► Russian is ranked seventh among the world’s most commonly spoken languages.
► Surprisingly, Russian has surpassed Chinese, Persian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, French, and Spanish to become one of the world’s most popular online languages, behind English and German. According to Statista, as of April 2019, Russian was the ninth most often used language online.
► Russia has a full 29 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. From the Kremlin and Lake Baikal to the Golden Mountains of Altai — there is immense cultural and ecological wealth to be found in Russia.