How the Bear became one of the main national symbols of Russia

It's a common knowledge that bears are one of Russia's main national symbols, right? Well, not for us anyway and Russian history can prove it. There was not a single bear in the heraldry of the Russian Empire and the USSR. Yet the rest of the world disagrees so in this video Anna brings up some lesser-known history facts and explains why Russians never truly saw themselves as big and angry bears.

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