1 ) The most beautiful metro in the world is definitely in Moscow, Russia.
2 ) Annually, 500,000 people are dying in Russia due to crimes and illnesses provoked by alcohol.
3 ) In 2009 Gorbachev recorded an album of Russian romantic ballads.
4 ) The first Russian child to receive the vaccine against smallpox was called "Vaccinov“.
5 ) The motto of Russia's nuclear strike missile force is: "After us is silence."
6 ) In September 1998, eight thousand teachers from Altai Republic, Siberian Federal District were paid in vodka.
7 ) In the 18th Century, a woman from Russia gave birth to 69 kids, 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets in just 40 years.
8 ) In 1698 Peter the Great, the Emperor of Russia, established a tax on beard. If you wanted to wear a beard you had to pay two half-kopeks every time you entered a city if you were a peasant and 100 rubles per year if you were a rich merchant.
P.S. I really don’t know why Putin doesn’t have a beard. Someone should tell him.
SOURCES :
The ornate beauty of Moscow's metro stations
Alcohol Kills 500,000 Russians Annually
Mikhail Gorbachev's CD of romantic ballads sold at 165,000 dollars