As the old proverb says: everything is learned by comparison. This selection will clearly show that even the largest and most impressive athletes and athletes can look so cool next to even more impressive people. What can we say, even if the old man Arnie may be too small.
1. This is the well-known Arnold Schwarzenegger, the same "iron Arnie". His height by this moment approx. 180 cm and weight approx. 100 kg. 
2. And here Arnie is in the company of professional strict men and powerlifters. 
3. Although, the comparison with the legend of wrestling - Andre the Giant, becomes even more obvious. 
4. Now let's look at Vin Diesel, he is not a little guy either. 
5. But in comparison with "The Rock" it no longer seems so big. 
6. But if basketball player Shaquille O'Neal stands next to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, he will seem like a kid himself. 
7. You might think that Shaq is simply unrealistically huge. And, yes, it is. But only until another famous basketball player, Yao Ming, comes along. 
8. And here is Alexey Bekker (left) and Alexander Eskin (right). Big guys? - Undoubtedly! 
9. But then Mikhail Koklyaev appears in the frame and everything changes. Misha is a real Russian hero - 192 cm in height and 160 kg in weight. It's really big. 
10. Although, there is someone, compared to whom, and Koklyaev no longer seems like a giant. This is Kirill Sarychev, his height is 197 cm, and his weight is from 170 to 180 kg. 
11. Talking about really big people, one cannot fail to recall the famous Ser Gregor "Horus" Clegan from the TV series "Game of Thrones". Here he is next to the "iron Arnie". 
12. Haftor Björnson (this is actually the name of the actor who plays "The Mountain"), really very big, just look at this photo. 
13. However, in one of the shopping centers he once met two of his fans. And from this photo you can no longer say that he is "Mountain". 
“If you look at the level of tax withdrawals, which developed in 2017, it is 30.8% of GDP,” the Minister of Finance said, speaking on Wednesday at the Gaidar Forum in Moscow. It is about tax revenues the state budget in relation to the total volume of the economy (GDP) for the past year.
Over the past 10 years, the tax burden on the Russian economy has both grown and decreased. In 2007, it amounted to 36.5% of GDP, at the peak of the crisis in 2009 - 30.9%, after which it grew again - to 34.4% in 2014.
Today, this indicator in Russia is noticeably lower not only than in most countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), but also the average level for the OECD. The latest OECD data for today is for 2016, and for Japan and Australia - for 2015:
However, apart from tax payments, for Russian business there are still insurance premiums(the high level of which the Minister of Finance complains about), as well as numerous non-tax payments that are not spelled out in Tax Code... The latter include, for example, environmental and recycling fees, payment for the "Platon" system for travel trucks, payment for services of the state and state funds, etc.
But in this case, we are talking primarily about insurance premiums (in general - 30% of the wage fund), which employers are obliged to transfer for their employees in extrabudgetary funds- pension (22%), as well as compulsory medical (5.1%) and social (2.9%) insurance. "Nowhere else is there such a load on the wage fund that Russia has," admitted exactly a year ago, speaking at the previous Gaidar Forum in Moscow, and the minister economic development Maxim Oreshkin. - It is clear that many simply do not pay. And this is the biggest problem to deal with. "
The annual "profile" rating for 190 countries of the world - Paying Taxes - has been compiled by experts for 12 years in a row The World Bank and the international auditing and consulting company PricewaterhouseCoopers. By the way, the data of this particular rating for each country is indicated in the corresponding part of the overall international rating of the World Bank - Doing Business.
According to estimates by the Center for Socio-Political Monitoring of the RANEPA, about 33 million people, or 44.8% of all employed people, were included in the “shadow” labor market in Russia in 2017 in one way or another (in 2006 - 45.1%, in 2013 - 44.5%, in 2016 - 40.3%). “These are the people who, during the year, either had an“ unregistered ”job, or received a salary“ in an envelope, ”the authors of the study explain.
The government, at the initiative of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Development, is discussing plans to significantly reduce the overall rate of business insurance premiums (up to 22%) while increasing the value added tax rate (from the current 18% to the same 22%, which will inevitably increase prices in the country ). No decision has been made yet.
Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in Dubai and the tallest skyscraper in the world. In shape, the building resembles a stalagmite, which rushes up to 828 meters. The building has 163 floors with 9 hotels and a system of fountains. The total cost of the facility is estimated at $ 4.1 billion. And this is even more for the most amazing facts about Burj Khalifa.
