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
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.
Russians have a lot of superstitions.
We saw them posing in front of famous churches like St. Basil’s and Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood, It’s tradition for a newly married couple to go on a city tour immediately following the ceremony.
Russian women really do walk around in 6-inch heels.
Russia = the land of fabulous shoes. And Russian women never failed to amaze me as they traversed the cobbled streets in 6-inch stilettos, never faltering.
If you spent 2 minutes looking at each exhibit in the Hermitage, it would take you 6 years to see everything.
The Hermitage is huge. Massive. Comprised of six buildings, there are over 3 million exhibits inside. It’s also one of the largest and oldest museums in the world and was founded by Catherine the Great in 1764.
St. Petersburg has three times as many bridges as Venice.