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20 interesting facts about Russia, which you did not know
What interesting things can happen in a country which occupies 1/7 of the total land area on the planet! Even we can do something about it did not know. The site offers to see this ... 1. In St. Petersburg three times more bridges than Venice. By the number of canals and bridges over them, not much more appropriate Petersburg called Venice of the North, and Venice - South Petersburg.
2. Russia - the only country in the world, whose territory is washed by 13 seas.
3. Ural Mountains - the oldest mountains on the planet. In the current Cousins area near the village of Aleksandrovka is Mount Pencil, approximate age of which is estimated at 4 billion years. The mountain itself is currently a height of only 600 meters, and it's really amazing how much of the time it is not destroyed by wind and water.
4. The Moscow Kremlin - is the world's largest medieval fortress of all, surviving. The real length of the Kremlin wall - 2235 m.
5. area of Siberia - 9.734 million square kilometers. To make it easier to introduce as much, suffice to say that it is 9% of the total land area on Earth.
6. It's no secret that a Kalashnikov weapon is very popular in all the countries. However, not many people know that at the moment in the world of Kalashnikovs more than all other machines put together.
7. Contrary to popular belief, Ivan the Terrible was a bloodthirsty tyrant. For the same size at the time of Europe and Russia Grozny during his reign, he executed 100 times fewer people than its European counterparts for the same period - 3-4 thousand people against the 300-400 thousand people in Europe.
8. It's amazing, but the Japanese dish sushi in Russia is much more popular than at home in Japan.
9. In Russia, there are at least 15 secret cities. They are not on the cards, they are no road signs to them, and even close do not admit foreigners.
10. Cottage - a purely Russian phenomenon in many European languages, it's called - dacha. Villas appeared during Peter the Great, who gave subjects suburban areas, so that they did not hesitate to experiment with architecture. This king is called - giving.
11. An example of how to be said in modern terms, the outstanding management: each monarch of the Romanov dynasty left his successor a country larger than it receives from its predecessor.
12. When Ivan the Terrible in Russian alcohol content in a variety of intoxicating drink is from 1% to 6%. Wine, the Greek custom, diluted with water. They drank on holidays, no more than twice a month.
13. On the issue of the legalization of weapons: in Tsarist Russia until 1917, anyone could buy a gun in the shop as freely as a loaf of bread.
14. Half of Chelyabinsk is located in the Urals, half - in Siberia. This is depicted on the coat of arms of Chelyabinsk camel. It would seem, why the camel, because no camels in Chelyabinsk? Not now, but 200 years ago there were. Chelyabinsk often took caravans of camels laden.
15. In Russia, 103 reserves, 43 national parks and a giant 70 sanctuaries. The total area of specially protected natural territories of Russia - almost 600 thousand square kilometers, accounting for 4% of the total area of the country.
16. the supposedly ancient Russian matryoshka craftsman Vasily Zvёzdochkin invented in 1900. In the same year, cunning merchants showed her at the World Exhibition in Paris in an old Russian toys and got the bronze medal in the category "Toys».
17. In 2005, the year fun Ulyanovsk Governor Sergei Morozov has declared September 12 the Day of Conception (officially - Happy family communication) and a day off. Citizens do not let us down, the success of the initiative surpassed all expectations: in June 2006, the birth rate has jumped threefold in Ulyanovsk.
18. In Moscow, there are stray dogs who ride the subway every day to the same route. They know when and where you can eat.
19. Russia never knew slavery in its true concept. Period fullest expression forms of feudal dependence, serfdom in Russia was shorter than, for example, in England and most of Europe. Besides serfdom in Russia was milder forms. Russian serfdom was abolished in 1861, the United States abolished slavery in 1865.
20. In 2002, the year rated Yekaterinburg UNESCO entered the list of 12 cities in the world ideal.
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2. Russia - the only country in the world, whose territory is washed by 13 seas.
3. Ural Mountains - the oldest mountains on the planet. In the current Cousins area near the village of Aleksandrovka is Mount Pencil, approximate age of which is estimated at 4 billion years. The mountain itself is currently a height of only 600 meters, and it's really amazing how much of the time it is not destroyed by wind and water.
4. The Moscow Kremlin - is the world's largest medieval fortress of all, surviving. The real length of the Kremlin wall - 2235 m.
5. area of Siberia - 9.734 million square kilometers. To make it easier to introduce as much, suffice to say that it is 9% of the total land area on Earth.
6. It's no secret that a Kalashnikov weapon is very popular in all the countries. However, not many people know that at the moment in the world of Kalashnikovs more than all other machines put together.
7. Contrary to popular belief, Ivan the Terrible was a bloodthirsty tyrant. For the same size at the time of Europe and Russia Grozny during his reign, he executed 100 times fewer people than its European counterparts for the same period - 3-4 thousand people against the 300-400 thousand people in Europe.
8. It's amazing, but the Japanese dish sushi in Russia is much more popular than at home in Japan.
9. In Russia, there are at least 15 secret cities. They are not on the cards, they are no road signs to them, and even close do not admit foreigners.
10. Cottage - a purely Russian phenomenon in many European languages, it's called - dacha. Villas appeared during Peter the Great, who gave subjects suburban areas, so that they did not hesitate to experiment with architecture. This king is called - giving.
11. An example of how to be said in modern terms, the outstanding management: each monarch of the Romanov dynasty left his successor a country larger than it receives from its predecessor.
12. When Ivan the Terrible in Russian alcohol content in a variety of intoxicating drink is from 1% to 6%. Wine, the Greek custom, diluted with water. They drank on holidays, no more than twice a month.
13. On the issue of the legalization of weapons: in Tsarist Russia until 1917, anyone could buy a gun in the shop as freely as a loaf of bread.
14. Half of Chelyabinsk is located in the Urals, half - in Siberia. This is depicted on the coat of arms of Chelyabinsk camel. It would seem, why the camel, because no camels in Chelyabinsk? Not now, but 200 years ago there were. Chelyabinsk often took caravans of camels laden.
15. In Russia, 103 reserves, 43 national parks and a giant 70 sanctuaries. The total area of specially protected natural territories of Russia - almost 600 thousand square kilometers, accounting for 4% of the total area of the country.
16. the supposedly ancient Russian matryoshka craftsman Vasily Zvёzdochkin invented in 1900. In the same year, cunning merchants showed her at the World Exhibition in Paris in an old Russian toys and got the bronze medal in the category "Toys».
17. In 2005, the year fun Ulyanovsk Governor Sergei Morozov has declared September 12 the Day of Conception (officially - Happy family communication) and a day off. Citizens do not let us down, the success of the initiative surpassed all expectations: in June 2006, the birth rate has jumped threefold in Ulyanovsk.
18. In Moscow, there are stray dogs who ride the subway every day to the same route. They know when and where you can eat.
19. Russia never knew slavery in its true concept. Period fullest expression forms of feudal dependence, serfdom in Russia was shorter than, for example, in England and most of Europe. Besides serfdom in Russia was milder forms. Russian serfdom was abolished in 1861, the United States abolished slavery in 1865.
20. In 2002, the year rated Yekaterinburg UNESCO entered the list of 12 cities in the world ideal.
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