WEATHER ►
Yes, it does get cold

The climate really depends on the region because Russia is large and one place may be completely different from another. There are extremely low temperatures in winter. Summers can actually be quite hot because much of Russia is landlocked - generating a hot continental climate in the summer (Siberia for example). At the other end of the scale, n the central part of Russia it can get down to negative 30 Celsius (-22 Fahrenheit) but only for a week or two in January or February. The temperature in the winter is more typically around -10 C or in the teens in Fahrenheit, and in the summer in the upper 20s and low 30s Celsius or the mid 70s to mid 80s Fahrenheit.

The average temperatures for 3 popular places in Russia are as follows:

St. Petersburg
Summer + 20° C, 68 F
Winter - 15° C, 5 F


Moscow
Summer +22° C, 70 F
Winter - 12° C, 7 F


Irkutsk
Summer +18° C, 62 F
Winter - 30° C, - 22 F


Temperatures are measured in Centigrade. To convert Centigrade to Fahrenheit multiply by 9, divide by 5 and add 32. To convert from Fahrenheit to Centigrade, subtract 32, multiply by 5 and divide by 9. Or just go to this site:

http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/