If there's one generally accepted rule of warfare, it's that you should never invade Russia during the winter. Hitler tried it and failed horribly, Napoleon tried before that and found equally terrible results, and the Swedes who fought in the Great Northern War would tell a similar story.
Russians prefer waterproof boots with several pairs of woolen/fleece socks. Boots should have a thick sole cause the cold comes mostly from the ground. They should be 2-3 cm larger than your foot to keep the normal blood flow and have a space for the extra pair of socks. People also use a scarf, gloves and a warm hat.
Much of Russia has severe winters. In Moscow, snow usually begins to fall in mid-October and lasts until mid-April. Siberia has been known to have temperatures as low as -90°F. Back in the 18th century, Russians did not have down parkas or high-tech insulation for their homes.
Russia has been defeated in war on several occasions in the modern era.
U.S. officials have said that Russia has lost between 60,000 and 80,000 troops in its misguided war on Ukraine. A soldier watches Ukrainian artillerymen fire an M109 tracked self-propelled howitzer at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 12, 2022.
Japan won a convincing victory over Russia, becoming the first Asian power in modern times to defeat a European power.
The consulting group Rystad Energy has calculated that Europe has enough gas stored to survive this winter unless it gets very cold, while natural gas prices have fallen to their lowest levels since June.
Weather in Russia. Next to consider when planning your travel to Russia is temperature. Russia is most beautiful in winter. After all, it is a northern country (coldest in the world actually) that spends 8/12 months in winter and knows how to make the most of it.
However, large parts of Russia are uninhabited or uninhabitable because permafrost (soil that remains frozen throughout the year and is unsuitable for agriculture) covers more than 60% of Russia's territory.
Even by Russian standards, it was brutal. temperatures plunged to -40 degrees in places, freezing German tanks and equipment, shutting down diesel engines and freezing German soldiers who were not equipped with coats, hats, proper boots, gloves, or anything necessary to fight a winter campaign.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's state weather authority said on Tuesday a remote town in northeastern Siberia had registered a record high temperature of 38 decrees Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) during a heat wave that has alarmed climate scientists.
VERKHOYANSK AND OYMYAKON, RUSSIA
As it happens, when Verkhoyansk and Oymyakon (see the beautiful landscape shot below) reached record lows of -67.7°C (the former in 1892, the latter in 1933), they entered the history books for multiple reasons.
The United States actually did invade and occupy Russia during the end of World War I. An understanding of America's invasion and occupation of the Soviet Union in 1918-1919 is important for two reasons.
There was mistrust between the two countries. Finland believed the Soviet Union wanted to expand into its territory and the Soviet Union feared Finland would allow itself to be used as a base from which enemies could attack.
At the Treaty of Moscow (March 12, 1940), Finland had to cede Finnish Karelia and Salla, a total of 35,084 sq. km, to the Soviet Union, and "lease" Hango, with an additional 117 sq. km. In the fall of 1941, Finland regained these lost territories.
The Klinck weather station holds the record for the coldest place in the Arctic Circle. Located in central Greenland, it beat the previous record held by Oymyakon (see below) by around 2 degrees in December 1991, reaching -69.6°C. Despite these cold temperatures, much of Greenland's ice is melting rapidly.
Winter is dry compared to summer in many regions of East Siberia and the Far East (Dwa, Dwb, Dwc, Dwd types), while other parts of the country experience more even precipitation across seasons. Winter precipitation in most parts of the country usually falls as snow.
Russia has four seasons – summer from June to August, autumn from September to October, winter from November to March (yes, it's a long one!) and spring from April to May.
But much of that increased output would require further investment and much more time. As a result, a total loss of Russian oil exports would be very damaging for global GDP in the short/medium term. Much higher prices would drive demand destruction (less economic activity) to rebalance the market.
China to boost gas imports from Russia by 50B cubic meters through construction of Power of Siberia 2 pipeline, which is expected to be operational by 2030. China is set to overtake the European Union (EU) as the main consumer of Russian natural gas after the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline comes online by 2030.
The USA could provide us with LNG
This week Toby Rice, who runs the country's largest natural gas producer EQT, told the BBC that the US could easily replace Russian supply. "We've got the ability to do more, the desire to do more," he said, estimating that the US has the potential to quadruple its gas output by 2030.
While Westerners tend to see the war through the lens of events such as D-Day or the Battle of Britain, it was a conflict largely won by the Soviet Union.
However, the US was unable to get any significant victory in its wars abroad. America fought five major wars after 1945 including Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, Iraq, and Afghanistan in addition to some minor wars in Somalia, Yemen, and Libya. Except for the Gulf War in 1991, America lost all other wars.
Thus, by pure diplomacy and only a few thousand troops, the Russians took advantage of Chinese weakness and the strength of the other European powers to annex 350,000 square miles (910,000 km2) of Chinese territory.