Russian

Question 1

The vexillogically relevant term serp i molot (серп и мо́лот) translates to English as what?

Answer 1

Hammer and Sickle

Question 2

The Russian nickname grozny (as in the Chechen capital) translates literally to “awe-inspiring” or “formidable,” but when applied in its best known historical reference, it is more commonly rendered in English as what?

Answer 2

Terrible (Ivan The Terrible)

Question 3

Lukovitsa is the Russian name for this vegetable-shaped style of tower dome.

Answer 3

Onion

Question 4

What word, well-known in the west (since the 1950s, at least), means “fellow traveler” or “traveling companion” in Russian?

Answer 4

Sputnik