10 Fun Facts About Russia

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1. Russia is a federal semi-presidential republic, meaning a president exists along with a prime minister and a Cabinet, with the latter two being responsible for the legislature of Russia.
2. Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area. At 17,075,400 square kilometres it has a larger surface area than Pluto. Furthermore Russia has nine contiguous time zones, more than any other country.
3. The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for just US$7.2 million in 1867, which comes up to around $121 million in 2015 dollars. Russia wanted to sell its Alaskan territory, fearing that it might be seized if war broke out with Britain.
4. Until 2013 beer was not considered an alcoholic beverage in Russia. This was because any drink containing less than 10% alcohol was not considered an alcoholic beverage and kiosks did not require a license to sell it.
5. Lake Baikal, a rift lake in Russia, is the largest (by volume) freshwater lake in the world, containing roughly 20% of the world's unfrozen surface fresh water. With a maximum depth of 1,642 m (5,387 ft), Baikal is the world's deepest lake. With 23,615.39 km3 (5,700 cu mi) of fresh water, it contains more water than all the North American Great Lakes combined.
6. The Trans-Siberian Railway, located in Russia, spans almost all the way across the country, making it the single longest railway in the world. The 9200 kilometers (or 5700 mile) railway departs in Moscow (located in European Russia) and crosses into Asia. It then makes its way to the Pacific Ocean port of Vladivostok where it reaches the end of its incredible journey. The entire journey non-stop will take you 152 hours and 27 minutes to complete.
7. . Russia has 695 tonnes of highly enriched uranium which accounts for half the global stockpile. To put this in perspective it only took 64kg of highly enriched uranium to create the "Little Boy" bomb that the US dropped on Hiroshima, which killed and injured over 100'000 Japanese civilians.
8. There is no word for 'fun' in Russian. There is a word for pleasant and a word for interesting, but there really isn’t a Russian word for fun.
Pleasant = приятный, interesting = Интересно
9. Even though Russia has a large Christian population, New Year's is a way bigger deal than Christmas. This was because in the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas was not celebrated very much. New Year was the important time. Now a days Christmas is normally celebrated on January 7th (only a few Catholics might celebrate it on the 25th December). The date is different because the Russian Orthodox church uses the old 'Julian' calendar for religious celebration days. The Orthodox Church also celebrates Advent. But it has fixed dates, starting on 28th November and going to the 6th January, so it's 40 days long.
10. A russian woman in the 1700s gave birth to 69 children. 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets. Little is known about her, such as her name, date of birth, and other details of her life, except that she was the wife to a man from Shuya, Russia, Feodor Vassilyev.
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[@LaraAnahiTinker]

Russia is a beautiful country and has a wonderful language and especially we (Serbians) love them. поздрав из србије браћo!

[@qwerty-hu9qd]

Брат 👍 you're country is awesome to!!

[@top5unknownfacts328]

Nice info which i don't know before. Thank you

[@user-bn1zd3us5l]

#6 Trans-Siberian rail-road starts not in Moscow, but in St.Petersburg, which is the western major city and a former capital of Russian Empire. #8 There is a Russian word for fun: Веселье, however english term "fun" has more meanings in some contectsts, for example it can be used to describe something interesting or strange, but russian word for fun only covers the happy timespending contecst.

[@ncfsadqov7065]

So cool ❤❤

[@deepalib3096]

Nice video

[@kidlettie]

I love the videos that have ur voice, it's relaxing

[@de1e7e]

Fun-весело, funny-весёлый

[@Sparkle2185]

actually, there is a word "fun" in Russian. Веселье

[@FunFactoids]

+Demontool SWP Below is a quote from my source. Fun is a more overarching words. There are several Russian words for certain types of fun and joy in certain contexts, however nothing that would work in all instances fun would work. Meaning there isn't technically a word for fun, but perhaps a list of 5-10 that would work only in certain situations, much like english has, however we have the additional word, 'Fun'. "There is the word 'веселье', which translates to 'joy' or 'merriment' and there's also the verb form 'веселиться'. One huge difference between the words 'веселье' and 'fun' is that you can have fun at work, but you can't 'веселиться' at work."

[@leonixnn]

+Fun Facts True. And what's about English, I always lack of the word "успеть", it's exact Russian meaning applied to different events.

[@yurysid9953]

+Леонид Никитин "to make it / made it" is the closest i think

[@angelinasukhanova1729]

Then you should be listing like... 100500 other words that are *quite* similar in meaning then ))) It is a natural quality of languages to have words that can not be _exactly_ translated into another language... this would make... all wards with an exception for terminology maybe

[@miriam7779]

We use it in Slovakia too, "Veselie" or "Veselica" (from word veselý=happy, fun-loving) used also as local gathering where is simply said FUN😁

[@user-dn1uh6lj4l]

Лайк!

[@superdave54811]

Been studying Russian for years now, And yes, there are words for fun. But I can confirm that there is no place on Earth or in space called "Russher".

[@etoilefox7777]

Я русский)

[@vinayvyraveraja7102]

So this is why you were in-active for so long. Nice intro.

[@FunFactoids]

+Vinay Vyraveraja Thanks. I was working on another channel actually. I will try an keep videos coming out. Thanks for the support as always Vinay.

[@vinayvyraveraja7102]

Fun Facts Glad to be a help :D

[@lisasai169]

Of course there is a word for FUN:"Veselje". Where do you get info from?

