russia, n.All

Russia has more surface area than Pluto

Russia is a country that had only two TV channels during the communist era. Channel One was propaganda. Channel Two consisted of a KGB officer telling you, 'Tum back immediately to Channel One.'.

Russia is a place where a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.

Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.

Alaska was bought from Russia for about 2 cents an acre.

Russia used 40,000 anti-tank dogs, loaded with explosives, in World War Two. Ironically, many of the dogs got scared and ran back to their owners to explode.

Russia is miles of cornfields and ballet in the evening.

In Russia, about 25% of men die before they hit the age of 55, mostly due to alcohol.

Russia's soul is resignation.

Russia is divided by the US by a pair of islands only 2.4 miles away from each other; they also have a 20-hour time zone difference.

Russia is almost two times the U.S.

Russia is a very large country, a very old country, a very disagreeable country inhabited by immense numbers of ignorant people largely possessed of lethal weapons and in a state of extreme disorder. Also Russia is a long way off.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Russia is a country where nobody sits up all night to see how the elections come out.

Russia is a combination of incompetence and evil - sort of like the Post Office with tanks.