1. Tallest building in the world
It is common knowledge that the Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the entire world. However, how high is it compared to other monstrous structures? The height of Burj Khalifa is 828 meters, and the height of the second largest building in the world (Shanghai Tower) is 632 meters. The difference is more than obvious. Also Burj Khalifa is three times taller than the Eiffel Tower.
2. Inside the building
Those who think the Burj Khalifa is very impressive from the outside have simply not been inside a skyscraper. The highest observation deck is located at an altitude of 452 meters. In total, the building has 164 floors, 1 of which is underground, and as many as 58 elevators that travel at a speed of 10 meters per second (this is one of the fastest elevators in the world). Also in Burj Khalifa there are 2957 parking spaces, 304 hotels and 904 apartments. Interestingly, the Burj Khalifa has a special elevator system designed for evacuation during a fire.
3. The skyscraper was designed by the Americans and built by a South Korean company
While Burj Khalifa is located in Dubai (the original name of the skyscraper is Burj Dubai), the building was designed by the American firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Chicago engineers helped design a special support structure that resembles a three-pointed star. The construction of the building was entrusted to South Korean company Samsung Engineering and Construction.
4. Several records
Everyone knows that the Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building. In fact, not only this record belongs to the Dubai skyscraper. It is the tallest free-standing building, the building with the highest residential floor, the building with the highest number of floors, the building with the highest elevators and the second tallest observation deck (the highest observation deck is at the Canton TV Tower).
5. What was needed for the construction
It took a lot of time and effort to build such a titanic building almost a kilometer long (namely, 6 years and 22 million man-hours). On especially busy days, more than 12,000 workers were at the construction site at a time.
6. Huge weight
It took a huge amount of materials to construct the huge building. One aluminum went so much that it would be enough to create 5 A380 airbuses. Also, 55,000 tons of reinforcing steel and 110,000 tons of concrete were spent. This is roughly the weight of 100,000 elephants. And if you take and fold the reinforcement from the building in a row, then it would stretch for a quarter of the Earth.
7. Heat resistance
It is very hot in Dubai, with an average temperature of 41 degrees in summer. In July 2002, Dubai recorded its highest temperature of 52 degrees. Naturally, a building built in this country must withstand extreme temperature fluctuations. This is why more than 300 Chinese cladding experts were hired to develop a cladding system capable of resisting local temperatures.
8. Power consumption
Naturally, a monstrous amount of resources is required for a normal life in such a huge building. For example, the Burj Khalifa requires about 950,000 liters of water every day (while in Dubai, on average, they use about 200-300 liters of water per day). Also, the building consumes a huge amount of electricity (approximately as much as 360,000 hundred-watt bulbs "eat").
9. Cleaning the skyscraper
How do they clean and wash 26,000 glass panels that always look perfectly smooth. Responsible for this are 12 cars, which weigh about 13 tons each, moving along special rails on the outside of the building. The cars are serviced by 36 people.
10. Floral design
Burj Khalifa's design was inspired by the hymenokallis, a flower that has long petals that radiate outward from the center. The three wings of the Burj Khalifa spread out like these petals.
Without comparison, we would never have a correct idea about certain things. How can you tell whether a person is tall or not, if there is no way to compare him with other people?
For example, we see a guy who is clearly above everyone else. But another guy comes up to him, 1.5 times more than him, and then that first tall guy already seems to be some kind of dwarf compared to the bully. In a star society, the same rules apply. Some famous big guys aren't really that big if you look at it objectively!
1. Let's start with one of the biggest tough guys - Arnold Schwarzenegger. His height at the moment is about 180 cm, and his weight is about 100 kg.
2. And here Arnie is in the company of professional strongmen and powerlifters. It's not that big already, is it?
3. Here Arnie is next to the legend of wrestling - Andre the Giant. It turns out that our "terminator" is absolutely tiny!
4. Another big, pumped-up guy - Vin Diesel.
5. But in comparison with "The Rock" it no longer seems so big.
6. Although, if Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stands next to basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, he will seem like a kid himself.
7. But! Shaq is not the biggest guy yet! Here he is standing next to the famous basketball player Yao Ming. I can't believe it ...
8. And here is Alexey Bekker (left) and Alexander Eskin (right). They seem to be incredibly big guys!
9. Although against the background of Mikhail Koklyaev (height - 192 cm and weight - 160 kg) everything is changing.
10. But even Misha may not seem so big when he is next to Kirill Sarychev (height - 197 cm, weight - 180 kg).
11. Another really big guy, Haftor Bjornson, is worth remembering, Ser Gregor "Horus" Clegane from Game of Thrones.
