They say Russia almost became Islamic. The story is that Tsar Jaroslav
the Wise during the Kievan Rus wanted to give up paganism. So, he called
together representatives from all the world's religions.
The
Islamic representative told him he could have all the wives he wanted.
Jaroslav said, "Yeah, go on". The Islamic rep said, "But you can't drink
alcohol". And Jaroslav was all like "get outta here..."