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Portal:Siberia/Facts/10 . Photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva won the trust of a Siberian mammoth-tusk hunter by stitching up his injured hand. Jan Czerski exiled to Siberia after the January Uprising, became a self-taught scientist and Siberian explorer, and was thrice decorated with the gold medal by the Russian Geographical Society.
Russia, [b] or the Russian Federation, [c] is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by land area, and extends across eleven time zones; sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d] Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous country in the world.
Rambler (Russian: Рамблер) is a Russian search engine and one of the biggest Russian web portals, owned by the Rambler Media Group.The site was launched in 1996 by Stack Ltd, went public in 2005, was acquired by Prof-Media in 2006, and has since been acquired by Russian bank Sberbank.
Ace trivia night with these cool and random fun facts for adults and kids. This list of interesting facts is the perfect way to learn something new about life. 105 Fun Facts About Science, History ...
The Russian Federation, commonly known as Russia, is the most extensive country in the world, covering 17,075,400 square kilometres (6,592,800 sq mi), more than an eighth of the Earth's land area. [1]
Image credits: astarisaslave #8. TIL in South Korea, only blind people can get a masseur's license. This law was established in 1912, to help visually impaired people earn a living.
According to Freedom House, the Internet in Russia is "Not Free" as of 2019. [3] In September 2011, Russia overtook Germany on the European market with the highest number of unique visitors online. [4] In March 2013, a survey found that Russian had become the second-most commonly used language on the web after English. [5]
International Fact-Checking Network launched in 2015 by the Poynter Institute set a code of ethics for fact-checking organizations. The IFCN reviews fact-checkers for compliance with its code, and issues a certification to publishers who pass the audit.