47 The Amazing Top Facts About Russia !!!

Interesting facts about Russia, its history and modernity, nature and people, relationships with the outside world and just funny curiosities.Some of these facts are well known, but still remembering them once again is a pleasure.And some interesting facts about Russia from this list, many, perhaps, learn for the first time.So, let's go !!!1 ) Russia is the largest country in the world, its area is 17,075,400 square kilometers. It is 1.8 times more than the US.The area of Russia is approximately equal to the surface area of the planet Pluto.2 ) In Russia there is the world's largest active volcano - Kliuchevskaya Sopka. Its height is 4 kilometers 850 meters. He throws ash posts eight kilometers up.With each eruption, it is getting higher. The volcano Klyuchevskaya Sopka is erupting for the last 7 thousand years.3 ) The Metro of St. Petersburg is the deepest in the world. Its average depth is 100 meters.4 ) Russians are very patriotic - believe that their president Putin is the greatest leader in the world, that they have the strongest army in the world,that they are the most cultured country in the world and the cradle of the whole civilization,that all great inventions and discoveries were taken by the Russians !!!5 ) The Russians are still celebrating their Great Victory over Fascist Germany on May 9, although 73 years have passed since the victory,it is comparable to The Roman Empire Celebrated her victory over Carthage6 ) In Russian history, little mention is made of the First World War,from the fact that in it the Russian Empire lost and ceased to exist.thanks to a revolution 1917 Lenin, with the financing of Kaiser Germany, created the USSR7 ) The revolution in Russia in 1917 last year (2017) turned 100 years old.And the mummified body of Lenin after his death from syphilis lies in the sarcophagus on the Crane Square to this day8 ) The USSR lost to the United States in 1990-1991 the Cold War. The Russians do not admit it until now !!!After the collapse of the Soviet empire, 25 countries were formed, 3 countries ceased to exist on the world map,6 countries moved from bloody communism to democracy9) thanks to Russia (USSR), communism dominates as a political ideology in China, Vietnam, Cuba, North Korea,Burma (Myanmar) and in Iran a regiologic state of dictatorial character10 ) The authoritarian leader (president) of Russia Putin - the former KGBist and the world's richest oligarch - is trying to prop up the Cold War,To revive the great Russia and the USSR (all these are his personal ambitions and goals)to sacrifice his people for his good purpose - the war in Georgia, Ukraine, Syria- the response of international sanctions and isolation on the world arena of Russia - all as in the 50s of the last century11 ) To this day, Russia is considered an occupied territoryKarelia - the former territory of FinlandKaliningrad region - the former East Prussia, the historical territory of GermanyCrimea and the South East Donbass - UkraineTransnistria - MoldovaAbkhazia and South Ossetia - GeorgiaSakhalin and the Kuril Islands - Japan12 ) Siberian Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world and the largest source of fresh water on the planet.Baikal has 23 cubic kilometers of water. All the largest rivers in the world - the Volga, the Don, the Dnieper, the Yenisei, the Urals, the Ob,the Ganges, the Orinoco, the Amazon, the Thames, the Seine and the Oder - should flow for almost a year to fill the basin equal in volume to Lake Baikal.13 ) Russia is the only state whose territory is washed by the twelve seas.14 ) Russia is separated from America by 4 kilometers.This is the distance between the island of Ratmanov (Russia) and the island of Kruzenshtern (USA) in the Bering Strait.15 ) From Moscow to Chicago is closer than from Chicago to Rio de Janeiro.16 ) The Urals are the oldest mountains in the world. Located in the Kusinsky district near the village of Alexandrovka,the Pencil Mountain originated 4, 2 billion years ago. The historical names of the Ural Mountains are Bolshoy Kamen, Siberian Stone, Terran Belt, and Belt Stone.Once the Ural Mountains were very high, but now only the grounds remained from the former mountains.17 ) In Moscow there are 7 absolutely identical high-rise buildings: 2 hotels, 2 administrative buildings, 2 apartment buildings and a university.In English this ensemble is called the Seven Sisters, and in Russian just Stalin's high-rise buildings.The style in which high-rise buildings are built is called Stalin's Gothic style.