Russia and USA

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 Russia and USA



If you live in America and think Russia is on the other side of the world... You will be surprised to know that:

-It's about 55 miles from us in the Bering Strait.


However, in the body of water between Alaska and Russia, known as the Bering Strait, are two small islands known as Big Diomede and Little Diomede. Interesting enough, Big Diomede is Russia owned while Little Diomede belongs to the United States.


-The water line between these two islands is only 2.5 miles wide and actually freezes during winter so you can technically walk from the U.S. U.S. to Russia on this seasonal sea ice.





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