The USSR disintegrated a long time ago, but we remember its records. Now, a new country achieves fresh goals. Russia reached another highest score in the daily oil production, one more time getting ahead the oilmen from the past. Such a really significant result – 10.61 million barrels per day – is a merit of Rosneft, which increased its oil extraction. Let us look at historical facts. In 1988, as a part of the Soviet Union, Russia used to produce up to 11.41 million barrels per day – 90 percent of whole oil output in the USSR. But in 1991, right before the breakup, the figures lowered 17.7 percent, to 10.4 barrels a day. A lot of international experts are confident that the change of the political regime and the end of the communist era in the country partially were caused by a dip in oil prices in the world markets. Further, the industry went through hard times. The long-lasting stagnation started in 1996 – demand weakened and investments in the industrial sector were almost ceased. In the heat of the crisis 2008, the daily rate was even less – 9.8 million barrels. Only a year after, the Russian oil production began to grow, and in September 2009, the country extracted over 10 million barrels a day for the first time since the Soviet Union had fallen apart. In 2010, the Russian Federation left behind Saudi Arabia, the global leader in the oil production, as it began to exploit new large oil deposits: Talakan Uvat and Vankor. Last year, Russia's oil production reached the record level of 10.37 million barrels per day, and in 2013, it was the ultimate victory – 10.61 million barrels.