Beard must pay taxes, Lake of death Karachay and interesting facts in Russia

Russia is not only the convergence of many European cultural flows, Russia is also blessed with splendor and magnificence by nature.

Russia, also known as the land of Aries, has a great history and a long history of culture that have made this vast country unique.

Lake of death Karachay

Located in the Ural Mountains, western Russia is a lake known as "death". It's Lake Karachay, where no creatures can survive inside. This lake also used to hide many creepy secrets. At first glance the calm blue water color, it seems to be the ideal place to stop. But Karachay was definitely not a place to sunbathe in the 1990s, because just staying out of the way could kill healthy people.

Looking back on history, between 1951-1953, this used to be the place to dump radioactive waste from Chelyabinsk-65 - a nearby nuclear waste treatment plant. At that time, Lake Karachay was renamed V-9 waste reservoir. According to a report from the Worldwatch Institute based in Washington, DC, Lake Karachay is ranked as the most polluted on the planet. The level of radiation here was measured at 4.44 exabecquerels (EBq). This is roughly equivalent to the full extent distributed over the larger area after many years of the Chernobyl disaster. Besides, the World Resource Protection Council said, the lake is polluted to the extent Can kill a person within an hour.

The lake began to dry up in the 1960s. A drought in 1968 combined with strong winds blowing, carrying radioactive dust out of the area into the mainland, causing serious health effects. of 500,000 people in the surrounding areas. Therefore, experts have warned people not to go near Lake Karachay, to avoid painful deaths. Along with that, local authorities decided to seal the lake, turning Karachay into a "coffin" with huge concrete blocks.

Date of conception

In Russia in the Ulyanovsk region, people have a special day called the day of conception. On this day, people will rest at home to carry out the maintenance of the race. This is a unique initiative of Mr. Sergei Morozov, governor of Ulyanovsk province - the hometown of leader Vladimir Putin. Mr. Morozov set this date in the hope that it could improve the situation in the region's population, which is significantly shrinking.

Taxation of beards

This strange tax originated in 1698 when Emperor Peter I (Pyotr I) visited Europe and discovered that in developed countries, very few people grew beards. In order to improve the situation of "thick" faces of his people, he introduced a beard tax to make people "sneaky" if they wanted to grow beards.

Russia is bigger than a planet

Russia has a surface area of about 17 million square kilometers, 50 times the land area of Vietnam and larger than Pluto (16.6 million square kilometers). Such a huge area, but 70% of it is ice and snow.

Country with the most time zones

The largest area in the world and spread across both continents has made Russia 9 time zones. This greatly affects the economic - political activities here.

Beer is a popular beverage

Before 2013, Russians did not consider beer an alcoholic beverage, each Russian consumed a huge amount of beer every day. It is estimated that more than 500,000 people die each year from alcohol-related diseases.

Habit of knocking on wood before speaking

The Russians think that around people, there are always demons waiting to hear every word to destroy what people are about to do. So they knock on wood before speaking to scare and scare away mysterious forces with bad intentions.

The world's most crowded subway

On average, 9 million people use the subway every day, more than London and New York combined.

During the tour of Russia, visitors will have the opportunity to participate in the Metro tour program (Subway System). In addition to its traffic significance, the Moscow metro is one of Russia's most splendid structures.

The country's best architects and most talented painters have been involved in the design and decoration of the magnificent underground Moscow metro stations.

Russia has a big gender imbalance

The gender imbalance in Russia is reflected in the number of women outnumbering men by about 11 million.

Specifically, in 2019, there are 1,154 women for every 1,000 Russian men. It is expected to increase further in the coming years

According to demographic experts, the gender imbalance in Russia is due to the high mortality rate of Russian men.

Cats are the "guards" of the museum.

Russia's largest museum - Hermitage in St. Petersburg is the "working agency" of about 70 cats. They are bred to protect museum furniture from rat infestation.

Europe's highest mountain.

At 5,642 meters, Elbrus is the highest mountain in Europe. Mount Elbrus is a mountain peak located in the western Caucasus Mountains in the Kabardino-Balkaria Autonomous Republic of the Russian Federation.

Russia has the largest energy and mineral reserves in the world.

Considered an energy superpower. The country has the largest forest reserves in the world, and Russia's lakes contain approximately 25% or a quarter of the world's unfrozen freshwater.

The country with the lowest temperature in the world (inhabited)

That is the Oymyakon region. On February 6, 1933, the weather station here recorded the temperature down to -67.7oC.

Russia is clean.

If you drive a dirt-covered car around Russia, there is a very high risk that you will be whistled by the police, especially if your license plate "can't see the road".

The fine for not knowing how to keep this urban beauty is about 16 USD (equivalent to 320 thousand VND).

Set a world record for births

In the 18th century, a fertile Russian mother gave birth to 16 sets of twins, 7 triplets and 4 quadruplets, a total of 69 children in 40 years with the same man. Her name is Valentina Vassilyev, a farmer in Shuya province, and her husband is Feodor Vassilyev. More surprisingly, after Valentina, the "good-looking" husband had 18 more children with his second wife. In total, he "produced" 87 descendants, of which 82 survived healthy.

Russians are called "stupid"

In 1908, the Imperial Russian Olympic team arrived in London 12 days late and did not make it to the Olympics in time. The reason given is that Russia has not yet changed to using the Western Calendar, so they default to the event date is calculated according to the old calendar. Even at this point, about a third of Russians still believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth. On the other hand, many rich "stupid Russians" also have a hobby of renting fake ambulances to go... fast, without having to wait for a red light.

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