Edmund Hillary and the Three Poles Challenge
We all know of Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand as one of the first two to climb the world's...
Russia
Population explosion in Asia
Asia, the largest continent on Earth, has a total land area of 44,579,000 square kilometers. It constitutes 30 per cent...
The deepest lake in the world
Lake Baikal, situated in the south-east Siberia in Russia, is the deepest lake in the world. Known as the Galapagos...
Creator of the Periodic Table – Famous everywhere except Russia
Dmitri Mendeleev was not a prophet in Russia because the Tsar did not like his liberal politics. He was not...
From where was Alaska procured?
Alaska, the largest state in the United States by area, was purchased from Russia on March 30, 1867 for $7.2...
Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to the USA
When the Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev planned to spend thirteen days in the United States in 1959, he made two...
