caspian Sea and shares a border with Azerbaijan?

4. Following the Volga River southeast to its delta on the Caspian Sea brings you to which federal subject?

5. Which Russian federal city stands on the Neva River at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland?

6. At Russia’s far northwestern edge, Murmansk Oblast shares a short land frontier with which country besides Finland?

7. Which federal subject occupies the peninsula between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean in Russia’s far east?

8. Which federal subject includes the long island east of Russia’s mainland across the Tatar Strait and directly north of Japan’s Hokkaido?

9. A traveler crosses from Russia into the same country from either the Altai Republic or the Republic of Tuva. Which country could that be?

10. You are visiting the Kola Peninsula and the Arctic port of Murmansk. Which federal subject are you in?

11. Orenburg, Chelyabinsk, and Omsk oblasts all meet the same country along Russia’s southern border. Which country is it?

12. Lake Baikal’s shoreline is divided primarily between which two Russian federal subjects?

13. Sochi and much of Russia’s northeastern Black Sea coast belong to which federal subject?

14. Which Russian federal subject contains Vladivostok, on the coast near China and North Korea?

15. From Pskov Oblast, you look west across Lake Peipus toward another country. Which country is on the opposite shore?

16. Which major Russian city stands at the confluence of the Oka and Volga rivers?