Archangel - full deck Flashcards

1
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“Death solves all problems - no man, no problem”

A

Stalin

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2
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Beria’s bodyguard

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Papu Gerasimovich Rapava

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3
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How old is Rapava in 1953

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25

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4
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Where is Rapava from?

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Mingrelia - NE shore of the Black Sea

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5
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Where is Beria’s house

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Vspolnyi Street

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6
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Night Beria summoned to Stalin

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March 2nd 1953

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7
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Minister for Internal Affairs

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Levrenty Pavlovich Beria

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8
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Who summons Beria to Stalin’s dacha

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Malenkov

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9
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What word is used to refer to Stalin’s dacha

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Blizhny - Near

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10
Q

Hotel where Kelso interviews Rapava

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Ukrainia

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11
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Where is Stalin’s dacha

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Kuntsevo

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12
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Kelso’s full name

A

Dr Christopher Richard Andrew Kelso - Fluke

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13
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Beria’s car

A

Packard

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14
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Other Mingelian boy working for Beria

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Beso Dumbadze

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15
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Gate out of the Kremlin

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Borovitskiy Gate

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16
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Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers

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Georgiy Maksimilanovich Malenkov

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17
Q

Stalin’s full name

A

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

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18
Q

Beer drunk by Rapava

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Baltika

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19
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Vodka drunk by Rapava

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Zubrovka

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20
Q

Rapava’s matches

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Robotnik club - near the Dinamo stadium

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21
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Rapava’s uncle

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Avksenty Rapava - Beria’s crony in the Georgian NKVD

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22
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How tall was Stalin

A

5’4”

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23
Q

What does Beria ask Rapava to look for on Stalin?

A

A key

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24
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Beria’s nickname for Molotov

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Stone-Arse

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25
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Note left behind by Beria

A

ALARM

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26
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Rapava’s sentence

A

Fifteen years hard labour, Kolyma territory

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27
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Who did Rapava kill in the camp

A

A Chechen who tried to sodomise him

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28
Q

When did Rapava return to Moscow

A

1969 - day of the moon landing

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29
Q

Where did Rapava work after prison?

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Engine sheds, Leningrad station

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30
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Rapava’s children

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Son and daughter

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31
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Where did Rapava’s son die

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Afghanistan - night ambush Mazr-i-Sharif

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32
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Spying Rapava

A

Antipin - foreman at engine sheds. Senka - cripple in flat downstairs

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33
Q

“To choose one’s victims, to prepare …”

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Stalin, in conversation with Kamenev and Dzerzhinsky

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34
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Chaperone for the conference

A

Olga Komarova, Russian Archive Service (Rosarchiv)

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35
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What has Kelso been described as in a Sunday newspaper

A

A battered Byron

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36
Q

Symposium being held in

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Institute of Marxism-Leninism

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37
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Free newspaper being handed out outside symposium

A

Aurora

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38
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Who wanted to buy the Party archive for $5m

A

Hoover Institute

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39
Q

Who runs Aurora

A

Vladimir Pavlovich Mamantov - eg KGB

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40
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Institute of Marxism-Leninism now renamed

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The Russian Centre for the Preservation and Study of Documents Relating to Modern History

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41
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How many delegates at the symposium

A

91

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42
Q

Adelman’s book thirty years ago

A

the Famine and the Terror

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43
Q

What does Robotnik mean?

A

Worker

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44
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What great forgery scandal does Adelmen compare Stalin’s notebook to

A

Hitler Diaries

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45
Q

Kelso’s ex-wife

A

Margaret - also, boys

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46
Q

Quod volimus credimus libenter

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We always believe what we want to believe

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47
Q

Journalist

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RJ O’Brian - Moscow correspondent, Satellite News System

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48
Q

Going rate for captures Nazi file

A

$1,000 and a bottle of scotch

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49
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The foundations of empire are often occasions of woe. Their dismemberment, always

A

Evelyn Waugh

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50
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Lenin Library now renamed

A

Central Library of the Russian Federation

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51
Q

Volumes Kelso takes out

A

Radzinsky, Volkogonov, Khrushchev, Alliluyeva, Chuyev’s interviews with Molotov

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52
Q

What’s the symbol for a book that was secret until 1991

A

c - slash

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53
Q

Kelso’s girlfriend when he was in Moscow

A

Irina

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54
Q

Where is Irina now?

