| GODUNOV | Opera by Mussorgsky set in Russia and Poland (5,7) |
| BORIS | Opera by Mussorgsky set in Russia and Poland (5,7) |
| TRANSSIBERIAN | 2008 film set in Russia and China |
| ZHIVAGO | 1966 David Lean epic set in Russia and starring Omar Sharif, Doctor ------- (7) |
| ABRIDGED | Cut link between eastern parts of Russia and Poland (8) |
| BELARUS | Neighbor to Russia and Poland |
| FIDDLERONTHE | and 16ac, 1964 Broadway musical by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick set in Russia in 1905 |
| BERINGSTRAIT | Channel between Cape Dezhnev in Russia and Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska |
| BORISGODUNOV | Mussorgsky opera premiered at St Petersburg in 1874 (5,7) |
| PICTURESATAN | and 7dn, 1874 piano suite by Modest Mussorgsky (8,2,2,10) |
| PICTURESATANEXHIBITION | Piano work by Mussorgsky, also orchestrated by Ravel |
| TSCHAIKOWSKY | Mussorgsky contemporary |
| KIEV | "The Great Gate of": ..., the final movement of Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky (4) |
| FIDDLERONTHEROOF | 1964 Broadway musical by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick set in Russia in 1905 |
| ROOF | 1964 Broadway musical by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick set in Russia in 1905 (7,2,3,4) |
| DOCTORZHIVAGO | 1965 romantic epic directed by David Lean and set in Russia: 2 wds. |
| ALFRESCO | Turns up, officer worked the land in Russia and in America in the open air (2,6) |
| AARHUS | Battery for hotel in Russia and school in Denmark (6) |
| THEGREAT | US comedy-drama set in Russia, starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult (3,5) |
| ANASTASIA | Animated film set in Russia, featuring the voice of Meg Ryan in the title role (9) |
