RUSSIA FACTS

WHEN RUSSIA FIRSTLY FOUND?

The traditional beginning of Russian history is 862 A.D.
Kievan Rus', the first united East Slavic state, was founded in 882.
The state adopted Christianity from the Byzantine Empire in 988, beginning with the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Slavic culture for the next millennium.

NEW RUSSIA FOUNDED   December 25, 1991

Russia called before 1917
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (called Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic at the time), together with the Ukrainian, Byelorussian, and Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Republics, formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union, on December 30, 1922.

Russia is larger than the United States?
Russia is the world's biggest country by land area, while the United States is either the third or the fourth largest (China's claims to territories disputed by other countries, especially India, will determine which of the two countries is bigger thanthe other), with 17,098,242 sqm and 9,826,675 sqm, respectively.Apr 6, 2014

Who came up with the Russian language?
This dialect was the basis of Old Russian literary language. The actual writing system emerged in Russia only after the adoption of Christianity. Cyrillic alphabet was invented in the 9th century by brothers Cyril and Methodius. With the help of that alphabet Greek liturgical books were translated into Slavonic.

How many states are there in Russia?
An official government translation of the Constitution of Russia in Article 5 states: "1. The Russian Federation shall consist of republics, krays, oblasts, cities of federal significance, an autonomous oblast and autonomous okrugs, which shall have equal rights as constituent entities of the Russian Federation."

What is the largest country in the world?
When all 10 of the world's largest countries are taken together, they total 49% of the earth's entire 149 million square kilometres of land.
1. RUSSIA
2. CANADA
3. USA
4. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
5. BRAZIL
6. AUSTRALIA
7. INDIA

What is the religion Russia?
Russia is a multi-ethnic and multi-faith nation.
Orthodox Christianity is Russia's largest religion with 75% of the population belonging to the Orthodox Christiandenomination.
Islam is professed by 5% of the population.
Catholicism,Protestantism, Judaism and Buddhism are professed by 1% of the population each