1. Russia has the same surface area as Pluto.(俄罗斯的国土面积相当于冥王星的总面积)
Russia has a surface area of 17 million km2, compared with 16.6 million km2 for Pluto.
2. Russia's pipelines could loop around Earth more than six times.(俄罗斯输油管道可以绕地球6周)
Russia's pipelines, including condensate, gas, liquid petroleum gas, oil water, and refined products, are 259,913 kilometers long. The Earth, meanwhile, is 40,075 kilometers in circumference.
3. Russia's natural gas reserves are equivalent to about 13.2 billion Olympic size swimming pools.(俄罗斯的天然气储备量相当于132亿个奥运会游泳池的大小)
At 1,163 trillion cubic feet, Russia has the world's second largest natural gas reserves. An Olympic-size swimming pool reportedly has a volume of 88,000 cubic feet.
4. Russia has nine contiguous time zones, more than any other country.(俄罗斯横跨9个时区，是全世界跨时区最多的国家)
Russia used to have 11 time zones but cut it down to nine in 2010. "The less fractional division of the country will enable us to resolve a number of transport and communications issues, will increase its manageability and strengthen the position of Russia as an important chain in the world's global infrastructure," President Dmitry Medvedev said at the time.
5. Nine million commuters are said to ride the Moscow Metro every day. That's more than London and New York combined.(每天有九百万人乘坐俄罗斯地铁，这个数量比纽约和伦敦的总和还多)
The Park Pobedy (Victory Park) station is probably the deepest of Moscow's subway system, going 85 meters underground. And Vykhino is the busiest station in the Moscow Metro.
6. Russia's homicide rate is twice as bad as America's.(俄罗斯的凶杀率是美国的两倍)
Russia has a homicide rate of 9.7 per 100,000, compared with 4.7 per 100,000 in the U.S. Russia's total count of 13,826 is however lower than 14,612 in the U.S.
7. Russians drink nearly twice as many shots a week as Americans.(俄罗斯每周末的烈酒饮用量是美国的两倍)
Russians drink 6.3 shots of liquor a week on average, compared with 3.3 in the U.S. But South Korea tops the list with 13.7 shots of liquor per week.
8. Russia's 20 richest people have a combined net worth of over $227 billion, which is larger than Pakistan's GDP.(俄罗斯最富有的前20个人的财富总和超过2,270亿，比巴基斯坦的GDP还要高)
Pakistan has a nominal GDP of $215 billion.
9. On average, Russians drink six times as much tea per person per year as Americans.(俄罗斯的人均饮茶量是美国人的六倍)
Russians drink 3.051 pounds of tea per person per year, compared with 0.503 pounds in the U.S.
10. Fifty-six journalists have been killed in Russia since 1992, and 64% of those were murdered.(从1992年至今，有56名记者在俄罗斯被杀，其中64%是被谋杀)
Russia is the fifth-deadliest place to be a journalist.
11. Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. for $7.2 million in 1868.(1868年，俄罗斯以720万美元的价格把阿拉斯加卖给了美国)
The U.S. paid less than 2 cents an acre for almost 600,000 square miles.