Sochi, Soviets, and czars: How much do you know about Russia?

Stretching from sea to sea, covering a huge swath of Europe and Asia, Russia is the largest country on Earth, by size, and home to over 140 million people. The diversity of its lands and people are unmatched by any other nation and its history is equally as complex. But how much do you know about this country? Find out with our quiz.

5. Early rulers from medieval Russia’s first dynasty, the House of Rurik, arrived from outside its lands. Who was Rurik, the dynasty’s 10th-century founder?

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V. M. Vasnetsov, 1899

Rurik's son Oleg, the second ruler from the ancient dynasty, as imagined by a 19th-century painter.

A Gallic clergyman
A viking
A Persian warrior
A Greek seafarer

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