One could spend an entire summer in northern Siberia and in the Far Eastern section of Russia, living through the cooler weather where the 60s is the warmest it ever gets during the summer months in these sections of Russia. Of course, the entire nation of Russia (not counting the former Soviet European nations and the former Soviet Central Asian countries) has a reputation for having a very cold climate for most of the year.

Adventurous people, such as Ray do things like this-being whether it’s in Russia or anywhere else in the world; living there for months at a time before they return back home.

One example of a northern Siberian town is the town of Norilsk, Russia. This is an industrial town, one of many that was built by the Russian people to pack up, leave more established and densely populated areas areas of Russia, populate a remote, rural area; and start new lives in these newly populated areas.

Novosibirsk is a notable example of a municipality that was built by the Russian people to pack up, leave more established and densely populated areas areas of Russia; had populated what was then a remote, rural area in southern Siberia; and it’s early settlers had begun new lives in this newly populated area. Many Germans, Austrians, Poles, Ukrainians; and Belarusians have also settled in Novosibirsk to began new lives there. There are even many buildings of German and Austrian architecture in Novosibirsk, and the Germans and the Austrians have settled there have even brought their love for classical music and methods for conducting a public concert for classical music similar to the concerts held in opera houses in Vienna, Austria.

Vladivostok, situated at the Far Eastern coast of Russia on the Sea of Japan and is located near China, North Korea, and the Japanese island of Hokkaido; experiences a very cold climate during the Winter months.

My paternal grandmother could want to venture into these remote, lesser-known corners of Russia rather than visit more populated and better-known areas such as Moscow and St. Petersburg, whenever she’d travel to Russia.