Interesting Facts About Russia You Need To Know

Published on 10/07/2018
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The U.S. and the Soviet Union participated in a nuclear race. Although they didn’t declare a definitive winner then, it was very clear which country had the most warheads. Russia owns about 7,000 nuclear warheads. Most of these warheads can hit targets from both long and short distances. As of the time of writing, there are only 1,950 left that are currently working.

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Moscow has one of the busiest underground systems in the whole world. There are about 9 million people who use the underground system, which is even higher than cities like London and New York City. Even if you happen to sum up the numbers of their subway users, it will not be able to surpass the number of those in Moscow.

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