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

By Apoorva Jha

The Cats At The Hermitage Museum

The Hermitage is certainly a special museum compared to the other ones in Russia and the world. The St. Petersburg museum actually has over 70 cats living in it. They serve as protectors of all the artifacts from rodents that come inside the museum. This is actually a longstanding tradition that dates back to the 1700s during the time of Empress Elizabeth, the daughter of Peter, The Great, the founder of St. Petersburg.