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many years. I’m so glad that Jesus
understands Udmurt, and that I
can talk to Him in my own language
whenever I want.
FUN FACTS:
About three-fourths of Russia’s land is in Siberia, a
region covered mostly in sprawling pine forest
called taiga. In fact, Siberia has close to 25
percent of all the forests in the world!
In Russia, people don’t like to shake hands
across a doorway, because they believe
it might cause arguments that will
never end.
The Tsar-Kolokol is the largest bell
in the world. It weighs 446,000
pounds (heavier than a blue
whale!) and is over 20 feet tall.
Only a little while after it was
made, in 1753, it cracked
and has never, ever
been rung.
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Tsar-Kolok
The Russian State Library is the
second-largest library in the
world. The only library bigger
is the Library of Congress in
the United States.
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