NO.1 RUSSIA

1. One of the first human bones of the age of 35,000 years was found in Russia.
2. In 2006, the military had 1.037 million personnel on active duty. It is mandatory for all male citizens aged 18–27 to be drafted for a year of service in Armed Forces.
3. Russia has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world. It has the second largest fleet of ballistic missile submarines and is the only country apart from the U.S. with a modern strategic bomber force.
4. Russia is the largest country in the world; its total area is 17,075,400 square kilometers (6,592,800 sq mi). There are 23 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Russia, 40 UNESCO biosphere reserves, 40 national parks and 101 nature reserves.
5. Russia has thousands of rivers and inland bodies of water providing it with one of the world's largest surface water resources. The largest and most prominent of Russia's bodies of fresh water is Lake Baikal.
6. There are 266 mammal species and 780 bird species in Russia. A total of 415 animal species have been included in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation as of 1997.
7. Russia has a market economy with enormous natural resources, particularly oil and natural gas. It has the 10th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the 6th largest by purchasing power parity (PPP).
8. The total area of cultivated land in Russia was estimated as 1,237,294 km2 in 2005, the fourth largest in the world.
9. Science and technology in Russia blossomed. In the 19th and 20th centuries the country produced a large number of notable scientists and inventors.
10. Russia TOP 5 Largest cities :Moscow Saint Petersburg Novosibirsk Yekaterinburg Nizhny Novgorod. 

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 The open pit of the Udachnaya Diamond Mine, Russia, from a helicopter.

Lake Baikalin  Russia The world's deepest, purest, oldest and most capacious fresh water lake.