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Russia Word Search
11 words · 12×12 grid
How to play: click (or tap) the first letter, drag to the last letter, then release. Words go in any direction, including backwards. Or download the PDF to solve on paper.
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Russia spans 11 time zones: when it is 7 in the evening in Kaliningrad on the Baltic coast, it is already 5 the next morning in Kamchatka on the Pacific. This grid crosses that distance, from MOSCOW and the KREMLIN to the TAIGA forests of SIBERIA and Lake BAIKAL, with the VOLGA, the BALLET and a painted MATRYOSHKA doll along the way. Words run across, down, backwards and up.
Frequently asked questions
Why is Lake Baikal famous?
It is the deepest lake on Earth, about 1,640 meters at its deepest point, and one of the oldest, at roughly 25 million years. BAIKAL holds around a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh surface water.
How many dolls are in a matryoshka?
There is no fixed number. The first set, carved and painted in Russia in the 1890s, had eight dolls; sets made today range from three dolls to several dozen.
What is the Cyrillic alphabet?
The alphabet used to write Russian, named after Saint Cyril, a ninth century missionary. Russian uses 33 Cyrillic letters, and the same script also writes Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian and other languages. In this word find, CYRILLIC itself is spelled in plain Latin letters.
