Everyone is Family
Russian families are very tight-knit. For instance, if you're meeting your partner's family for the first time, be prepared to be treated just like them. Neighborhoods and small towns are also really close-knit and everybody knows everybody. It's just the way it goes!
Record-Breaking Pipelines
A country as large as Russia would need an extensive network of resources to function. It's one of the biggest petroleum industries in the world with one of the largest reserves, so of course they have the largest pipline network. All together, the network is 259,913 kilometers long. It would wrap around the Earth six times.