A

Dental assistant in South Wales

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55
Q

Who writes about the rumours of Stalin’s notebook

A

AA Yepishev

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56
Q

Young man behind counter at Library

A

Andrei Efanov

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57
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“medium machine”

A

Cover name for Soviet atom bomb programme - Beria’s pet project

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58
Q

Post eventually held by Yepishev

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Head of Central Political Department of the Soviet armed Forces

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59
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Yepishev’s deputy

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Dmitri Volkogonov - Stalin’s biographer

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60
Q

Who has written Yephishev’s entry in the Directory of Heroes of the Soviet Union

A

Mamantov

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61
Q

Mamantov’s sentence for role in coup against Gorbachev

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Fourteen months in Lefortovo

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62
Q

Who is listening in to Mamantov’s calls?

A

Major Feliks Suvorin of the SVR

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63
Q

Russian Intelligence Service

A

SVR

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64
Q

Name of symposium

A

Confronting the past

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65
Q

Movies Stalin liked to watch

A

Tarzan

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66
Q

Stalin’s favourite record - howling dogs

A

Milovan Djilas

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67
Q

Lousy dancer - like a cow on ice

A

Khrushchev

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68
Q

Stalin’s daughter

A

Svetlana

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69
Q

Stalin’s eldest son

A

Capture by Germans

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70
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Stalin’s other son

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Vasily - alcoholic, died 41

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71
Q

Stalin’s second wife

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Nadezhda

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72
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Stalin’s wife Nadezhda’s siblings

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Pavel, Fyodor, Anna - Anna imprisoned for so long she lost the power of speech

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73
Q

Why did Stalin hold Anna in solitary confinement

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Because she talks too much

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74
Q

Movie watched by Stalin, 8th December 1938, after signing death lists

A

Comedy - Happy Days

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75
Q

Mamantov’s apartment

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The House on the Embankment, Serafimovich St

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76
Q

Surveillance car on Mamantov

A

Lada

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77
Q

Nothing is more important to a nation than it’s …

A

… history

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78
Q

Painting of Stalin on the ramparts of the Kremlin

A

Gerasimov

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79
Q

Bust of Stalin

A

Vuchtich

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80
Q

Second version of Gerasimov painting misses out …

A

Voroshilov

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81
Q

Suvourin’s after shave

A

Eau Sauvage

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82
Q

Beria’s old house became embassy of …

A

Tunisia

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83
Q

Suvorin’s assistant

A

Lt Vissari Netto

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84
Q

Chief of RT Directorate (Suvorin’s boss)

A

Colonel Yuri Arsenyev

85
Q

Mamantov’s wife

A

Ludmilla Fedorova

86
Q

Where does Kelso call Mamantov from

A

Intourist building, Mohavaja St

87
Q

Where/When Kelso born

A

Wimbledon, 1954

88
Q

Kelso’s alma mater

A

St John’s

89
Q

Scholarship to …

A

Harvard

90
Q

Programme Keslo went to Moscow under

A

Students for Peace, 1980

91
Q

Kelso’s PhD thesis

A

Power in the Land: The Peasantry of the Volga region 1917-22

92
Q

Lecturer, where?

