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11 things you might not know about Russia

June 12, 2015October 26, 2015Oxford Geography Team

It’s Russia’s independence day today (12 June). But how much do you and your students actually know about the famously enigmatic country? 1. We all know that Russia is huge. With a surface area of 17, 098, 240km squared, you could fit the UK into Russia 70 times. But did you know that its surface […]

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