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The State Hermitage Museum

in Saint Petersburg contains 2.7 million items. It would take 11 years to view every exhibit on display, assuming that you spent one minutę in front of each one.

Moldoua

Russian

Federation

Russian dishes

blini smali, thin pancakes borsch beet soup pelmeni minced meat wrapped in thin dough

pirozhki smali buns stuffed with meat or other filling okroshka spicy vegetable soup shashlik meat skewers cooked over a charcoal grill schi cabbage soup

Credit crunch

2008, Russia had 74 billionaires, morę than any other country in the world. By 2009, the number had fallen by nearly two thirds, to 27.

«The 25 richest people in Russia lost morę than $230 billion between them in less than six months.

^^Known as “oligarchs,”many Russian billionaires had madę their fortunes by taking over state-owned energy and mining industries in the 1990s.

In 2009,17 percent of Russians (24 million people) were living below the poverty linę.

18,510 ft

(5,642 m) The height of Mount Elbrus, Russia's highest mountain

WHATS IN A NAME?

Russia gets its name from Norse (Scandinavian) adventurers who traded along Russian rivers and were known as the Rus. A Rus ruier, Rurik, founded a State at Kiev in 862, and his descendants became the first czars of Russia.

Turkmenistan

Tajikistan

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The number of national parks

49

The percentage of Russian households that own pets

160

The number of ethnic groups in Russia

322

The total number of Olympic medals won by Russians

23,000 miles

(37,000 km) The total length of Russia’s coastline

9.2 million

The population of Moscow, Russia's largest city

40 million

The number of Internet users in Russia

Ukrainę

Uzbekistan