There is also a country in the world where half of the population is having breakfast while half of the population is having dinner at the same time. It means that somewhere it is day and somewhere it is night. You may be surprised to hear this but Russia is a country where it is day and night at the same time. Not only this, there is a city in Russia where the sun never sets, due to which day and night are equal here.
Russia has 11 time zones: As the Earth rotates in its orbit, it is day in some parts and night in some parts. Because of this, different parts of the world have different time zones. But some countries are very different in this regard. This includes Russia. Russia has 11 time zones. Because of this, clocks in different parts of Russia show different times. For example, when it is 1 o’clock in the afternoon in the east of Russia, it is 12 midnight in the west of Russia. That means it is a difference of 12 hours. Due to this, when people are having breakfast in one part of the country, at the same time people are having dinner in another part of the country.
It is called the ‘Land of the Midnight Sun’:
Every year from May to July there are about 75 days when day and night are at the same time in Russia. Due to this, this country is also called ‘Country of Midnight Sun’. Russia is the largest country in the world and has an area of ββ17,098,242 square kilometers. You can guess how big Russia is by the fact that its area is 5 times that of India. When there is so much diversity in India, how much it will be in Russia can only be guessed. Not only this, one eighth of the total land area of ββthe earth belongs to Russia alone and the remaining seven parts are occupied by the world’s population. Russia covers the eastern third of Europe and all of northern Asia. It covers almost half of the Northern Hemisphere.
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