A view of Moscow State University.

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Dried cow parsnip covered with hoarfrost

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Smokestacks of TETs-21, a heat and power plant in the industrial estate of Korovino, north-west Moscow.

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Smokestacks of TETs-21, a heat and power plant in the industrial estate of Korovino, north-east Moscow.

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Smokestacks of TETs-21, a heat and power plant in the industrial estate of Korovino, north-west Moscow.

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Smokestacks of TETs-21, a heat and power plant in the industrial estate of Korovino, north-west Moscow.

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Smokestacks of TETs-21, a heat and power plant in the industrial estate of Korovino, north-west Moscow.

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Smokestacks of TETs-21, a heat and power plant in the industrial estate of Korovino, north-west Moscow.

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Smokestacks of TETs-21, a heat and power plant in the industrial estate of Korovino, north-west Moscow.

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View of the Moscow State University from the Novodevichy Convent.

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Church of Michael the Archangel in Troparyovo, Vernadsky Prospekt, Moscow.

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Church of Michael the Archangel in Troparyovo, Vernadsky Prospekt, Moscow.

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Fishers on the ice of the frozen Desna river.

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The Church of Our Lady of the Sign is the heart of a historic mansion in Dubrovitsy, Moscow Region

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Dome of the Church of Our Lady of the Sign is the heart of a historic mansion in Dubrovitsy, Moscow Region

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Dried cow parsnip covered with hoarfrost

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A warmly-dressed horse on a horse farm near Moscow.

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A warmly-dressed horse on a horse farm near Moscow.

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The Desna River in the town of Troitsk is covered in ice.

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Ice-free backwater in the Desna river, near the dam of the Troitsky worsted factory.

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Novodevichy Convent.

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Central Telegraph building on Moscow's Tverskaya Street. The thermometer is showing minus 20 degrees centigrade.

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A Central Telegraph thermometer reads 20 degrees Celsius below freezing point.

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The embankment of Iset River in Yekaterinburg.

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Freezing sparrows huddle up on a house number plate on Tverskaya Street in Moscow.

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A freezing boy at a square facing the "Kazan" National Culture Center at the Chanukah candle lighting.

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A woman hauls a battery on a sledge. Many car owners could not start their vehicles because of the frost of minus 29 degrees Celsius.

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A man jump-starting his car. Many car owners could not start their vehicles because of the frost of minus 29 degrees Celsius.

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A man jump-starting his car. Many car owners could not start their vehicles because of the frost of minus 29 degrees Celsius.

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A man with a pull rope waving for help on the roadside. Many car owners could not start their vehicles because of the frost of minus 29 degrees Celsius.

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People with faces covered from cold standing at a public transit stop. The air temperature in the city dropped below minus 36 degrees Celsius today.

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Girls covering their faces from cold. The air temperature in the city dropped below minus 36 degrees Celsius today.

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A girl covering her face from cold. The air temperature in the city dropped below minus 36 degrees Celsius today.

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