Interesting Facts About Russia You Need To Know

Published on 10/07/2018
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Want A Pepsi?

Are you familiar with the Kitchen Debate of 1959? This event was significant for Pepsi because they were able to land their second largest market in the whole world. If you didn’t know what happened, Vice President Nixon and Premier Nikita Khrushchev met in Russia. During the long table talks, Nixon shared his Pepsi with Khrushchev and the rest is history!

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Want A Pepsi?

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“How Are You?”

Usually, when we ask someone “How are you?” oftentimes, we just say “I’m good”, “I’m fine”, “Great”, or even “Good”. However, in Russia, if you answer the same question using one-word answers, Russians will find you rude. In Russia, when you ask Russians how their day went, they will likely give you a detailed rundown of what it was like!

How Are You

“How Are You?”

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