1. Russia is home to one of the most ancient inhabited cities on the planet: Derbent in the Republic of Dagestan. According to some data, people have lived there since 5,000 years ago.2. Kremlin in Moscow is the largest medieval fortress in Europe: the Kremlin in Moscow occupies a space of 277,000 square meters, while its city walls are up to two kilometers long. The architectural treasure dates back to the 14th century.3. The world’s oldest mountain is also in Russia : Although this is controversial, some data estimate that Mount Karandash in the Chelyabinsk Region is about 4.2 billion years old.4. Sushi is more popular in Russia than Japan: Japanese food in Russia first exploded in the 1990s. After that, sushi became more and more popular in Russia and it is also very different from the original Japanese sushi.5. Russia has countless strange monuments: Russian seems to have a fetish for monuments – there are about 172,000 across the country. And not all are conventional: For example, there’s a monument in Stavropol Krai glorifying enemas while Moscow has a monument worshiping soft cheese.6. Russia has more than 1,100 cities – but only 15 of them are home to more than 1 million people: Of those 15 cities, Moscow alone will have an official population of 13 million by 2023, making it the capital becoming the most populous city in the country.7. Russia is home to the strange sport of helicopter golf: Players will use a 4m long hockey stick from a moving helicopter to hit a giant ball with a diameter of 1m into the designated area. The first championship was held in 2013.8. The longest railway in the world is in Russia: It is the Trans-Siberian railway, with a total length of 9,298 km and passing through 8 time zones, 87 cities and 16 rivers. If you go non-stop, the journey will take almost a week.9. Most of Russia is uninhabited: More than 50% of the country’s territory is covered by taiga forests and permafrost in Northern Russia. Therefore, the majority of the Russian population resides in the west and southwest.10. Chelyabinsk’s coat of arms has a camel image: The reason why the coat of arms has a camel image is related to the city of Chelyabinsk located on the Silk Road, dating back to the time when camels were the most convenient means of transporting goods. .11. Russia is home to the oldest active volcano in the world: Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano is more than 7,000 years old, located on the Kamchatka archipelago. It is considered one of the most active volcanoes in the world, with more than 30 eruptions having taken place in the past 100 years.12. Ekaterinburg holds the Guinness record for mayonnaise consumption: In fact, one of the largest mayonnaise factories in Russia is located right in Ekaterinburg. Therefore, it is not surprising that mayonnaise has become one of the main condiments on every table there. Photo: RBTH.
1. Russia is home to one of the most ancient inhabited cities on the planet: Derbent in the Republic of Dagestan. According to some data, people have lived there since 5,000 years ago.
2. Kremlin in Moscow is the largest medieval fortress in Europe: the Kremlin in Moscow occupies a space of 277,000 square meters, while its city walls are up to two kilometers long. The architectural treasure dates back to the 14th century.
3. The world’s oldest mountain is also in Russia : Although this is controversial, some data estimate that Mount Karandash in the Chelyabinsk Region is about 4.2 billion years old.
4. Sushi is more popular in Russia than Japan: Japanese food in Russia first exploded in the 1990s. After that, sushi became more and more popular in Russia and it is also very different from the original Japanese sushi.
5. Russia has countless strange monuments: Russian seems to have a fetish for monuments – there are about 172,000 across the country. And not all are conventional: For example, there’s a monument in Stavropol Krai glorifying enemas while Moscow has a monument worshiping soft cheese.
6. Russia has more than 1,100 cities – but only 15 of them are home to more than 1 million people: Of those 15 cities, Moscow alone will have an official population of 13 million by 2023, making it the capital becoming the most populous city in the country.
7. Russia is home to the strange sport of helicopter golf: Players will use a 4m long hockey stick from a moving helicopter to hit a giant ball with a diameter of 1m into the designated area. The first championship was held in 2013.
8. The longest railway in the world is in Russia: It is the Trans-Siberian railway, with a total length of 9,298 km and passing through 8 time zones, 87 cities and 16 rivers. If you go non-stop, the journey will take almost a week.
9. Most of Russia is uninhabited: More than 50% of the country’s territory is covered by taiga forests and permafrost in Northern Russia. Therefore, the majority of the Russian population resides in the west and southwest.
10. Chelyabinsk’s coat of arms has a camel image: The reason why the coat of arms has a camel image is related to the city of Chelyabinsk located on the Silk Road, dating back to the time when camels were the most convenient means of transporting goods. .
11. Russia is home to the oldest active volcano in the world: Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano is more than 7,000 years old, located on the Kamchatka archipelago. It is considered one of the most active volcanoes in the world, with more than 30 eruptions having taken place in the past 100 years.
12. Ekaterinburg holds the Guinness record for mayonnaise consumption: In fact, one of the largest mayonnaise factories in Russia is located right in Ekaterinburg. Therefore, it is not surprising that mayonnaise has become one of the main condiments on every table there. Photo: RBTH.