A

Oxford, 1983-94

93
Q

Kelso’s marriages

A

Katherine Jane Owen, Irina Makhailovna Pugacheva, Margaret Madelaine Lodge

94
Q

Kelso’s sons

A

Two, live in NYC

95
Q

Mamantov’s bodyguard

A

Viktor Bubka

96
Q

Lenin’s widow

A

Nadezhda Krupskaya

97
Q

Stalin’s preferred wines

A

Kindzmarauli and Hvanchkara

98
Q

Kelso’s taxi

A

Zhiguli

99
Q

Admission fee to the Robotnik

A

300 roubles - fifty dollars

100
Q

Boris Nikolaeovich …

A

Yeltsin

101
Q

Stalins assistant questioned by Yepishev

A

Poskrebyshev

102
Q

Gulag stool pigeon sending reports about Rapava

A

Abidov

103
Q

Rapava’s daughter’s car

A

Lada

104
Q

Rapava’s daughter is studying …

A

Law

105
Q

How much to be taken to Rapapva

A

$300

106
Q

Rapava’s address

A

Block 9, Entrance D, floor 5, apartment 12

107
Q

Soviet anthem being played in Rapava’s apartment

A

Party of Lenin

108
Q

Rapava’s record player

A

Telefunken

109
Q

Rapava’s apartment complex

A

Victory of the Revolution

110
Q

Head of air force, shot

A

Rychagov

111
Q

Play in Stalin’s library

A

Ivan Grozny, AM Tolstoy, 1942

112
Q

“The Heirs of Stalin”

A

Yevtushenko

113
Q

Where is Fluke taken when arrested

A

Moscow City Militia

114
Q

Uzbeki bandit machine gunned in the Bablyon

A

Tsexer

115
Q

Officer investigating Rapava’s murder

A

Belenky

116
Q

Battle-cruiser shelling Winter Palace in 1917

A

Aurora

117
Q

Kelso’s plane leaves …

A

Sheremetevo

118
Q

Where is the officer investigating Rapava’s murder sent

A

Magadan, Siberia

119
Q

Who tells O’Brian that Kelso is looking for Stalin’s notebook

A

Adelman

120
Q

Moscow newspaper for young Westerners

A

The eXile

121
Q

Who has bought an icon and is worried about smuggling it out

A

Duberstein

122
Q

Where did Dubestein buy the icon

A

Bookstore, Noviy Arbat - $500

123
Q

What magazine does Kelso buy to read on the plane

A

Der Spiegel

124
Q

Rapava’s daughter’s name

A

Zinaida

125
Q

Airline flying Kelso to NYC

A

Delta

126
Q

Where has Rapava hidden the Stalin papers

A

In a toolbox

127
Q

Rapava’s son’s name

A

Sergo

128
Q

Where does Zinaida work during the daytime

A

GUM - Switchboard

129
Q

What else does Kelso find with the Stalin papers in Rapava’s garage

A

Gun - Makarov

130
Q

O’Brian’s car

A

Toyota Land Cruiser

131
Q

Name of girl who writes the entries in the Stalin notebook

A

Anna Mikhailovna Safanova

132
Q

Magazine Anna Safanova’s photo appears in

A

Ogonyok

133
Q

River in Archangle

A

Dvina

134
Q

Man who comes looking for Safanova on Stalin’s behalf

A

Mekhlis

135
Q

Maid in Stalin’s house

A

Valechka Istomina

136
Q

Stalin’s favourite brandy

A

Ararat

137
Q

Population of Archangel

A

400000

138
Q

Archangel founded by …

A

Peter the Great

139
Q

Archangel’s port

A

Severodvinsk - centre of nuclear sub construction

140
Q

Archangel named after

A

Archangel Michael, the Warrior Angel

141
Q

What is there to be consulted at Archangel Railway Statiion

A

Radiation meter - 15 microrads or below is safe

142
Q

Road to Archangel from Moscow

A

M8

143
Q

Zinaida’s address

A

near Izmaylovo Park, near the flea market

144
Q

“If you are afraid of wolves, keep out of the woods”

