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Sunday, 3 May 2026
26 facts about Russia
26 facts about Russia
A fascinating and mysterious land
Although not officially proclaimed an empire until 1721, it is claimed that Tsardom – a term first used after the coronation of Ivan IV in 1547 – was ...

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Poland
8 Poles received the Nobel Prize.
The most recent winner of this prestigious award is Olga Tokarczuk. Furthermore, ten people associated with Poland are also Nobel Prize winners.
Slovakia
There are no glaciers in the Slovak Carpathians.
There are numerous waterfalls in the mountain zone.
Uganda
The cruelty of the LRA also lies in the fact that abducted children are conscripted into the army - five-year-olds are forced to fight and trained to kill.
Many mediation efforts have been made, including: by the Pope, but they were ignored by Kony. The or ...
Singapore
Only 5% of the country is covered by natural vegetation, protected in reserves.
The island used to be covered with humid equatorial forests, but it was cleared to develop a city-st ...
Switzerland
It has the world's twentieth-largest economy in terms of nominal GDP and thirty-eighth largest in terms of purchasing power parity.
It is the seventeenth largest exporter, and Zurich and Geneva are considered global cities (with int ...
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan's population is more than 18, 7 million, with a population density of 6.8 per square kilometer.
New Zealand
The oldest organized sport in New Zealand is cricket.
The most popular sport, however, is rugby.
North Korea
Time travel is a normality for North Koreans. In 2015, a special time zone called the "Pyongyang zone" was established.
In this zone, there was a shift of half an hour backward relative to South Korean time. The Korean g ...
Republic of South Africa
The southernmost area of Africa is Cape Agulius, where two oceans meet: the Atlantic and Indian.
Most of South Africa's rivers have their source in the Drakensberg Mountains. The longest of them is Oranje, 1860 km long.
Ireland
In the 5th-6th centuries, the population of Ireland was fully Christianized.
According to tradition, Saint Patrick played an essential role in the Christianization of the countr ...