[@user-bd3is5im8q]

@Thomas Jefferson actually in Russian there is a root 'vesel' and a couple of hundreds of words, that contains this root. It is impossible to understand for English speakers, but even the word "your" has 10+ differrent forms. And in case of nouns 100+ or maybe 200+ I don't want to count. That is the way how Russian grammar works. This 'feature' allow you to toss words around inside one sentence without breaking grammar rules, but with adding nuances, unreachable in english

[@TapeHighway]

fun - весело.

[@FunFactoids]

+The Sky Borders It means cheerful, merry, happy. Not fun.

[@user-oy5jk5oi8l]

+Fun Facts You know better... "fiyodyor fosil'yefych" XD

[@user-oy5jk5oi8l]

+Fun Facts прикольный, забавный, смешной? No?

[@user-kf7kv8zp5v]

1. Most countries are 2. One tenth 3. Trading outposts were sold, Russia hadn't claim the land. 4. False and unbased 5. True 6. True 7. True 8. False and unbased 9. False, it's due to the fact that the country is multi confessional 10. IDK

[@TrickyTrickyFox]

Веселье, забава, развлечение - are all "fun" :)

[@milkkafe2829]

Занудный Лис Эм, нет. Учи английский, вместо того, чтобы жрать говно.

[@TrickyTrickyFox]

Milk Kafe но я люблю говно и не люблю английский, what wud I be doing wiz it?

[@1malahov1]

Занудный Лис хех

[@nickjohns1220]

SO FUNNY, OH MY GOD!!! JAJAJAJAJA (that's was sarcastic)

[@JustMisha]

Russian word for fun = веселье, весело

[@lyasweetheart]

*kol kol kol kol kol kol kol kol kol kol kol kol-* hopefully yall get the Hetalia reference XDD

[@kindofgem5703]

im from russia and there is sinonime for fun. fun: веселье, весело

[@Sow777Reap]

Fascinating facts. Thanks for sharing. Much Blessings to you. 🙏 Lord-Jesus-Christ ✝c✝o✝m

[@bertsteinich]

Sorry, 8 is really not true. Fun- веселье

[@BANANA-fc8xu]

+Bert Stein ты русский?

[@bertsteinich]

+ЯНА Smai Да

[@yougotmejungshooked2189]

fun: весело?

[@freddi00]

YES!

[@user-kx9ye8jr7b]

holden makok да! :)

[@justpapy667]

holden makok лол

[@nezaniatoimya]

Yis

[@AlexanderSnaK]

Fact number 8 is bullshit, fun=весёлый, забавный, радостный, счастливый...

[@FunFactoids]

+Александр Барановский весёлый = cheerful, забавный = amusing , радостный = glad, счастливый = happy Here are a few links for extra reading that may clear things up: www.nytimes.com/1989/06/18/books/why-you-ll-never-have-fun-in-russian.html?pagewanted=all www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3aduqu/til_there_is_no_word_for_fun_in_russian/ www.businessinsider.com.au/russia-facts-crazy-2014-11?r=US&IR=T#there-is-no-word-for-fun-in-russian-3

[@angelinasukhanova1729]

How about занимательный ? Actually, if we speak about semantics, there are really few words that would be similar in meaning. I would not agree, for instance, that russian "счастливый" can be expressed in an english "happy", because the notion of happiness expressen in russian word "счастье" goes far deeper. All I want to say is that you should not stick to a word's contextual meaning, semantics differ.

[@evgeniam685]

@@FunFactoids funny, means makes you laugh and entertain. Veseliy is perfectly fit for it. You just making stuff up.

[@user-py5we3dn8c]

лол ты прав бро)

[@alhenaarshad6561]

who has to watch this because of school

[@user-jy4cg5in5v]

Fun in English sounds like veselo

[@Pilum1000]

fun = veselie, zabava, razvlechenie, shutka, smeh, poteha, kurios, prikol

[@bearboi69696]

Random Russian guy:остановись сейчас сейчас сейчас сейчас сейчас, ПОЖАЛУЙСТА, я шучу *your thoughts maybe i should speak their language* You:привет хочу быть друзьями Random Russian guy:нет English want to be friends stop now now now now now just kidding no

[@mariamkaba7779]

Hiphop Jingle Bells 🔔 🎄🎅🏻🎁

[@1malahov1]

слава России

[@justpapy667]

Топовый блоггер слова

[@nezaniatoimya]

Слава украïнi

[@RAY-hp9fq]

No. 10: WTF!?

[@dizeerk1820]

Я тут один русский?

[@user-kx9ye8jr7b]

I'm a Russian girl :)

[@daydreamer6819]

Алиса Спивак hey

[@venerakalinina2447]

Yasssssss

[@pratikutekar4996]

I wish to visit Russia.👍

[@user-ce1yn9dx4y]

А я живу в ней

[@samahasyed3150]

its too fast for young kids to understand specific information

[@justpapy667]

heey wtf ?!

[@hdhrhsk]

Number 11. Russia is located in russia

[@iljastalberg5610]

N8 is lie word fun will be Веселье

[@katrinaelizabeth7678]

Actually, there is a Russian word for fun

[@user-nk3st1tf3g]

Да, одно из них даже словарное

[@fridexe2057]

Кто здесь русский?

[@panda_does_vlogs]

I wood like to go to Russia bcuse there are lots of christens