Russia is the largest country on Earth with a land area of 6.6 million square miles and a population of 142 million. It has vast, sparsely populated areas due to harsh climates and forests. Russia also has Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest lake, and nine different time zones. Russia is the largest country on Earth […]
Russia is the largest country in the world, spanning most of Asia and Europe. It has a long history of various tribes and empires, including the Mongols, Kievan Rus, and the Romanov dynasty. After the Russian Revolution, the Soviet Union was formed, which eventually collapsed in 1991. Since then, Russia has implemented capitalist economic reforms, […]
Over 100 people in Russia own 35% of the country’s wealth, with a combined wealth of over $420 billion. Most billionaires made their fortunes in natural resources and rely on politicians to maintain their wealth. Globally, billionaires own an average of 2% of the world’s wealth, with the lowest income inequality in Northern Europe. Men […]
New evidence suggests that typhoid, spread by lice, was the main cause of the deaths of French soldiers during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia in 1812, rather than the harsh winter or Russian people. Prior to this discovery, historians believed that the French army withdrew due to the citizens of Moscow burning the city or the […]
