Voices From Russia, Too

Sunday, 2 February 2014

2 February 2014. A Photo Essay. It’s Wintertime in Russia

00 Winter in Russia 01. Norilsk. 02.02.14

It’s COLD in Norilsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District) in the Far North… -46 (-50.8 Fahrenheit ) to be exact. She IS wearing her woolies, to be sure…

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00 Winter in Russia 02. Divnogorsk. 02.02.14

Local “walruses” jump into the Yenisei River at a temperature of around -30 (-22 Fahrenheit) in Divnogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai. Siberian Federal District), south of Krasnoyarsk in Siberia

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00 Winter in Russia 03. Moscow Oblast motocross. 02.02.14

Motocross in Moscow Oblast (Central Federal District)

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00 Winter in Russia 04. St Petersburg. 02.02.14

A child gives flowers to a war veteran during a parade on the 70th anniversary of Leningrad’s liberation from the fascist blockade on Nepokoryonnykh Prospekt (“Avenue of the Unconquered”… the Piskarovskoye Memorial Cemetery is on this street) in St Petersburg (Federal City of St PetersburgNorthwestern Federal District)

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00 Winter in Russia 05. Baltiisk. 02.02.14

Swans in the harbour in Baltiisk in Kaliningrad Oblast (Northwestern Federal District)

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00 Winter in Russia 06. Taiga Raion. 02.02.14

A fisherman walks on the frozen Yenisei River in the village of Taiga (Kozulka Raion) at -20 (-4 Fahrenheit ), outside Krasnoyarsk

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00 Winter in Russia 07. Tobolsk. 02.02.14

A boy slides down a snow-covered hill in Tobolsk (Tyumen Oblast. Ural Federal District) in Siberia

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00 Winter in Russia 08. Lake Baikal. 02.02.14

A cruise ship sails on Lake Baikal by the village of Listvyanka (Irkutsk Oblast. Siberian Federal District)

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00 Winter in Russia 09. Reshma. 02.02.14

The Kolyada rite in the village of Reshma (Kineshma Raion. Ivanovo Oblast. Central Federal District, 318 kilometres (197 miles) from Moscow)

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You think that YOU have it bad? Not only is it COLDER in Russia… everybody’s out and about! Pull out those valenki and pull on your ushanka and go join ’em! It’s wintertime in Russia! Pass the jug and have some fun…

BMD

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Thursday, 21 July 2011

21 July 2011. Our “Smaller Brothers”… Братья наши меньшие

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Tuesday, 7 June 2011

7 June 2011. Our “Smaller Brothers”… Братья наши меньшие

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