10 Interesting Facts about Russia. We are going to take a brief look at ten of the most fascinating facts you should know about Russia.
1)) Russia is bigger than Pluto and 77% of Russia is made up of Siberia.
2)) 20% of the world's unfrozen fresh water is in a single lake: Russia's Lake Baikal.
3)) Lake Karachay in Russia is the most radioactive and polluted lake in the world.
4)) One quarter of Russia is covered by trees, and its forests contain 22 percent of all the trees on earth.
5)) In Russia there are 9 million more Women than men.
6)) Russia & America are less than 4 km apart at the nearest point. The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for just US$7.2 million in 1867.
7)) In 1600, a volcano eruption in Peru caused a famine that killed about 2 million people in Russia.
8)) In Russia it's now Illegal to tell kids Gay People Exist.
9)) Apple Is Worth More Than The Entire Russian Stock Market.
10)) Russia has over 8400 nuclear weapons, more than any other country.
Russia certainly is a great country and after learning some of these facts, I feel better about myself and more educated about this great land. Share this post if you're proud to be a Russian. If you don't share it, I'm just going to assume you hate Russia!
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