STUFF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT RUSSIA

64% OF JOURNALIST DEATHS IN RUSSIA

SINCE 1992 HAVE BEEN MURDERS

RUSSIA IS ACTUALLY RATED THE 5TH DEADLIEST

COUNTRY ON EARTH TO BE A JOURNALIST

IN 1867 RUSSIA SOLD ALASKA TO THE UNITED STATES

FOR LESS THAN 2 CENTS AN ACRE

SIBERIA ACCOUNTS FOR 77% OF THE COUNTRY

AT THE NEAREST POINT, RUSSIA AND THE

UNITED STATES ARE LESS THAN 4 KM APART

THERE ARE OVER HALF A MILLION ALCOHOL

RELATED DEATHS IN RUSSIA EVERY YEAR

WORLD WAR II HAS ACTUALLY NOT COMPLETELY ENDED

YET. DUE TO A DISPUTE OVER THE KURIL ISLANDS, RUSSIA

AND JAPAN STILL HAVEN'T SIGNED A PEACE TREATY AND

THEREFORE THEY REMAIN AT WAR

DURING PETER THE GREAT'S REIGN THERE WAS A

BEARD TAX WHICH ANYONE WITH A BEARD HAD TO PAY