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12 stunned facts about Russia, which for some reason we did not know
Our country - too much to know it all! Editorial suspects that a lifetime will not be enough. We are little by little we learn amazing facts about Russia - and share them with you! < 1. In Latvia, Russia called Krievu, Estonia - Veneman, Finland - Venyayya in China - Eluoxie and can be reduced to E, and Vietnamese Russia called Nga.
2. In Stavropol, there is a street called 45th Parallel, as it is precisely on this parallel and passes.
3. The residents of the city of Torzhok in the Tver region properly called "innovators", as the city was formerly known as the New Torgom.
4. The first cottages appeared in Russia in the era of Peter the Great.
5. Quarry World in Yakutia is the largest artificial hole in the world.
6. The length of the Trans-Siberian Railway - more than 9000 km.
7. In an island of Okhotsk Iore misunderstanding. It was named so because of an error that opened it in 1910 expedition - scientists have some reason did not inflict it on the map.
8. The Russian sign language Pyatigorsk is shown as two pistols, looking at each other - in memory of the duel between Lermontov and Martynov took place here in 1841.
9. In Moscow in 1994, the resolution number 101, according to which the dogs barking prohibited from 23:00 to 7:00.
10. In Russia, there is an official position of "leader." So that
the head of the rural settlement Yukagirs Olerinsky Suktul in Yakutia.
11. If the Moscow metro to go toward the center (or clockwise on the ring), the station will be announced in a male voice, and when moving from the center (and counter-clockwise) - female.
12. In the Chelyabinsk region camels are not found, but the flag and emblem of the city and the region shows a camel.
via www.moya-planeta.ru/travel/view/12_neochevidnyh_faktov_o_rossii_9909/
2. In Stavropol, there is a street called 45th Parallel, as it is precisely on this parallel and passes.
3. The residents of the city of Torzhok in the Tver region properly called "innovators", as the city was formerly known as the New Torgom.
4. The first cottages appeared in Russia in the era of Peter the Great.
5. Quarry World in Yakutia is the largest artificial hole in the world.
6. The length of the Trans-Siberian Railway - more than 9000 km.
7. In an island of Okhotsk Iore misunderstanding. It was named so because of an error that opened it in 1910 expedition - scientists have some reason did not inflict it on the map.
8. The Russian sign language Pyatigorsk is shown as two pistols, looking at each other - in memory of the duel between Lermontov and Martynov took place here in 1841.
9. In Moscow in 1994, the resolution number 101, according to which the dogs barking prohibited from 23:00 to 7:00.
10. In Russia, there is an official position of "leader." So that
the head of the rural settlement Yukagirs Olerinsky Suktul in Yakutia.
11. If the Moscow metro to go toward the center (or clockwise on the ring), the station will be announced in a male voice, and when moving from the center (and counter-clockwise) - female.
12. In the Chelyabinsk region camels are not found, but the flag and emblem of the city and the region shows a camel.
via www.moya-planeta.ru/travel/view/12_neochevidnyh_faktov_o_rossii_9909/
