9 February 2015. It’s An Old School Russian Winter

“Winter SaniDay-2015” festival sledge slide in Mitino Park in Moscow (Mitino Raion. Northwestern Administrative Okrug. Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF, in February 2015.

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Troika competing in the first round of the Moscow Winter Russian Championship in Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF.

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Rehabilitative and educational programme “On the Way with the Huskies” in Sokolniki Park in Moscow (Sokolniki Raion. Eastern Administrative Okrug. Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF.

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Dogs at the starting line of the “In the Land of the Sampo” in Petrozavodsk (Republic of Kareliya. Northwestern Federal District) RF, on 24 January 2015.

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A couple looks at images from Siberian photographers on an ice wall, during an exhibition part of the “Magic Ice of Siberia” International Competition of Snow Sculpture along the banks of the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District) RF, in January 2015. The ice sculpting competition, which was in its third year, saw teams from Russia and China competing against each other.

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A man fishes through a hole in the ice on frozen Abakan Bay of the Yenisei River in Krasnoyarsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District) RF.

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Ded Moroz (Grandpa Frost) at the Semenkovo Architecture and Ethnography Museum (Vologda Oblast. Northwestern Federal District RF).

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A child stands next to lit polar bear figures in Tverskoi Boulevard in central Moscow (Tverskoi Raion. Central Administrative Okrug. Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF.

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A hardcore hockey fan at a KHL regular season match between KhK SKA St Petersburg and HK Slovan Bratislava in St Petersburg (Federal City of St Petersburg. Northwestern Federal District) RF.

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Children on the Anichkov Bridge after a snowfall in St Petersburg (Federal City of St Petersburg. Northwestern Federal District) RF.

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A young “walrus” prepares for a winter swim in Veliki Novgorod (Novgorod Oblast. Northwestern Federal District) RF.

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Elderly woman on a bench watches a religious procession in Stavropol (Stavropol Krai. North Caucasian Federal District) RF.

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A man rides a bicycle at a city park in Stavropol (Stavropol Krai. North Caucasian Federal District) RF, temperature -8 degrees (17.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

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A scientist stands on the edge of a newly formed crater on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Tyumen Oblast. Ural Federal District RF). A group of scientists went on an expedition initiated by the Russian Centre of Arctic Exploration to research the crater after pilots captured it on video in July 2014, which attracted the public’s attention. Participants descended about 16 metres (52.4 feet) to reach the frozen surface of the base of the crater, which was a lake at least 10 metres (32.8 feet) deep. Experts, including geologists and historians, haven’t yet decided about the funnel’s origin.

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Time to pack up your woollies and head on down to Russia… Sandals in the Caribbean isn’t for you. You’d rather hang with the frozen chosen in Yakutsk… different strokes for different folks…

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7 February 2015. Just How Cold Is It?

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It’s an Old School Siberian winter. This is people riding a trolleybus in Novosibirsk (Novosibirsk Oblast. Siberian Federal District). The temp outside is -35 degrees (-31 degrees Fahrenheit)… so, don’t bitch n’ moan to me about “how cold it is”. This is the kind of stuff that made Russia great…

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6 February 2015. Just How Cold Is It?

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We’ve been having an “Alberta Clipper” here in the Northeast, which brought in some colder temps (though not as cold as in my childhood). Well, it’s nothing compared to an Old School Siberian winter. In the image, people stand on the shores of a lake, with air temp at about minus -30 degrees (-22 degrees Fahrenheit), near Gorno-Altaysk (Altai Krai. Siberian Federal District). A group of lakes here heated by warm springs, locally known as the Blue or Cyan Lakes, attract tourists from all over Russia. Bring your snuggies and ushanka, kids…

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30 January 2015. WTF! It’s Got to be Russia!

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No, kids… the guy in the bear suit isn’t dancing by the Novosibirsk Reservoir… he’s dancing ON the Novosibirsk Reservoir! it ain’t PhotoShop. It’s just an old-school Siberian winter in Russia! WTF! It HAS to be Russia… you can’t understand it with your mind, you can only accept it for what it is…

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