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10 facts you may not have known about Russia Posted by Find out what made our list of facts about Russia below:   Friday 4th July 2025

Find out what made our list of facts about Russia below:   * Moscow has the busiest Mc Donalds in the world (30,000 people entered on the first day of opening) * There are more than 600 universities in Russia * Russia is home to the worlds largest active volcano Klyuchevskaya Sopka which stands at 4,750 metres. * Russia is the second biggest oil exporter in the world * 10% of St Petersburg is covered by water * Russia is the only country in the world to have 12 seas * Russia is so vast it spans 9 time zones * The first man into space was Russian, his name was Yuri Gagarin * Vitaly Petrov is the only Russian Formula One driver to date * Life expectancy in Russia is 59 years for men and 73 years for women   Do you have any facts about Russia? Please share them in the comments below. For more information on our tours of Russia take a look at our Tours of Russia page.  "
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