Russia Facts

Here are some amazing facts about the country of Russia that you probably did not know. Check them out and share them with your friends and family!

• Russia is the largest country in the world. It covers 6.6 million square miles.

• In the 18th century, Russia was the 3rd largest empire in earth’s history; it covered the area from Poland in Europe to Alaska in North America.

• Russian Federation is the official name of Russia.
  

  Carl Faberge, the famous goldsmith, designed a number of Easter Eggs for the Russian royal family.

• Russian is also one of the five most spoken languages in the world.

• Cyrillic Alphabet is used by Russian instead of Latin’s.

• The neighbors of Russia include China, Ukraine, Norway and North Korea.

• The lakes of Russia contain one-fourth of the world’s fresh waters.

• The country has over 40 national parks and 100 wildlife reserves.

• Russia is the second biggest oil exporter in the world.

• The Trans-Siberian Railway (connecting Moscow and Vladivostok) is the longest railway in the world.

• The world’s largest bell, the Tsar Kolokol bell, can be found at the Kremlin.

• Vodka was introduced in Russia in the period from 1448 to 1474.

• The Soviet Union in 1957 launched the world’s first space satellite, Sputnik.

• Russia also takes pride in having been the first to launch man to the moon, though the United States landed there first.

• The USSR built, and Russia still maintains, a doomsday device capable of bypassing all standard protocols to launch their entire nuclear arsenal.

• There are over 500,000 alcohol-related deaths in Russia every year.

• Bears in Russia are addicted to jet fuel, and sniff it to get high and pass out.

• Moscow metro is the fastest means of transport, trains are scheduled for every 90 seconds in a rush hour.