Russia adopted equal rights before USA. In 1918, Russian women were granted suffrage.  US has only granted the voting rights to women in 1920

Siberia occupies about 5.2 million square miles, which roughly corresponds to about 9 percent of  Earth6s dry land mass

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

The world’s largest bell, the Tsar Kolokol bell, can be found at the Kremlin. The bell was made in 1735 and cracked soon afterwards. It has never been rung. It is 6.14m high and weighs 223 tons!

During the last days of June, a phenomenon known as the "White Nights" can be seen in parts of Russia. It is a time when night remains bright as the sun does not sink below the horizon

Chelsea is the most famous Russian football club in the world. Club was founded in 1905 and later on in 2003 was bought by Russian businessman Roman Abromovich