Interesting facts about Russia country

Russia is the largest country in the world according to its area. It occupies 1/10 of land in earth. It has 11 time zones across two continents Europe and Asia. Russia has the rich history with several dozen ethnic groups. Russia has 100,000 rivers some are longest and most powerful in the world. Some interesting facts about Russia are covered in all topics.

Russia has also well-known for artist writers and composers like Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky Pyotr Llyich Tchaikovsky. It has also very famous Ballet Dancers are also there like Rudolf Nureyev, Olga Smirnova, Vaslav Nijinsky and Svetlana Zakharova etc. Russia is located at Europe/Asia continent.

In Russia more than 120 ethnic groups are there and they able speak more than a 100 languages. There are 24 Republics, 8 Federal Districts, 314 Federal Subjects & City/Towns are there in Russia. These all are controlled by the president elected by the people in Moscow.

Russia Republics and Capitals

They have the largest number of time zones in the world

Russia has 11 time zones on the mainland. Kaliningrad is the closest time zone to Greenwich Mean Time. Kamchatka is the farthest time zone. New York time zone according to GMT -5. In 2014 Russia maintained a much wider time zone system in 19th century, with time zones from GMT +01:10 to GMT +15:10.

Russia began to use Moscow Mean Time (MMT) in 1880. That is the system of time two hours ahead of UTC. Later Russia used Julian calendar of 13 days behind the rest of Europe. Russia began using the Gregorian calendar in 1918 it is more consistent with European time. This time difference leads to the modulation of time zones in Russia.

Forest Reserves in Russia

Forests in Russia cover 95% of its land surface. Over 60% of the world’s boreal forests with the largest store of carbon are in Russia. Forests have a high biodiversity and rich virgin territories. It is made them important to the world’s ecosystems. Russia recently raised tariffs on unprocessed timber exports to China.

Tourist places in Russia capital Moscow

Moscow is the Cosmopolitan capital of Russia. Moskva River is situated in Moscow in the western side of Russia. The famous tourist places in Moscow are The Moscow Kremlin, Red Square, Bolshoi Theatre, All-Russian Exhibition Center, Museum of Cosmonautics, The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and Kolomenskoye.

Historical Buildings, Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, Armoury Chamber, Lenin’s Mausoleum at Red Square, Ostankino Television Tower, Arbat Street, State Historical Museum, National park, Elk Island, Muzeon Park of Arts, GUM, Izmaylovo Estate, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Zaryadye Park, Tverskaya Street, Moscow Museum of Modern Art and Kuskovo Estate Museum.

Izmailovsky Park, Victory Museum, New Tretyakov Gallery, Darwin Museum, Moskvarium, Moscow Cathedral Mosque, Mercury City Tower, Space Conquerors Monument, Donskoy Monastery, Zhivopisniy Bridge, Central Armed Forces Museum.

Russia famous Tourist Places

State Hermitage, Mount Elbrus, Savior on the Spilled Blood, Winter Palace, Peterhof, Catherine Palace, Peter and Paul Fortress, Lake Baikal, Kizhi, Sochi Black Sea, Olkhon Island, Kamchatka Peninsula, Saint Peterburg city in Russia, Limpopo Zoo, Siberia Lake, Curonian Spit, Mariinsky Theatre, Kazan Kremlin, Nevsky Avenue, Arab Street, The Motherland Calls, Curonian Spit National Park.

Russian Culture

The culture in Russia was formed by the nation’s history. The geographical location, religious, social traditions, its vast expansion and Western influence are its history. In the development of European literature and thoughts Russian writers and philosophers are played an important role. The Russian has great influence in classical music, sports, cinema, Ballet and in painting.

Russia is the home to 30 UNESCO World heritage sites. Russian diaspora is the large global has played a major role in spreading Russian culture throughout the world. The National symbol of Russia is the Double Headed Eagle. Mother Russia and Russian Bear are used as National Personifications of the country.