The Distance Between the US and Russia is Less Than You Think 🇺🇸 Diomede Islands📍

[0:00]Not all Americans know that the US and Russia are actually much closer to each other, just two miles apart, and more than that, they are even connected sometimes, and here is why. The countries are separated by the Bering Strait, and if we look closer here, we can see two tiny Diomede Islands which are 2.4 miles apart and divide the mainland of the US and the mainland of Russia. Little Diomede belongs to the USA, and it is home to one of the most isolated towns in the USA called Diomede with a population of 82 people. Big Diomede belongs to Russia, and it is uninhabited, only military personnel are present. Therefore, Diomede is the closest American town to Russia, separated by two miles of water. And the point is that in the winter, the water freezes and creates an ice bridge between the two countries, and thus making it possible to cross the border by land. Interesting that there is an international date line between these two islands, the difference between them is 21 hours, and if you cross the border from the US side, you will be in the future and become a kind of time traveler.