❓Do you know that…
The most widespread firearm in the world is the Russian military rifle #AK-47?
⚔️ Its name stands for Avtomat Kalashnikova in Russian, after its inventor’s name Mikhail Kalashnikov, and the numbers – for the year it was invented.
☝️ An estimated 100 million AK-47s and its modifications have been produced to date. AK-47 has made it even to the flag of Mozambique 🇲🇿, the gun symbolizes vigilance and defense.
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The most widespread firearm in the world is the Russian military rifle #AK-47?
⚔️ Its name stands for Avtomat Kalashnikova in Russian, after its inventor’s name Mikhail Kalashnikov, and the numbers – for the year it was invented.
☝️ An estimated 100 million AK-47s and its modifications have been produced to date. AK-47 has made it even to the flag of Mozambique 🇲🇿, the gun symbolizes vigilance and defense.
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❓Do you know that…
Tetris was invented in Russia 🇷🇺?
👨🔬 In 1984, Russian scientist Alexey Pajitnov developed the first version of the video game in Moscow using an Electronika 60 computer system.
✅ The game quickly caught on and spread throughout Russia.
🌐 By 1987, Tetris was released in Europe and North America, and it became one of the most popular computer games in the world.
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Tetris was invented in Russia 🇷🇺?
👨🔬 In 1984, Russian scientist Alexey Pajitnov developed the first version of the video game in Moscow using an Electronika 60 computer system.
✅ The game quickly caught on and spread throughout Russia.
🌐 By 1987, Tetris was released in Europe and North America, and it became one of the most popular computer games in the world.
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❓Do you know that…
Volgograd is home to the tallest statue of a woman?
⚔️ The Motherland Calls statue is the tallest statue of a woman in the world and the tallest statue in Europe. Its height is 85 m (the woman is 52 m tall and the sword is 33 m tall).
🕯The Motherland Calls statue was built as a way of commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad which was fought during World War II.
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Volgograd is home to the tallest statue of a woman?
⚔️ The Motherland Calls statue is the tallest statue of a woman in the world and the tallest statue in Europe. Its height is 85 m (the woman is 52 m tall and the sword is 33 m tall).
🕯The Motherland Calls statue was built as a way of commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad which was fought during World War II.
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❓Do you know that…
Russia has one of the oldest currencies in circulation?
💸 The Russian #Ruble has been circulating in various forms since the 13th century.
☝️ The British pound is the only other currency in circulation today that is older than this.
🪓 Ruble got its name when the first “coins” were made by cutting off pieces from silver bars (from the Russian verb “rubit” – to chop off, to cut).
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Russia has one of the oldest currencies in circulation?
☝️ The British pound is the only other currency in circulation today that is older than this.
🪓 Ruble got its name when the first “coins” were made by cutting off pieces from silver bars (from the Russian verb “rubit” – to chop off, to cut).
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❓Do you know that…
The first human in space was from the Soviet Union?
🚀 Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space.
🛰 On 12 April 1961, his vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27,400 km per hour with the flight lasting 108 minutes.
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The first human in space was from the Soviet Union?
🚀 Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who, aboard the first successful crewed spaceflight, became the first human to journey into outer space.
🛰 On 12 April 1961, his vehicle, Vostok 1 circled Earth at a speed of 27,400 km per hour with the flight lasting 108 minutes.
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❓Do you know that…
The Museum of Hermitage in St.Petersburg has over 3 million artifacts?
☝️Located in six buildings, it’s one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, that was founded by Catherine the Great in 1764.
🤔 If you spend 1 minute looking at each exhibit in the Hermitage, it would take you about 6 years to see everything.
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The Museum of Hermitage in St.Petersburg has over 3 million artifacts?
☝️Located in six buildings, it’s one of the largest and oldest museums in the world, that was founded by Catherine the Great in 1764.
🤔 If you spend 1 minute looking at each exhibit in the Hermitage, it would take you about 6 years to see everything.
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❓Do you know that… the Russian population speaks at least 277 languages and dialects?
🤔 The number of languages does not coincide with the number of ethnic groups (around 193). Some nations have 2 officially recognized languages.
☝️ At the same time,105 languages are used in the public education system, of which 24 are used as a teaching language, and 81 – as a subject.
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🤔 The number of languages does not coincide with the number of ethnic groups (around 193). Some nations have 2 officially recognized languages.
☝️ At the same time,105 languages are used in the public education system, of which 24 are used as a teaching language, and 81 – as a subject.
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❓Do you know that…
Lake Onega boasts an island full of wooden churches built without a single nail?
🤔 The buildings on Kizhi Island (the Karelian Republic in northwest Russia) were apparently erected across an extensive period, with the first dating back to 1390 and the most recent from 1874.
✨ The site is now an open-air museum and the church complex, Kizhi Pogost, is a #UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Lake Onega boasts an island full of wooden churches built without a single nail?
🤔 The buildings on Kizhi Island (the Karelian Republic in northwest Russia) were apparently erected across an extensive period, with the first dating back to 1390 and the most recent from 1874.
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❓Do you know that… the first Russian nesting doll Matryoshka was made in 1890s?
🥉The novelty toy was exhibited in Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, where it won the bronze medal in the toy section.
🇷🇺 While the other toys remained unknown, the nesting dolls rose to popularity in a jiffy such that now it has become a national icon.
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🥉The novelty toy was exhibited in Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, where it won the bronze medal in the toy section.
🇷🇺 While the other toys remained unknown, the nesting dolls rose to popularity in a jiffy such that now it has become a national icon.
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❓Do you know that… #Russia switched calendars in 1918?
The Gregorian calendar was implemented in Russia on 14 February 1918 by dropping the Julian dates of
1–13 February 1918.
🥇 Apparently, using the Julian calendar led to the Russian Empire being 12 days too late for the 1908 Olympic Games in London (but it didn’t stop the Russian team from winning its first gold medal there).
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The Gregorian calendar was implemented in Russia on 14 February 1918 by dropping the Julian dates of
1–13 February 1918.
🥇 Apparently, using the Julian calendar led to the Russian Empire being 12 days too late for the 1908 Olympic Games in London (but it didn’t stop the Russian team from winning its first gold medal there).
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