40 UNCANNY FACTS ABOUT RUSSIA THAT WILL SURELY DROP YOUR JAW!

No Doorway Hand Shakes

If you meet a Russian for the first time, you will obviously be shaking their hands. This is something that most people all over the world practice. But make sure you never give a handshake to a Russian under a doorway. There is a superstition in Russia that shaking hands under a doorway leads to enmity between the two parties and is a bad omen. So just avoid this in Russia.