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Do you know much about St. Petersburg?

By Anastasia Sergeevna Zaytseva

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1) Saint Petersburg is located on ...

A.  the Neva River 

B.  the Volga River 

C.  the Oka River

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2) From 1924 to 1991 the city's name was …

A.  Petrograd 

B.  Leningrad 

C.  Ekaterinburg

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3) St Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter I of Russia in …

A.  1603 

B.  1703 

C.  1803

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4) Peter moved the capital from Moscow to Saint Petersburg in  ……

A.  1612 

B.  1705 

C.  1712

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5) Saint Petersburg ceased ( прекратил ) being the capital in …

A.  1818 

B.  1918 

C.  1988

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6) Saint Petersburg is sometimes referred to as …

A.  the northern capital 

B.  the southern capital 

C.  the western capital

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7) During World War II, Leningrad was besieged ( осажден ) by Nazi Germany and co-belligerent ( союзником ) Finland. The siege lasted …

A.  712 days 

B.  872 days 

C.  982 days

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8) The highest building in St Petersburg is …

A.  the Hermitage 

B.  St Isaac’s Cathedral 

C.  Peter and Paul Cathedral

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9) The equestrian ( конная ) statue of Peter the Great  The Bronze Horseman  is situated in …

A.  Senate Square 

B.  Trinity Square 

C.  Palace Square

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10) The largest museum of St Petersburg is …

A.  the Russian Museum 

B.  the Hermitage Museum 

C.  The Zoological Museum

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11) The main street in the city of St Petersburg is …

A.  Nevsky Prospekt 

B.  Voznesensky Prospekt 

C.  Liteyny Prospekt

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12) The Church of the Saviour on the Blood is almost the only surviving monument dedicated to …

A.  Peter the Great 

B.  Nicholas II 

C.  Alexander II

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13) Peter the Great is buried in …

A.  Peter and Paul Cathedral 

B.  St Isaac’s Cathedral 

C.  Kazan Cathedral

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14) Peter's museum dedicated to preserving "natural and human curiosities and rarities" is …

A.  the Artillery Museum 

B.  The Kunstkamera 

C.  the Central Naval Museum

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15) The first and most famous bridge across the Fontanka River in Saint Petersburg is …

A.  the Palace Bridge 

B.  the Anichkov Bridge 

C.  the Exchange bridge

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