❓Do you know that…
the Moscow Kremlin is the largest existing medieval fortress in Europe?
🤔 The total length of Kremlin walls is 2235 meters. The first wooden fortress was erected in 1156; during the World War II the Kremlin was disguised as residential streets to protect it from German bombing.
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the Moscow Kremlin is the largest existing medieval fortress in Europe?
🤔 The total length of Kremlin walls is 2235 meters. The first wooden fortress was erected in 1156; during the World War II the Kremlin was disguised as residential streets to protect it from German bombing.
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❓Do you know that…
Siberia makes up over 13 mi square kilometers, or about 75% of all of Russia’s territory, and roughly 10% of the planet's land area?
🥶 Though Siberia is associated with cold, summers are warm across Siberia, with some parts reaching +35°C. To be fair, during Siberian winters, the temperature can reach lows of –70°C.
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Siberia makes up over 13 mi square kilometers, or about 75% of all of Russia’s territory, and roughly 10% of the planet's land area?
🥶 Though Siberia is associated with cold, summers are warm across Siberia, with some parts reaching +35°C. To be fair, during Siberian winters, the temperature can reach lows of –70°C.
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❓Do you know that… Russia has 1️⃣1️⃣ different time zones?
💪🏼 Russia holds a world record: 10 of the country's 11 time zones cover a contiguous landmass – only the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad breaks that pattern.
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💪🏼 Russia holds a world record: 10 of the country's 11 time zones cover a contiguous landmass – only the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad breaks that pattern.
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❓Do you know that…
the longest railway in the world is in Russia?
🛤 The #Trans-Siberian Railway extends from Moscow to Vladivostok, a total of 9288,2 km.
🚂 If you want to take your time and travel around Russia by train, the Trans-Siberian Railway makes it easy to do so.
The Trans-Siberian Railway even connects to China and Mongolia.
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the longest railway in the world is in Russia?
🛤 The #Trans-Siberian Railway extends from Moscow to Vladivostok, a total of 9288,2 km.
🚂 If you want to take your time and travel around Russia by train, the Trans-Siberian Railway makes it easy to do so.
The Trans-Siberian Railway even connects to China and Mongolia.
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❓Do you know that…
the Russian peninsula of #Kamchatka has 29 active volcanos?
🌋 Kamchatka is situated in the Pacific Ring of Fire. It contains around 300 volcanoes, hole lakes, and thermal springs. The volcano region has over 1,000 different species of plants. It’s also home to brown bears, sheep, and wolves.
🤔 The area of Kamchatka is approximately equal to the area of the whole of New Zealand.
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the Russian peninsula of #Kamchatka has 29 active volcanos?
🌋 Kamchatka is situated in the Pacific Ring of Fire. It contains around 300 volcanoes, hole lakes, and thermal springs. The volcano region has over 1,000 different species of plants. It’s also home to brown bears, sheep, and wolves.
🤔 The area of Kamchatka is approximately equal to the area of the whole of New Zealand.
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❓Do you know that…
20% of the Earth’s trees are in #Russia?
☝️ That ends up being around 541 billion trees, or around 3,000 trees per person. Russian boreal forests (known in Russia as taiga) represent the largest forested region on Earth (approximately 12 million km2), larger than the Amazon.
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20% of the Earth’s trees are in #Russia?
☝️ That ends up being around 541 billion trees, or around 3,000 trees per person. Russian boreal forests (known in Russia as taiga) represent the largest forested region on Earth (approximately 12 million km2), larger than the Amazon.
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❓Do you know that…
#Russia is home to the world’s coldest inhabited town?
❄️ The town of #Oymyakon in Siberia (Yakutia) is considered the coldest in the world. With an average winter temperature of -50°C and reaching its record coldest in 1938 at an unbelievable -78°C.
☃️ Only Antarctica is colder!
Today, 7 December, the forecast is for -49°C!
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#Russia is home to the world’s coldest inhabited town?
❄️ The town of #Oymyakon in Siberia (Yakutia) is considered the coldest in the world. With an average winter temperature of -50°C and reaching its record coldest in 1938 at an unbelievable -78°C.
☃️ Only Antarctica is colder!
Today, 7 December, the forecast is for -49°C!
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❓Do you know that…
Located in Siberia, Lake #Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in the world by water volume?
☝️ It contains 23% of the world’s freshwater.
💧 It’s also the oldest (20-25 mi years) and deepest (1,632 meters) lake on Earth. The surface area is 31,700 km2, it has almost the same surface area as the Netherlands.
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Located in Siberia, Lake #Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in the world by water volume?
☝️ It contains 23% of the world’s freshwater.
💧 It’s also the oldest (20-25 mi years) and deepest (1,632 meters) lake on Earth. The surface area is 31,700 km2, it has almost the same surface area as the Netherlands.
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❓Do you know that…
the #Crimean bridge has a length of 18,100 meters!
🌉It makes the bridge the longest in Europe (next comes Vasco de Gama bridge in Portugal with 17,185 meters).
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the #Crimean bridge has a length of 18,100 meters!
🌉It makes the bridge the longest in Europe (next comes Vasco de Gama bridge in Portugal with 17,185 meters).
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❓Do you know that…
Moscow has the fastest metro train schedule?
🚇 During rush hour, subway trains are scheduled every 90 seconds.
☝️It is estimated that over 9 million passengers ride the metro everyday.
Ⓜ️ The Moscow system features an unusual gender-specific announcement scheme: a male voice reads the announcements for all trains going into the city center, whereas a female voice does the same for outward-bound trains.
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Moscow has the fastest metro train schedule?
🚇 During rush hour, subway trains are scheduled every 90 seconds.
☝️It is estimated that over 9 million passengers ride the metro everyday.
Ⓜ️ The Moscow system features an unusual gender-specific announcement scheme: a male voice reads the announcements for all trains going into the city center, whereas a female voice does the same for outward-bound trains.
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❓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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