Interesting facts about Udmurtia Is a great opportunity to learn more about the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The first settlements on the territory of modern Udmurtia appeared at the dawn of mankind. For this reason, archaeologists find here many ancient artifacts associated with a particular period of time.
So, here are the most interesting facts about the Udmurt Republic.
- The bowels of Udmurtia are rich in various natural resources, including oil. According to scientists, oil reserves are estimated at about 380 million tons.
- As of today, over 1.5 million people live in Udmurtia, where there are only 35 inhabitants per 1 km².
- More than 7000 rivers flow through the territory of Udmurtia (interesting facts about rivers), 99% of which are less than 10 km long.
- Representatives of about 60 peoples live in Udmurtia, among which Russians are about 62%, Udmurts - 28% and Tatars - 7%.
- Did you know that Udmurtia has the highest concentration of defense enterprises in Russia?
- Up to 50% of the territory of Udmurtia is occupied by agricultural land.
- Every 5th Udmurt is an atheist or non-religious person.
- One of the craters on Mars is named after the local city of Glazov (see interesting facts about Mars).
- Due to large peat bogs, the Udmurt rivers Cheptsa and Sepich changed their channels several times.
- Throughout the history of observations, the absolute minimum in Udmurtia reached -50 ⁰С. This happened in 1978.
- In honor of the 450th anniversary of the voluntary entry of Udmurtia into the Russian state, in 2008 the Bank of Russia issued a set of commemorative coins dedicated to this event.
- The highest point of Udmurtia is located in the northeast of the Verkhnekamsk Upland and is 332 m.
