Q 01/05

In Russian, what does the word kreml' mean?

A) A cathedral square

B) A fortress within a city

C) A royal palace

D) A ruler's residence

Answer · why

B) A fortress within a city

Many Russian cities have a kremlin of their own; Moscow's is simply the best known.

Q 02/05

The Kremlin overlooks which river to its south?

A) Neva

B) Moskva

C) Don

D) Volga

Answer · why

B) Moskva

Red Square lies to its east and the Alexander Garden to its west.

Q 03/05

How many palaces and how many cathedrals does the Kremlin complex comprise?

A) Seven and six

B) Two and eight

C) Three and two

D) Five and four

Answer · why

D) Five and four

The Grand Kremlin Palace, once a residence of the tsars, is now the official residence of Russia's president.

Q 04/05

The Kremlin stands on which rise of ground, at the point where the Neglinnaya flowed into the main river?

A) Poklonnaya Hill

B) Borovitsky Hill

C) Tagansky Hill

D) Sparrow Hills

Answer · why

B) Borovitsky Hill

Slavs occupied its south-western part as early as the 11th century.

Q 05/05

Which prince greatly extended the original fort in 1156, the traditional founding era of Moscow?

A) Alexander Nevsky

B) Yuri Dolgorukiy

C) Dmitri Donskoi

D) Ivan Kalita

Answer · why

B) Yuri Dolgorukiy

The Mongols destroyed it in 1237 and Ivan I Kalita rebuilt it in oak in 1339.