What is the largest country in the world? Russia is the biggest country in the world. If we talk about the extreme points of the territory of the Russian Federation, then they are located as follows:
- the western extreme point is on the B altic Spit, located near Kaliningrad. This spit is divided by the border between Poland and the Russian Federation. The southern part belongs to Poland, and the northern part belongs to Russia. This is the extreme point in the West;
- Cape Chelyuskin is the northern extreme continental point of Russia and Eurasia, located on the Taimyr Peninsula. Named after the navigator of the northern expedition S. I. Chelyuskin, who first discovered this cape in 1742 and put it on the map;
- Mount Bazarduzu is the southern extreme point, located actually 3 kilometers from one of the peaks of the main ridge of the Caucasus Mountains, 4466 m high, on the border of Russia and Azerbaijan;
- Cape Dezhnev is the extreme point of the eastern continental part of Eurasia and Russia. It is located on the coast of the Bering Strait, on the Chukotka Peninsula. The cape was named in 1879 in honor of the Russian navigator and traveler SemyonIvanovich Dezhnev, who first circled this cape in 1648;
- the most extreme point in the East - located a few kilometers from the Bering Strait, where several Diomede Islands are located. One of them is Ratmanov Island, which belongs to the Russian Federation. In good weather, Kruzenshtern Island, which belongs to the United States, is visible from it, located 4 km to the east. Ratmanov Island is considered the extreme point of the East.
In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, on the southeastern part of the shore of Lake Vivi, there is the center of Russia, called geographical. At this place, a stele 7 m high is installed, on top of which there is a double-headed eagle and an eight-meter cross in memory of Sergius of Radonezh.
Russia, as the largest country in the world, is divided into several time zones, namely 9.
The boundaries of time zones (zones) correspond to the borders of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The largest country in the world includes 83 regions.
Great Britain in 1908 “invented” and introduced summer time to save energy resources - the clock hands moved forward 1 hour. The same procedure was adopted by many other countries. In Russia and Europe, this time is called "summer", and in the USA - "leading".
In 1917, the Provisional Government introduced the so-called maternity time in Russia. In the future, until 1930, he was annually established by his decrees of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR. In 1930, by another decree, summer time was not canceled and extended into the winter. Since then, the country has lived by time, for 1 hourleading belt.
In April 1981, the Council of Ministers of the USSR again established summer time, but now 1 hour was added not to maternity time, but to standard time. The clock was switched to summer time on the last Sunday in March, and on the last Sunday in September, back to winter time. In 1996, the Economic Commission for Europe recommended that Russia switch to winter time in October (the last Sunday). Accordingly, in autumn and winter, Russian time was one hour ahead of standard time, and in spring and summer - by two hours. The same procedure applies in Belgium, the Netherlands, France.
Since August 2011, by order of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and with the approval of the State Duma, the largest country in the world has been living on summer time.
