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A girl walks among snowmen built as part of a display on a street in Moscow.
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A man walks under an umbrella on Red Square in Moscow. Icy rain fell this weekend in Moscow, covering streets, trees and cars with ice while temperatures dropped today to -5 C (23 F).
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The annual cross-country ski race "Moscow Ski Track".
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St.petersburg after a heavy snowfall.
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An old woman cleans snow in a settlement Beregovoi outside the Siberian city of Kemerovo.
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Snow sliding and ice sliding -- that's what makes kids happy during the winter time!
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Snow sliding and ice sliding -- that's what makes kids happy during the winter time!
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The atomic icebreaker "Yamal" in Murmansk
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A municpal worker carrying a snow shovel walks past parked cars covered in snow in Moscow.
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The very best snow for packing into snowballs is denser, moister snow that falls when it is near freezing. If you wake up to a blanket of white snow and it's under 0°C (about 30°F) outside, you'll most likely have optimal snowball fight conditions.
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Municipal workers breaking dangerous icicles from the roof of a building in downtown in St Petersburg.
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A participant runs during a traditional Christmas Half Marathon in Omsk at air temperatures of -30 C.
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The Muromtsev Dacha built at the end of the 19th century in Moscow's southern Tsaritsyno District
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Boys play hockey on a frozen part of Lake Baikal which they have cleared of snow.
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Ice skating is one of the most popular form of winter entertainment in Russia.
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A man bathes in icy water of Kravtsovo lake at air temperatures of -15 degrees Celsius (5 F). Across Russia, Orthodox believers marked Epiphany by immersing themselves in icy water regardless of the weather and temperatures well below zero.
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Members of a local ice swimmers club roll around in snow after taking a dive in the Yenisei river in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.
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A woman rubs the back of another woman with snow while standing between trees covered in hoarfrost after taking a bath in the Siberian river of Yenisey in Krasnoyarsk. The members of the local ice-bathing club enjoyed a swim in the icy water of the Yenisey River at temperatures of around -28 C (-14.8 F)
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Riders compete on the frozen Yenisei river during the Ice Derby amateur horse race, which has been held annually at the end of each winter since 1969.
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Riders compete on the frozen Yenisei river during the Ice Derby amateur horse race, which has been held annually at the end of each winter since 1969.
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An woman makes her way along a hoar-frosted embankment during an early morning walk in central Moscow.
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A thermal power plant in the north of Russia.
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