1. In the Russian Empire, the free carrying of weapons was allowed. Before the 1917 revolution, weapons were freely sold in hunting shops.
2. Instead of a kilogram, the measure of weight in the Russian Empire was a pood equal to 16, 38 kg.
3. Before the revolution, Russia (the Russian Empire) was the most teetotal country in Europe. Russia has traditionally been one of the most sober countries in Europe. Only Norway drank less than us in Europe. We were in the penultimate place in the world in terms of per capita alcohol consumption for three centuries from the 17th century to the beginning of the 20th century.
4. Emperor Nicholas II was a cousin of the Emperor of the British Empire George the Fifth.
5. Emperor Peter the Third (née Karl Peter Ulrich Golstein-Gottorp) was German by birth: along the line of his father he was the great-nephew of the Swedish king Charles XII and was first raised as the heir to the Swedish throne. When in 1751 he found out that his uncle had become a Swedish king, he said: “They dragged me into this damned Russia, where I should consider myself a state prisoner, whereas if they had left me free, now I would sit on the throne of the civilized people.
6. The Russian Empire entered the 20th century with the world's largest and best oil-producing and refining industry: 94% of all oil was processed domestically.
7. In 1904 there were 21 million horses in Russia (worldwide - about 75 million): 60% of peasant farms in Russia had 3 or more horses.
8. By 1914, the Russian Empire took first place in terms of industrial production rates.
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9. The famous fragrance "Chanel No. 5" was invented not by Coco Chanel, but by the Russian émigré perfumer Verigin, who worked in the Chanel perfumery department with the native Muscovite Ernest Bo.
10. In 1913, Russia gained as much from the sale of butter abroad as from the extraction of gold.
11. The largest estate in the Russian Empire was the peasantry.
12. Confessions Orthodox 69.5% Muslims 11.1% Catholics 9.1% Jews 4.2.%
13. The first head of state who officially announced the idea of world disarmament was the Russian Emperor Nicholas II: he proposed this to the heads of state of Europe in 1898 in The Hague.
14. Before the First World War, Russia provided about the same amount of bread as the United States, Canada and Argentina combined, and they themselves were leading in this industry.