Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Imperial Intrigues and Siberian Enigmas
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Russian mining hub’s metallurgical marvel alloyed for magnetism
- 2. Ancient Slavic title once held by grand princes in Rus'
- 6. Empress of all Russias, supreme in autocratic courtly hierarchy
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- 3. Pertaining to the fortified seat of Moscow’s political nexus
- 4. Nested Russian dolls, an icon of recursive folklore craftsmanship
- 5. Fossil resin found near the world’s deepest lake’s frigid shores
- 7. 19th-century Russian populist, peasantry’s revolutionary ideologue
- 8. Metal vessel steeped in tradition for brewing tea, symbolizing Russian hospitality