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Russian White Nights Festival
Posted by lingofacts | Apr 19, 2017 | Culture | 0 |
World’s Coldest Inhabited Place
Posted by lingofacts | Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 |
Most Time Zones in Russia
Posted by lingofacts | Mar 23, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
World’s Longest Railway
Posted by lingofacts | Mar 23, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Planning on Being an Astronaut
Posted by lingofacts | Mar 10, 2017 | Language | 0 |
Russia’s Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood
by lingofacts | Jun 26, 2017 | History | 0 |
The Church of the Savior on Blood is in St. Petersburg, Russia. The church was previously known as “Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ” and “Church on Spilled Blood”
Read MoreCountry With The Most Number of Tank
by lingofacts | Jun 8, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Russia has by far the most tanks of any army in the world (21,000). Most of these outdated machines are tributes to its past, and although outnumbered (16,000), the United States has a much more advanced tank inventory.
Read MoreFrance and Its Time Zones
by lingofacts | Apr 27, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
France claims the most time zones including overseas territories, by covering 12 time zones. The United States would be the runner-up with 11 and then Russia with 9.
Read MoreRussian’s Largest Orthodox Cathedral
by lingofacts | Apr 25, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
St. Petersburg’s St. Isaac’s Cathedral is Russian’s largest Orthodox cathedral in the city. It rests on 10,000 tree trunks, sunken into the marshy ground below.
Read MoreRussian White Nights Festival
by lingofacts | Apr 19, 2017 | Culture | 0 |
An annual international arts festival called White Nights Festival is being celebrated in St. Petersburg, Russia during the season of the midnight sun. This includes a series of classical ballet, opera and music events.
Read MoreAlcohol or Softdrink
by lingofacts | Mar 24, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
Russia didn’t consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.
Read MoreWorld’s Coldest Inhabited Place
by lingofacts | Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized | 0 |
Russia is home to the coldest inhabited place on the planet – Oymyakon. On February 6, 1933, a temperature of −67.7 °C was recorded at its weather station.
Read MoreMost Time Zones in Russia
by lingofacts | Mar 23, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
Russia has 11 time zones, more than any other country in the other world.
Read MoreRussia’s Cleaning Day
by lingofacts | Mar 23, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
Subbotnik is the day when residents of Russian cities volunteer to sweep up and tidy the streets. It started after the revolution but still happens today.
Read MoreWorld’s Longest Railway
by lingofacts | Mar 23, 2017 | Travel | 0 |
The Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia is 9200 km long, making it the single longest railway in the world and will take you 152 hours and 27 minutes to complete.
Read MorePlanning on Being an Astronaut
by lingofacts | Mar 10, 2017 | Language | 0 |
Russian is the international language of space, thus instructions are given to astronauts
in Russian during emergency. Astronaut trainees stay in Moscow to learn local lingo.
Careful With Flowers in Russia
by lingofacts | Mar 8, 2017 | Customs | 0 |
In Russia, yellow blooms signify deceit or a relationship break-up. Also,
red carnations are placed on the graves of the dead, or are offered to
surviving war veterans, so skip these too.

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