Some True facts about Russia you need to know this

Moscow is the largest city in Europe as of population .

Russia has 11 time zones , which comes as no surprise .

The highest mountain peak in Europe , Mount Elbrus is in Russia .

Around 73.8% of the Russians live in urban areas .

Russia borders 14 countries and 13 seas (2 oceans respectively) .

And that one is a well known - Russia is the largest country in the world by land .

The land border of Russia is 20,241 kilometres long, the second longest of any country .

Lake Baikal , the deepest in the world is located in Russia .

The Russian Federation has half of its territory covered in forests .

Males are registered for the draft at 17 .

Russia has a very high literacy rate – with 99.7% of the population able to read and write by age 15 .

Russian language is among the 8 most spoken languages in the world (being at spot 8 with 153 million native speakers) .

Moscow has the 3rd busiest metro in the world .

Russian Federation is home to Europe’s longest river - Volga river .

Russia has the coldest , yet inhabited place in the world - Oymyakon (−67.7 °C) .