By Japanese standards, this is “severe cold,” but temperatures of 27 degrees below zero were common when I lived in Canada. This was while living in the southernmost part of Canada. In Montreal, temperatures of 40 degrees below zero were also quite common. However, more than 100 people did not die in such a short period. Considering this, Moscow is in fact a place that is warmer than Japanese people imagine and not very well prepared for winter.
In fact, the Russian meteorological agency reportedly calls this the coldest wave in 10 years. If so, Toronto and Montreal in Canada are much colder. It is rather strange for the same person who says, “Russia is cold,” to say that they like Canadian winters. :hammer: Ignorance is frightening.
Meanwhile, on the night of the 16th, Oymyakon in the Sakha Republic of the Far East recorded a temperature of 56 degrees below zero. That is undeniably cold. I have recently been exchanging emails with someone in Novosibirsk; it must be cold there.