A

Stalin

145
Q

Petrol station stopped at on the M8

A

Nefto Agip, Prospect Mira

146
Q

O’Brian’s equipment

A

Four items, total value, $120,000

147
Q

Satellite phone

A

Inmarsat

148
Q

Russia is owned by whoever has the biggest …

A

… fists

149
Q

Town on the Volga on the way to Archangel

A

Yaroslavl

150
Q

How many bullets in a Makarov magazine

A

8

151
Q

How old was Zinaida when her mother died

A

18 - 1989

152
Q

Rapava’s Rule No 1

A

Never show them you’re afraid

153
Q

Rapava’s Rule No 2

A

You’ve only got one friend in this world - Yourself

154
Q

Where does Zinaida go to buy new clothes

A

GUM

155
Q

How much cash has Zinaida accumulated

A

$30,000

156
Q

Barman at the Robotnik

A

Aleksey

157
Q

Where do O’Brian and Kelso stop around midnight

A

100 miles north of Vologda

158
Q

Inmarsat is over the …

A

…Indian Ocean

159
Q

Surovin’s wife’s perfume

A

Chanel - from the G8 summit

160
Q

Print in Surovin’s hall

A

Jackson Pollock

161
Q

Alias given to Kelso by O’Brian

A

Foma Vukov

162
Q

River Dvina flows into the …

A

White Sea

163
Q

How far from Moscow to Archangel

A

800 miles

164
Q

Ferries from Archangel to …

A

Murmansk and the Groaning Islands

165
Q

Stolovaya

A

Old-style workers cafe

166
Q

Cabbage soup with sour cream

A

Shchi

167
Q

Safanova’s old school

A

Maxim Gorky Academy - 1950

168
Q

Safanova was in the …

A

Komsomol

169
Q

Where is the old Party HQ in Archangel

A

Ploshchad Lenina

170
Q

Hospital in Archangel

A

Northern Basin Seamen’s Policlinic

171
Q

How tall is Archangel’s statue of Lenin

A

15 yards

172
Q

Party’s candidate in last election

A

Gennady Zyuganov - current Communist Party leader

173
Q

Headling on Aurora

A

VIOLENCE IS INEVITABLE

174
Q

Deputy First Secretary Regional Committee in Archangel

A

Professor Tsarev

175
Q

Tsarev’s office

A

Model of Sputnik, clock in the shape of Zimbabwe

176
Q

Title of Mamantov’s memoirs

A

I Still Believe

177
Q

CP membership in Archangel

A

20,000 (7%)

178
Q

Who has removed the Komsomol files for 1950 and 1951

A

General Poskrebyshev - Stalin’s private secretary

179
Q

Anna Safanova’s parents

A

Mikhail and Vavara

180
Q

How long has Vavara Safanova been a party member

A

More than 60 years

181
Q

Name of company (Mamantov’s) that has acquired Beria’s old house

A

Moskprop

182
Q

What does O’Brian make for Vavana Safanova

A

Tea

183
Q

Ukrainians resettled in Archangel in 1930s

A

Kulaks

184
Q

Mikhail Safanova’s profession

A

Metalurgist in the shipyards

185
Q

How old was Anna Safanova when she died

A

20

186
Q

Anna’s son adopted by …

A

The Chizhikovs

187
Q

There are references in Anna Safanova’s journal to

A

Trofim Lysenko

188
Q

Mamantov’s wealth

A

half a billion roubles

189
Q

Plane that takes Suvorin to Archangel

A

Tupolev

190
Q

Chizikhov

A

Stalin’s pre-revolution alias - PA Chizikhov, 1911

191
Q

Graves discovered in the forest

A

eight - Sumbatov, Yezhov, Golub, Chizhikov

192
Q

Collected thoughts of Stalin

A

Sochineniya

193
Q

Symbol on crimson leather case

A

Order of Hero of the Soviet Union

194
Q

Soldiers Surovin finds at Archangel

A

Major Kretov, Lieutenant Korf

195
Q

Unit sent to find Kelso

A

Spetsnaz (commandos) - MVD special forces

196
Q

How much is O’Brian’s Toyota worth?

A

$40,000

197
Q

Listening post that picks up O’Brian’s phone

A

Onega

198
Q

Passports found in Stalin Jrs hut

A

Norwegian (Bergen)

199
Q

Word at the top of documents in Stalin’s hut

A

Confession

200
Q

“Out of the fire comes …”

A

steel

201
Q

What did Lenin call the Tsarovich

A

The Living Banner

202
Q

How do Surovin and the soldiers get to Stalin’s hut

A

Snow plough

203
Q

Machine gun

A

RP46

204
Q

Female attendant in sleeper carriage

A

Provodnik

205
Q

Fare in soft class

A

1,000 roubles a head

206
Q

Which big town doe the train pause in to show Stalin

A

Vologda

207
Q

Who lives in the flat beneath Zinaida

A

The Klims

208
Q

Moscow station where Stalin gets off the train

A

Yaroslavl

209
Q

Who shoots Stalin

A

Zinaida