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1.RTR29OZG.jpg[break]A girl walks among snowmen built as part of a display on a street in Moscow. [break]Reuters / Vostock Photo [break_string]2.000_Par3684413.jpg[break]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).[break]AFP Photo / East News [break_string]2.TASS_raw.jpg[break]The annual cross-country ski race "Moscow Ski Track".[break]Itar Tass [break_string]3.2711512.jpg[break]St.petersburg after a heavy snowfall.[break]Itar Tass [break_string]4.RTXK8X4.jpg[break]An old woman cleans snow in a settlement Beregovoi outside the Siberian city of Kemerovo.[break]Reuters / Vostock Photo [break_string]5.tass.jpg[break]Snow sliding and ice sliding -- that's what makes kids happy during the winter time![break]Itar Tass [break_string]6.lori-0002250395-fullsize.jpg[break]Snow sliding and ice sliding -- that's what makes kids happy during the winter time![break]Lori Fotobank [break_string]7.TASS_1038897.jpg[break]The atomic icebreaker "Yamal" in Murmansk[break]Itar Tass [break_string]8.000_DV612665.jpg[break]A municpal worker carrying a snow shovel walks past parked cars covered in snow in Moscow.[break]AFP Photo / East News [break_string]9.lori-0002287708-fullsize.jpg[break]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.[break]Lori Fotobank [break_string]10.000_Par3678472.jpg[break]Municipal workers breaking dangerous icicles from the roof of a building in downtown in St Petersburg.[break]AFP Photo / East News [break_string]11.000_Par3696867.jpg[break]A participant runs during a traditional Christmas Half Marathon in Omsk at air temperatures of -30 C.[break]AFP Photo / East News [break_string]12.01.jpg[break]The Muromtsev Dacha built at the end of the 19th century in Moscow's southern Tsaritsyno District[break]Ilya Varlamov [break_string]13.DC002401.jpg[break]Boys play hockey on a frozen part of Lake Baikal which they have cleared of snow.[break]Dean Conger/CORBIS [break_string]14.IMG_0269.jpg[break]Ice skating is one of the most popular form of winter entertainment in Russia.[break]Anisia [break_string]15.Reuters/Vostock-photo.jpg[break]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.[break]Reuters / Vostock Photo [break_string]16.RTR22PMC.jpg[break]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.[break]Reuters /Vostock Photo [break_string]17.RTR1L4FO.jpg[break]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)[break]Reuters / Vostock Photo [break_string]18.RTR2K3MQ.jpg[break]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.[break]Reuters / Vostock Photo [break_string]19.RTR2K3Q6.jpg[break]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.[break]Reuters / Vostock Photo [break_string]20.RTR2JBND_1024.jpg[break]An woman makes her way along a hoar-frosted embankment during an early morning walk in central Moscow.[break]Reuters / Vostock Photo [break_string]21.TASS_7736481.jpg[break]A thermal power plant in the north of Russia.[break]Itar Tass