Tuesday, November 23, 2021

FOTW Russia

New flag to my FOTW collection, sent by Khadizhat.

Russia has an area of 17.125.200 km², a population of 144.192.450 and its capital is Moscow.
Unique: 
* World Largest Country - 10.995 % of world's landmass;  Russia is bigger than Pluto;
* Lake Baikal, Siberia: the deepest lake in the world;
Famous:
* Matryoshka Doll - set of wooden dolls od decreasing size place one inside another;
* Yuri Gagarin - the first human to journey into outer space, 12 April, 1961;
History:
* Formation - 862, arrival of Rurik;
* Largest Territory - Russian Empire - 1721 - 1917.

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