Welcome to the next episode of virtual travel
around the world. In today's episode we are
going to see world’s largest country which
occupies one-tenth of all the land on Earth.
The country who's size is twice as large as
the second largest country. The country which
is spread along two continents. That country
is Russia.
In Today's video we are going to see interesting
facts about Russian Federation.
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Number 1. Russia have 2nd largest Number of
timezones among the countries. It have 11
timezones same as the US just one behind france
which have 12.
Number 2. In 1908 the Russian Olympic team
arrived in London 12 days late because it
was still using the Julian calendar. Russia
used the Julian calendar until 1918
which was 12 days behind the Gregorian calendar
used elsewhere in the world. As a result,
the Russian Olympic Team arrived 12 days late
to the 1908 Olympic Games held in London.
The Russian Orthodox Church still uses the
old Julian calendar.
Number 3. How many of you know the game Tetris?
Tetris came from Russia.
Although this game gained world popularity,
the first edition of Tetris was invented in
1984 in the USSR by programmer and scientist
Alexey Pazhitnov.
Number 4. In russsia there are more women
than men. 147 million people live in the country
with 68 million or 46 percent males and 79
million or 54 percent females.
The imbalance was initially believed to the
result of so many men dying during World War
II and also alcohol.
Number 5. Alcohol is the major problem in
this country which deals with more number
of youth men death. 37% of youth die before
the age of 55 due to alcohol related problem.
The difference between life expectency of
men and women 11.6 years which is enough to
explain the less men population.
Number 6. Moscow has been named as the world
capital of traffic jams in 2018. Traffic in
Moscow is so bad that wealthy Russians hire
fake ambulances to beat the jams.
Number 7. The coldest inhabited town on Earth
is in Russia.
The town of Oymyakon, in the Yakutia region,
Siberia, is considered to be one of the coldest
inhabited towns on Earth.
The coldest temperature was recorded in 1938
at a jaw-dropping -77.8°C or -108°F. The
average temperature in December and January
is not much warmer at -50°C or -58°F.
Number 8. Russia’s cats have jobs. Hermitage
museum is a national treasure of Russia, and
cats are a treasure of the Hermitage.
These guardians protect priceless works of
art from rats and are valued by the whole
staff. Each cat even has a personal passport
with a photo and receives a regular salary.
Number 9. Moscow is famous for its subway-riding
dogs. Yes, they actually know how to navigate
and ride the subway without human assistance.
These animals have figured out where to get
on and off to find food and other supplies.
The city is home to over 35,000 stray dogs,
but only a handful of the more intelligent
ones have found and mastered this mode of
transportation in efforts to survive.
Number 10. In 1917, Russians, unhappy with
their government, overthrew the tsar Nicholas
II and formed a new elected government.
Just a few months later, however, a communist
group called the Bolsheviks seized power.
Their leader, Vladimir Lenin, created the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.)
from Russia and 11 other countries.
Number 11. the exact moment that Russia slipped
into communism is marked by a clock in St
Petersburg.
The clock on the mantelpiece in the White
Dining Room in the Hermitage Palace was stopped
at 2 10am on the night of 25 October 1917;
this was when the provisional government,
in power since the February revolution, were
arrested by the Bolsheviks.
Number 12. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet
Union for more than two decades, instituting
a reign of death and terror while modernizing
Russia and helping to defeat Nazism.
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was a Georgian
revolutionary and Soviet politician who ruled
the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until
his death in 1953.
He served as the general secretary of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union and premier
of the Soviet Union
Number 13. The world’s first satellite,
named Sputnik, was launched by the Soviet
Union in 1957. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
was the first human in space
when he orbited the earth in an 108-minute
flight in 1961. In 1967 Russia also launched
the world’s first satellite, Sputnik.
Number 14. Two Russian cosmonauts have spent
more time in space than any other person
Gennady Padalka a Russian cosmonaut broke
the record in 2015 with a total of 879 days
in space over five space flights,
taking the record previously held by Sergei
Krikalev with 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes
over six space flights.
Number 15. The U.S.S.R. fought on the side
of the United States in World War II. But
soon after the war ended in 1945, relations
between the two powers and their allies became
strained,
leading to what’s known as the Cold War.
After decades of conflict, the Cold War ended
in 1991 with the break up of the Soviet Union
Number 16. During the 45 years of the Cold
War the Soviet Union and the USA never fought
each other directly.
Instead, each side funded wars around the
world, built up nuclear weapons (the arms
race) and vied for supremacy in space.
The Cold War ended in 1991 with Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev’s Glasnost and Perestroika
reforms, the collapse of the USSR, and the
founding of 15 independent republics.
Number 17. Vladimir Putin has been ruling
Russia since 1999. Putin represents the third
generation of his family to serve Communist
leadership or secret police.
he is the most powerful leader in the world
today and a lot of people respect him. Vladimir
Putin just got one step closer to being president
for life.
Number 18. Russians have a lot of superstitions.
1. Before embarking on any journey, superstition
dictates that all members of the group should
sit down in silence even if not everyone is
traveling.
2. According to Russian superstition, spilling
salt will lead to an argument between family
members.
3. Whistling indoors in Russia is considered
bad luck and will lead to financial problems.
4. Do not return home to get something you
have forgotten.
Number 19. According to the Federation of
American Scientists, an organization that
assesses nuclear weapon stockpiles, as of
2018, the Russian Federation possesses approximately
6,800 nuclear warheads, which is the largest
number of nuclear weapons in the world.
Number 20. The most powerful nuclear weapon
ever detonated was Russia’s Tsar Bomba.
It is also the single most physically powerful
device ever created by man, with a mushroom
cloud over 40 miles high and the base of its
cloud 25 miles wide.
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