39 Facts about Russian girls

1. There are about 10 million more women than men in Russia.

2. When divorcing in Russia in 90% of cases, the child remains with the mother.

3. The wife of a peasant Fyodor Vasilyev between 1725 and 1765 gave birth to 69 children. Among them - 16 pairs of twins, 7 thrones and 4 quadruples (a total of 27 births). Out of 69 children born, 67 survived the infancy.

4. 52% of girls wear fur coats in winter in Russia.

5. The most common girls' names in Russia are Anna, Anastasia, Maria and Daria.

6. Russian model Natalia Semanova became the youngest winner of the prestigious competition The Look of the Year. She won it at the age of 14.

7. There are about 45,000 girls serving in the Russian army.

8. Russian girls are considered one of the most beautiful in the world. French author Alexander Lutz wrote that "the beauty of Russian women is an incalculable capital of the country".

9. Russian girls often break records. Russian Natalya Molchanova was the first female diver to cross the 100-meter dive mark, Soviet pilot Marina Raskova set a record for the distance of a single flight, Muse Malinovskaya set a record for parachute jumps. Soviet athlete Galina Chistyakova holds the current long jump record, and pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva holds 28 world records.

10. Beautiful Russian girls also do not get off the podiums and covers of fashion magazines. Sasha Pivovarova, Irina Sheik, Tatiana Sorokko, Natalia Vodianova, Natasha Poli, Yevgeniya Volodina, Irina Kulikova... this is by no means a complete list of Russian top models.

11. During the World War 2, 90 women became Heroes of the Soviet Union, more than half of them were awarded the title posthumously.

12. Russia was the first country where women took the most active part in revolutionary organizations.

13. It was the Russian beauties-emigrants of the beginning of 20th century who turned the model's work from slave labour into a prestigious and highly paid occupation. It is enough to remember such names as Natalie Paley, Maria Eristova, Nina and Mia Obolensky, Thea Bobrikova.

14. Despite the attractiveness recognized by the world community, recent sociological studies have shown that more than 70% of Russian girls consider themselves unattractive.

15. Russian girls are considered in the USA to be ideal wives. "Fashion" is on them, including from Hollywood. Lara Lieto (Larisa Tyaka) - a friend of Adrian Brody, Anastasia Makarenko - Mickey Rourke.

16. Since 1955, when abortion was legalized in the USSR, there has been an explosive growth in the number of abortions, and by 1964 the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) had broken the record of 5.46 million.

17. The precentage of Russian femailes in different age groups (% of the total population): up to the age of 20 - 52%, 29-30 - 58%, 40-59 - 60%, 60-79 - 67%, 80 and over - 78%.

18. French writer Frederick Begbeder wrote about Russian girls: "Women of all nationalities hate them because beauty is unfair, and injustice should be fought against. Russian girls are enemies. Angels are not the first time, they always had a lot of enemies, read the Bible, it's a real catalog of tortured angels".

19. According to current statistics, Russian girls today give birth to their first child at 25. In Great Britain - at 29, in Spain - at 31, in Italy - at 29, in Canada and the USA - at 30 years.

20. The first female professor in Russia and Northern Europe was Sofia Kovalevskaya.

21. In Russia there are 56% of women of working age, 13% older than working age and 31% younger than working age.

22. Russian girls have always been inspired by geniuses, and not only Russians. Elena Diakonova was the muse of Dali and Eluar, Lydia Delektorskaya - Matisse, Elsa Triole - Aragon, Olga Khokhlova - Picasso, Lu Salome - Nietzsche and Freud.

23. The average height of Russian girls nowadays is 167 cm, the average weight is 60 kg.

24. The first Soviet citizen, who visited the White House, was the legendary Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko.

25. The relative majority of Russian girls have straight (58%) and brown (34%) natural hair. More than half of girls dye them.

26. There were four empresses on the Russian throne: Catherine I, Anna Ioannovna, Elizaveta Petrovna, Catherine II.

27. Due to the early male mortality in Russia, by the age of 65, every second woman becomes lonely.

28. Interdynastic marriages are not uncommon in the history of Russia. It all started with the daughters of Yaroslav the Wise - Anna and Elizabeth (Queen of France and Norway respectively). Daughter of Paul I, Anne became the Queen of the Netherlands, niece of Alexander II - the Queen of Greece.

29. According to polls in 2012, The famous Russian singer Alla Pugacheva was recognized as a "real woman" of Russia.

30. It is believed that women in Russia are less emancipated. Looking at orders in Russia, where Russian ladies should be taken care of, European women often wonder why Russian women still do not declare a revolution and overthrow male chauvinism.

31. In ancient Rus, a single girl was distinguished from married women not only by the braided braid, but also by other signs. For example, on a headdress, on a crown, on earrings, on a skirt and patterns on clothes. And, of course, the wedding ring.

32. 74% of Russian girls believe that women should take an active part in political life.''

33. Nikolai Nekrasov's poem "Russian Women" consists of 1827 words. It is the longest poetic work dedicated to women of one country.

34. In Russia most female live in Ivanovo and Yaroslavl regions (57% of the region's population), the least in Chukotka Autonomous District (46% of the region's population).

35. In 1997, 112,976 women emigrated abroad from Russia. This is a record in the history of post-perestroika Russia.

36. Lee Harvey Oswald's wife was Marina Prusakova. She was the first Soviet woman on the cover of Time Magazine.

37. Foreigners who come to Russia, still surprised by the skill with which Russian girls cook. More than 81% of Russian girls say they cook at home regularly.

38. According to the surveys conducted by the statistical agency, it turned out that Russian girls consider fried chicken and vegetable stew to be the "sexiest dish". This is what they would prefer to cook for dinner to attract a man.

39. The percentage of married girls in Russia has increased from 11% to 31% over the past 15 years.