Geography
Russia is a transcontinental country, extending halfway around the northern hemisphere and covering much of eastern and north-eastern Europe and the whole of northern Asia
Population
In terms of population, Russia is the ninth largest country in the world, even though it's the world's biggest country
Culture
There are 221 museums, 2,000 libraries, more than 80 theaters, 100 concert organizations, 45 galleries, 62 cinemas and 80 club establishments of culture in St Petersburg
Habits
Russians never shake hands over a door way, they believe it leads to arguments
Language
Russian language does not include a word for 'the' or 'a' which is good because these often lead to confusion in other languages
Language
Russian language uses the Cyrillic alphabet instead of the Latin and is one of the 5 most spoken languages in the world
Geography
The Urals are the oldest mountains in the world and lake Baikal is the world's deepest lake and the largest reservoir of fresh water on earth
Geography
Russia covers 1/7th of the total land of our planet and neighbors more countries than any other country on earth
Geography
Ladoga lake is the largest one in Europe. Its area makes 18 400 sq km, average depth is 51 m, the largest one is up to 230 m
Moscow population
Moscow is the biggest city in Europe. Population is 10.5 million. Statistic says that Moscow population is expecting to be 16 millions by 2020
Moscow Population
Moscow actually has more billionaires living in the area than any other city in the world. With a total of 74 billionaires, Moscow beats New York City's statistic by three
Culture
The Russian State Library is the biggest in Europe and second in the World after Library of Congress in the USA. The Russian State Library is located in Moscow and was founded in 1862
St. Petersburg History
St. Petersburg was known as Petrograd from 1914 to 1924 and Leningrad from 1924 to 1991
St. Petersburg
The Metro of St. Petersburg is the world’s deepest subway (about 100 m deep)
Railroads
The Trans-Siberian Railway (connecting Moscow and Vladivostok) is the longest railway in the world
Science
Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961
Georgaphy
Baikal lake area is 31.5 thousand sq km. The Baikal is the deepest lake in Russia, it is a large world reservoir for fresh water (23 thousand km³)
Georgaphy
Russia is the only State in the world, on the territory of which there are 12 seas
Georgaphy
There is the closest point between Russia and America that is only 4 km long
Georgaphy
The way from Moscow to Chicago is closer than from Chicago to Rio-de-Janeiro
Moscow
The total length of the Kremlin walls is 2235 meters
Moscow
There are 7 absolutely the same high-rise buildings in Moscow: 2 hotels, 2 administrative buildings, 2 blocks of flats and the Moscow State University
Culture
Russian celebrate new year 2 times a year (01st of January and Orthodox Stule New Year 14th of January)
Culture
Where is the largest McDonald's in the WORLD? In Moscow and in Beijing (700 seats per each)
Moscow
Every day over 9 MILLION passengers ride the Metro, Moscow's vast underground subway system. In a single day, an average of 9915 trains operate between 5am—1am
Moscow
Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour holds around 5,000-6,000 at one time and is the tallest Eastern Orthodox church in the world and currently the largest operating Orthodox Church in the world
Moscow
"Alexander and Natalie" located in the famous Arbat Street is the only Moscow fountain with drinking water
Culture
The intelligency level is of Russian people is considered up to 99%. There are more than 600 universities in the country
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg is the most northern city with population more than 1 million people in the world
Nature
Siberia contains more than 25% of the world's forests
Nature
Siberia occupies about 5.2 million square miles, which roughly corresponds to about 9 percent of Earth6s dry land mass
Moscow
Ostanikino Tower is the highest TV tower in Europe. World's tallest self-supporting structure from 1967 to 1975
Moscow
Kremlin of Moscow is the world biggest medieval fortress built in XIV-XV centuries
Sochi
Russia is the only country in the world that will host 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games on the Black sea coast in a humid subtropical climate
Geography
Russia has Borders with 15 countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine
Kalashnikov
"Kalashnikov" was originally created in 1947, and has since been in use. In fact, there are more copies made of this rifle than of all other assault rifles in the world COMBINED!