My country at a glance

Russia is the largest country in the world, its area is 17,075,400 square kilometers. It is 1.8 times more than the US. Pluto.

In Russia there is the world's largest active volcano - Kliuchevskaya Sopka. Its height is 4 kilometers 850 meters. He throws ash posts eight kilometers up. With each eruption, it is getting higher. The volcano Klyuchevskaya Sopka is erupting for the last 7 thousand years.

In St. Petersburg, bridges are three times larger than in Venice. By the number of channels and bridges, it is more appropriate not to call Petersburg North Venice, but Venice - South Petersburg.

The oldest Christian temple on the territory of Russia is considered to be the ancient temple of Thaba-Erdy, located in Ingushetia, in Jeyrah district, between the villages of Khairakh and Pui. It was built in the 8th- 9th centuries. The three oldest existing temples are located in the village of Nizhny Arkhyz in Karachay- Cherkessia. They were built in the Xth century.

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world. The Great Siberian Way, connecting Moscow with Vladivostok, in length has 9298 kilometers, crosses 8 time zones, passes through 87 cities and settlements and crosses 16 rivers, including the Volga.

The Urals are the oldest mountains in the world. Located in the Kusinsky district near the village of Alexandrovka, the Pencil Mountain originated 4, 2 billion years ago. The historical names of the Ural Mountains are Bolshoy Kamen, Siberian Stone, Terran Belt, and Belt Stone. Once the Ural Mountains were very high, but now only the grounds remained from the former mountains.

The Moscow Kremlin is the largest medieval fortress in the world.

In Moscow there is a large fountain, from which drinking water is pouring. The fountain is included in the architectural group "Alexander and Natalie" with the sculptural composition of Pushkin and Goncharova in an elegant rotunda.

Russia proclaimed equal rights for men and women before the United States. In Russia, women were granted suffrage in 1918, and in the United States in the 1920s.

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