40+ Odd Facts About Russia You Didn’t Know About

18. St. Basil’s Cathedral


It was built by Postnik Yakovlev and it’s said that Ivan the Terrible was blinded afterwards, so he could never build anything like it again.

19. Russia has more highly enriched uranium (HEU) than any country in the world.

Russia’s HEU – accounting 695 tons which is the equivalent of the global stockpile.

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