The Metro of St. Petersburg, with an average depth of hundred meters, is the deepest Metro in the world.
(Image: saint-petersburg.com)
- Twelve Seas wash the coasts of Russia.
- The Ural Mountains are the oldest mountains in the world.
- The Moscow Kremlin is the biggest medieval-age fortress in the world.
- St. Petersburg is the northern-most city with a population of over one million.
- Siberia comprises of nine percent of world’s territory.
(Siberia)
- Altai has over eight hundred glaciers, with a total area of six hundred square kilometers.
- Russia is considered to be in Europe although two-thirds of its territory is in Asia.
- Forests cover sixty percent of Russian territory.
- The number of bridges in St. Petersburg is thrice the number in Venice.
- Magnitnaya Mountain once consisted almost completely of iron ore with around 60% iron.
- The main building of the Moscow State University is the largest university building in the world.
(Moscow State University)
- The frame of the Statue of Liberty was smelted in Yekaterinburg.
- Women got the right to vote in Russia in 1918, two years before this happened in USA.
- Sushi is the most popular dish in Russia.
- Russia has fifteen secret towns, which do not appear in any map.
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