Answer: 1.Moscow has more billionaires per capita than anywhere else in the world.
Russia’s capital boasts more billionaire residents than any other city in the world – 79 to be exact, according to Forbes.
2.Moscow has the 3rd busiest metro in the world.
Topping the list of the world’s busiest metros at number three, just behind Toyko and Seoul, there are 12 lines and more than 6 million people ride the Moscow Metro daily.
3. Russians are taught not to smile in school.
Russia regularly takes first place on lists of the World’s Least Friendly Countries. I personally think that Russians are just misunderstood.
4. Russians have a lot of superstitions.
5. Russian brides go on a city tour after getting married.
6. Russian women really do walk around in 6-inch heels.
7. If you spent 2 minutes looking at each exhibit in the Hermitage, it would take you 6 years to see everything.
8. The village of Suzdal is only 15 square kilometers but has an incredible 53 churches.
9. St. Petersburg has three times as many bridges as Venice.
10. The Trans-Siberian Railway crosses 8 time zones, goes through 87 cities and towns, and crosses 16 rivers including the Volga.Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest single railway in the world, we only traversed a teeny-tiny part on an overnight train journey from Yaroslavl to St. Petersburg. But hey, we were on the Trans-Siberian Railway!
