40+ Odd Facts About Russia You Didn’t Know About 39. Russian scientists are domesticating red foxes since 1959. After over 50 years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia the breeding project resulted in tamer and more dog-like animals. Prev Next Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44